What is the postal code of Davos?

Davos has 8 postal codes: 7260, 7265, 7270, 7272, 7276, 7277, 7278, 7494.

What is the tax rate in Davos?

The municipal tax multiplier of Davos is 95% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.

How much tax do you pay in Davos?

A single person without children pays about 12'998 CHF income tax in Davos on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).

How many residents does Davos have?

Davos has 10'738 residents (2025).

How many foreign residents live in Davos?

Davos has 3'181 foreign residents, a share of 29.62% (2025).

Switzerland · Canton GR · Region Prättigau / Davos

Davos

7260–7494

GR CANTON7260 7265 7270 7272+4 PLZ

Relief © swisstopo · TINITALY · geoland.at · LGL · IGN · swissTLM3D · swissTLMRegio

Demographics

BFS · 2025

Women

5'339 49.7%

Men

5'399 50.3%

Children & youth (0–19)

1'809 16.8%

Swiss citizens

7'557 70.4%

Foreign residents

3'181 29.6%

Population density

38 pop./km²

0–19 · 1'809 · 16.8%20–64 · 6'470 · 60.3%65+ · 2'459 · 22.9%

Foreign residents 29.6%0%64.0%

Population change 2025: −36 (−0.3%) · 52 births · 88 deaths · net migration −1

STATPOP 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 24.09.2026 · BEVNAT (Statistik der natürlichen Bevölkerungsbewegung) 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Vote results for Davos

BFS

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'For food security – through increased sustainable domestic production, more plant-based food and clean drinking water (Food Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 27.5% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 22.1% Yes

22.3% YesNo 77.7%

27.09.2026Popular Initiative 'Safeguard Swiss neutrality (Neutrality Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 29.8% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 37.1% Yes

29.5% YesNo 70.5%

27.09.2026Teilrevision der Verfassung des Kantons Graubünden (Stimmrechtsalter 16)Cantonal GR● Rejected · 32.6% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 30.8% Yes

33.5% YesNo 66.5%

14.06.2026Amendment to the Civilian Service ActFederal● Accepted · 52.5% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 60.9% Yes

60.6% YesNo 39.4%

14.06.2026Popular initiative: 'No to Switzerland of 10 million! (Sustainability Initiative)'Federal● Rejected · 45.2% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 56.4% Yes

46.0% YesNo 54.0%

08.03.2026Federal Act on Individual TaxationFederal● Accepted · 54.3% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 44.9% Yes

50.4% YesNo 49.6%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘For a fair energy and climate policy: Investing for prosperity, jobs and the environment (Climate Fund Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 29.3% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 21.1% Yes

23.7% YesNo 76.4%

08.03.2026Popular Initiative ‘200 francs is enough! (SBC Initiative)’Federal● Rejected · 38.1% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 39.7% Yes

32.5% YesNo 67.5%

08.03.2026Cash Initiative and Counter-Proposal: Deciding QuestionFederal● Rejected · 37.4% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 41.3% Yes

34.4% YesNo 65.6%

08.03.2026Federal decree on Swiss currency and cash supply (counter-proposal to Cash Initiative)Federal● Accepted · 73.4% YesDistrict Region Prättigau / Davos: 72.1% Yes

75.6% YesNo 24.4%

All federal votes →

Popular votes (sd-t-17-02) 2026 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 04.10.2026

Politics

National Council election 2023

SVP29.1% · strongest party

SVP29.1%

SP17.0%

Mitte16.4%

FDP15.6%

GLP12.0%

sd-t-17.02-NRW2023 2023 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 25.09.2026

Taxes 2026

ESTV

Municipal tax multiplier95%

Cantonal tax multiplier92%

95%GR range 30%120%

Tax rank 66 of 100 in canton Grisons

Tax burden

Single, 100'000 CHF gross income

12'998 CHF(13%)

Rank 59 of 100 in the canton · 518 of 2110 in Switzerland

Median canton 12'696 CHF · median Switzerland 15'290 CHF

Cheapest Rongellen 9'071 CHF · most expensive Flerden 14'508 CHF

Income tax as % of gross income

100'000 CHF:12'998 CHF(~13%)

