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St. Gallen vs Zug: municipalities compared

Every figure we hold for St. Gallen and Zug, side by side. Shading marks the order along each metric’s documented ranking direction — the judgment is yours.

	St. Gallen Canton SG	Zug Canton ZG
Population & demographics
Foreign residents↑	2.34.6%#167 CH #9 SG	1.37.3%#111 CH #1 ZG
Children & youth (0–19)↑	2.18.3%#1'619 CH #68 SG	1.19.1%#1'418 CH #9 ZG
Residents 65+↑	2.18%#1'647 CH #59 SG	1.18.4%#1'566 CH #8 ZG
Density↑	1.2'018/km²#75 CH #4 SG	2.950/km²#241 CH #4 ZG
Residents↑	1.79'487#8 CH #1 SG	2.32'160#25 CH #1 ZG
Women↑	1.50.3%#733 CH #13 SG	2.48.6%#1'676 CH #9 ZG
Taxes
Tax↓	2.15'139#1'029 CH #72 SG	1.5'321#3 CH #3 ZG
Climate
Avg. temp.↑	2.9.3°C#1'156 CH #34 SG	1.9.8°C#699 CH #6 ZG
Sunshine↑	2.39.6%#2'020 CH #70 SG	1.40.9%#1'446 CH #11 ZG
Precipitation↑	1.1'290 mm#508 CH #32 SG	2.1'270 mm#542 CH #7 ZG
Politics & elections
Turnout↑	2.51.3%#1'561 CH #61 SG	1.62.1%#312 CH #3 ZG
Divergence↑	1.14%#1'008 CH #55 SG	2.10%#1'223 CH #11 ZG
Agreement↑	2.86%#464 CH #14 SG	1.90%#234 CH #2 ZG
SVP strength↑	2.18.4%#1'857 CH #75 SG	1.25%#1'552 CH #11 ZG
SP strength↑	1.25.6%#152 CH #1 SG	2.7.2%#1'764 CH #1 ZG
Centre strength↑	2.12.7%#977 CH #71 SG	1.20.5%#503 CH #11 ZG
FDP strength↑	2.14.3%#892 CH #37 SG	1.15.2%#801 CH #1 ZG
GLP strength↑	1.9.2%#409 CH #2 SG	2.7.1%#725 CH #2 ZG
Green strength↑	2.15.5%#114 CH #1 SG	1.19.6%#25 CH #1 ZG
Geography
Area↑	1.39.4 km²#230 CH #20 SG	2.33.8 km²#271 CH #2 ZG
Elevation↑	1.675 m#649 CH #22 SG	2.611 m#785 CH #6 ZG
PT travel time↓	2.93 min#1'607 CH #29 SG	1.54 min#590 CH #1 ZG
Terrain & relief
Highest point↑	2.1'067 m#686 CH #31 SG	1.1'566 m#442 CH #1 ZG
Mean elevation↑	1.723 m#716 CH #27 SG	2.580 m#1'092 CH #6 ZG
Vertical range↑	2.568 m#638 CH #30 SG	1.1'155 m#420 CH #1 ZG
Mean slope↑	1.10.1°#922 CH #38 SG	2.8.3°#1'082 CH #6 ZG
Energy & electricity
Roof potential↑	1.323 GWh#9 CH #1 SG	2.120 GWh#54 CH #2 ZG
Tariff H4↓	2.30.59 Rp./kWh#1'764 CH #44 SG	1.21.88 Rp./kWh#31 CH #7 ZG

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