DavosCanton range GrisonsSwitzerland median

Show data table

Gross income	Davos	Grisons	Switzerland median
40'000	3.9%	2.6–4.3%	5.4%
50'000	6%	4.1–6.8%	7.8%
60'000	8%	5.5–9%	10.5%
70'000	9.6%	6.6–10.8%	11.9%
80'000	10.9%	7.5–12.2%	13.1%
90'000	11.9%	8.2–13.3%	14.1%
100'000	13%	9.1–14.5%	15.3%
110'000	14%	9.8–15.5%	16.3%
120'000	14.8%	10.5–16.4%	17.2%
130'000	15.5%	11–17.2%	18.1%
140'000	16.3%	11.7–18%	19%
150'000	17%	12.2–18.8%	19.7%
175'000	18.5%	13.5–20.5%	21.6%
200'000	19.9%	14.7–21.9%	23.2%
225'000	21%	15.6–23.1%	24.6%
250'000	22%	16.5–24.1%	25.8%
275'000	22.9%	17.3–25%	26.8%
300'000	23.6%	17.9–25.8%	27.4%

2026 · Federal Tax Administration (FTA), retrieved 24.09.2026

Climate

MeteoSwiss 1 km grid · 1991–2020

Annual mean temperature 1991–20200.2 °C

Precipitation 1991–20201'312 mm

0.2 °CCH range -5.5°14°

1991–2020 · MeteoSwiss, retrieved 28.08.2026

Terrain

swisstopo · DHM 40 m

Highest point

3'127 m

Mean elevation

2'160 m

Relief

2'071 m

Mean slope

25.5°

Flat share

2.8%

South-facing

21.6%

Above 2000 m

66.4%

Relief 2'071 m0 m3'847 m

Terrain figures cover the whole municipal territory (swisstopo swissALTIRegio) — not the settlement point. Slope and south-facing share are resolution-dependent and measured at 40 m.

swissALTIRegio 2026 · swisstopo, retrieved 28.08.2026

Solar potential

BFE

Roof potential

134 GWh/yr

Roofs + façades

200.7 GWh/yr

≈ households powered

29'800

Per inhabitant

12'475 kWh/yr

134 GWh/yr01'133 GWh/yr

BFE solar factsheet ↗

Modelled roof and façade potential from the BFE solar model — the electricity these surfaces could produce, not installed capacity or what the municipality actually generates today. The household figure divides the roof potential by 4'500 kWh per year, ElCom’s reference household (consumption profile H4, a 5-room apartment).

Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Electricity

ElCom · 2027

Tariff H4

24.52 Rp./kWh

Energy

8.3 Rp./kWh

Grid usage

10.48 Rp./kWh

Levies + grid surcharge

3.87 Rp./kWh

24.52 Rp./kWh10.5645.88

Canton median 28.55 Rp./kWhSwiss median 26.53 Rp./kWh

Network operator EWD Elektrizitätswerk Davos AG

ElCom tariff comparison ↗

How this is measured

Total household electricity price for ElCom consumption profile H4 — 4'500 kWh a year, a 5-room flat with electric stove and tumble dryer — standard product, excluding VAT, for the tariff year shown. Energy, grid usage, levies to public bodies and the federal grid surcharge are included. Canton and Swiss medians are ElCom's own published figures.

2027 · Federal Electricity Commission (ElCom), retrieved 12.09.2026

Health-insurance premiums

BAG · 2024

Premium regionRegion 2

Standard model, deductible 300535 CHF/mo

Ø premium in canton Grisons363 CHF/mo

Estimate Switzerland 2026465.3 CHF/mo

Compare health insurers in Davos →Canton Grisons →Premiums explained →

Premiums are set per canton and premium region. This area lies in premium region 2 of canton Grisons. Shown is the average adult premium paid across the whole canton Grisons (2024, BAG) — a region-specific average is not available in the cantonal data.

2024 · Federal Office of Public Health (FOPH), retrieved 12.09.2026

Housing

BFS · ARE

Vacancy rate

0.1 %

Second homes

58.9 %

Avg. rooms

2.9

Dwellings

12'899

Built before 194624.7%

Built since 200118.3%

Second Homes Act: no new second-home permits (official building restriction in force).

0.1 %0 %12 %

Vacancy rate from the BFS vacant-dwelling count (2025); building age and room count from the Buildings and Dwellings Statistics (2024). The average room count treats the ‘6 rooms or more’ class as 6, so it is a slight lower bound. The vacancy rate is volatile for small municipalities.

Buildings and Dwellings Statistics 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Vacant dwellings survey 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026 · Dwelling inventory and second-home share 2026 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Economy

BFS · 2024

Jobs

9'563

Workplaces

1'120

Services share

87.1 %

Jobs by sector: Primary 203 (2.1%) · Secondary 1'032 (10.8%) · Tertiary 8'328 (87.1%)

STATENT (Statistik der Unternehmensstruktur) 2024 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 24.09.2026

Agriculture

BFS · 2025

Farms

Organic share

49.2 %

Farmland

1'583 ha

Landwirtschaftliche Strukturerhebung 2025 · Federal Statistical Office (FSO), retrieved 19.09.2026

Accessibility

ARE · NPVM

Major centrePT 165 min · Car 123 min

AgglomerationPT 10 min · Car 6 min

Remoteness 32/100 in canton

National Passenger Transport Model (NPVM) 2025 · Federal Office for Spatial Development (ARE), retrieved 24.09.2026

Municipality

Wikidata · CC0

BFS municipality number3851

Head of governmentTarzisius Caviezel · Freisinnig-Demokratische Partei der Schweiz

Websitegemeindedavos.ch ↗

DistrictRegion Prättigau / Davos

Wikidata · continuously updated, retrieved 24.09.2026

Where Davos ranks

Largest municipalities10'738 #2 GR · #162 CH Growing municipalities-0.3% #69 GR · #1581 CH Shrinking municipalities-0.3% #32 GR · #531 CH Jobs per resident0.89 #10 GR · #119 CH Families & children16.8% #51 GR · #1844 CH Age structure22.9% #66 GR · #695 CH Women share49.7% #38 GR · #1141 CH Foreign residents29.6% #8 GR · #326 CH Population density38/km² #42 GR · #1856 CH Tax burden12'998 #59 GR · #518 CH Taxes95% #66 GR Warmest municipalities0.2 °C #81 GR · #2081 CH Sunniest municipalities48.1% #53 GR · #313 CH Rainiest municipalities1'312 mm #38 GR · #472 CH Voter turnout55.4% #43 GR · #1161 CH Against Switzerland7.8% #50 GR · #1343 CH Aligned with Switzerland92.2% #6 GR · #143 CH SVP strongholds29.1% #62 GR · #1329 CH SP strongholds17% #41 GR · #738 CH Centre strongholds16.4% #73 GR · #738 CH FDP strongholds15.6% #36 GR · #772 CH GLP strongholds12% #1 GR · #149 CH Green strongholds4.4% #42 GR · #1660 CH Largest by area284 km² #4 GR · #6 CH Highest municipalities1'563 m #33 GR · #77 CH Second homes58.9% #38 GR · #115 CH Organic farming49.2% #60 GR · #149 CH Best-connected municipalities165 min #69 GR · #2077 CH Remotest municipalities165 min #32 GR · #34 CH Highest peaks3'127 m #37 GR · #115 CH Highest-lying municipalities2'160 m #25 GR · #61 CH Greatest vertical range2'071 m #46 GR · #182 CH Steepest municipalities25.5° #59 GR · #249 CH Solar potential134 GWh #2 GR · #40 CH Solar potential per capita12'475 kWh #70 GR · #697 CH Cheapest electricity24.52 Rp./kWh #21 GR · #328 CH Most expensive electricity24.52 Rp./kWh #80 GR · #1779 CH

Postal codes (8)

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Localities

swisstopo · 8

Davos Clavadel7272 Davos Dorf7260 Davos Frauenkirch7276 Davos Glaris7277 Davos Monstein7278 Davos Platz7270 Davos Wiesen7494 Davos Wolfgang7265

Nearby municipalities

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Frequently asked questions

What is the postal code of Davos?: Davos has 8 postal codes: 7260, 7265, 7270, 7272, 7276, 7277, 7278, 7494.
What is the tax rate in Davos?: The municipal tax multiplier of Davos is 95% (2026); canton GR levies 92%.
How much tax do you pay in Davos?: A single person without children pays about 12'998 CHF income tax in Davos on 100'000 CHF gross income (federal, cantonal, municipal), rank 59 of 100 in canton GR. Source: ESTV (2026).
How many residents does Davos have?: Davos has 10'738 residents (2025).
How many foreign residents live in Davos?: Davos has 3'181 foreign residents, a share of 29.62% (2025).

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