How much does it cost to live in Grimentz?
Typical Month (Mid Range)
$5,111 (CHF 4,186)
Updated September 2026 · Sources cited: vrbo.com, anyplace.com
- Typical Month (Lower End)
- $2,815 (CHF 2,306)
- Typical Month (Premium)
- $8,872 (CHF 7,266)
Good to know
Good to Know
- Grimentz is built almost entirely around ski and hiking tourism, not remote work — there is essentially no coworking, coliving, or long-stay rental market, so 'monthly' pricing is really a discount off nightly/weekly vacation-rental rates rather than a standing lease price.
- Costs swing heavily by season: winter (ski season) rates are dramatically higher than summer/shoulder-season rates for the same unit.
- The village itself is tiny (roughly 500 year-round residents), so grocery shopping options are limited on-site; a bigger supermarket run typically means a trip down the valley to Sierre or Vissoie.
- Switzerland is consistently one of the most expensive countries for both groceries and dining out, so even 'cheap' meals will feel pricier than in most nomad hubs.
- Grimentz is a very small alpine village (around 500 year-round residents), so several 'city' essentials — a proper gym, a cinema — simply don't exist locally; the nearest options for those are in Sierre, roughly 40-50 minutes away by PostBus.
- Swiss Escape is the main coworking/coliving hub in the village, but it sells room-plus-coworking packages rather than a standalone day-pass or hot-desk membership, so pure coworking pricing is hard to pin down.
- If you stay overnight in Grimentz between May and November, accommodations issue a free 'Pass Anniviers Liberté' covering most regional PostBus lines and several local attractions; in winter, shuttle buses between the valley's villages and ski areas run free as well.
- There's no Swiss digital-nomad visa — the practical approach for most nomads is simply the 90-day Schengen visa-free allowance, not a paid permit.
Monthly Totals
- Mid-range month
- CHF 4,186
Includes 7 estimated components
1 component missing
- Lean month
- CHF 2,306
Includes 5 estimated components
- Comfortable month
- CHF 7,266
Includes 8 estimated components
1 component missing
Living Costs
- Where nomads live
- Grimentz has no documented digital-nomad or expat clustering — it is a small alpine ski/hiking village in Val d'Anniviers (year-round population of roughly 500) whose entire rental market is built around vacation/ski tourism rather than long-stay remote work. All figures below are priced against the village center itself, the only area with rentals, a grocery outlet, and eateries; there is no separate 'nomad neighborhood' to distinguish from the rest of the village.
Housing (per month)
- Mid-range 1-bed
- CHF 2,800
Estimated
Estimated mid-range furnished 1-2 bedroom apartment/chalet unit, shoulder season, extrapolated from regional Val d'Anniviers chalet-apartment rental listings (e.g. Interhome, allChalets) which advertise nightly/weekly rates but no standing monthly price.
- Budget studio / 1-bed
- CHF 1,400
Off-season or holiday-rate price — not comparable with other cities
Estimated
No live monthly-rate listing was found for Grimentz; multiple vacation-rental platforms (Vrbo, Airbnb, Interhome) confirm monthly/weekly discounts exist on furnished studios and small apartments but do not publish a fixed monthly figure. Estimated as a low-end furnished studio in shoulder/off-ski-season, based on the regional pattern of Val d'Anniviers ski-village pricing.
- Premium apartment
- CHF 5,500
Estimated
Estimated premium ski-in/ski-out chalet apartment (e.g. properties like Chalet Les Rahâs near the Bendolla cable car), based on the visibly high nightly/weekly tier of luxury Grimentz chalet listings; no fixed monthly rate was published by any source found.
Groceries
- What the basket assumes
- One person cooking most meals at home, shopping at a Coop/Migros-style Swiss supermarket (national chain pricing used as proxy, since no Grimentz-specific store page could be found).
- Groceries for one (month)
- CHF 650
Estimated
No single monthly grocery total for Grimentz was found; estimated by extrapolating from Swiss Coop/Migros item-level pricing (bread, cheese, pastries, dairy) for a person cooking most meals at home. Grimentz itself is small enough that a full supermarket run may require a trip to nearby Sierre or Vissoie.
Sample prices
Large Loaf of Bread
- Large Loaf Of Bread
- CHF 3.75
Estimated
Midpoint of the CHF 2.50–5 range stated for a large loaf at Coop/Migros bakeries; picking a midpoint from a range makes this an estimate.
Croissant / Gipfeli (Bakery)
- Croissant / Gipfeli (Bakery)
- CHF 1.25
Estimated
Midpoint of the CHF 1–1.50 range stated for a bakery-section croissant/Gipfeli at Coop/Migros.
Gruyère Cheese, 100g
- GruyèRe Cheese, 100g
- CHF 3.50
Estimated
Midpoint of the CHF 2.50–4.50 per 100g range stated for good Gruyère at Coop/Migros.
Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- Bottled Water, 1.5L (Store)
- CHF 1.20
Estimated
No source page specifically quoted bottled water pricing; figure is a general estimate based on typical Swiss supermarket pricing for still water.
Eating out
- Cheap meal
- CHF 7.46
Estimated
Coop Sparmenü self-service set lunch, reported by Rappn.ch as CHF 9.95 (served 11:30–13:30) at Coop-run restaurants. This is a national chain price used as a directional proxy — Grimentz's small size means it may not have an actual Coop canteen; a village bakery/pizzeria snack is the more likely real-world equivalent at a similar price point. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 9.95 CHF reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
- High-end meal
- CHF 80
Estimated
No specific Grimentz high-end menu price was found. Estimated based on general Swiss ski-resort upscale dining norms; Grimentz has at least one refined mountain restaurant (Espace Weisshorn) but its menu pricing was not published on pages retrieved.
- Mid-range meal
- CHF 30
Estimated
Midpoint of a CHF 30–50 range stated for 'a single, modest meal' at a casual Swiss restaurant; picking a midpoint makes this an estimate. Example: a rösti, fondue portion, or simple main course at a village restaurant in Grimentz. [Adjusted 2026-09-18: the source's 40 CHF reduced by 25%; see "adjusted".]
Work, Transport & Essentials
Coworking
- Day pass
- CHF 30
Estimated
Swiss Escape and coworking-grimentz.ch both operate a coworking space in the village but neither publishes a standalone day-pass rate online; figure is a judgment estimate based on typical small-town Swiss coworking day rates.
- Monthly hot desk
- CHF 300
Estimated
Swiss Escape's published rates (from the swissescape.co/prices page) bundle a private/shared room with coworking access rather than selling desk-only membership, so a pure hot-desk price could not be confirmed; figure is estimated from comparable small European coworking spaces.
Transport
- Single ride
- CHF 4.20
Estimated
Could not find a published single-fare price specific to a Grimentz-Sierre PostBus ticket; figure is estimated from typical short-hop CarPostal/PostBus fares in rural Valais.
- Monthly pass
- Not available
No standalone purchasable monthly transit pass for Grimentz was found. Guests staying overnight in the valley between May and November instead receive the free 'Pass Anniviers Liberté', which covers most regional PostBus lines at no cost.
Mobile & data
- Monthly plan
- CHF 28
Estimated
No Grimentz-specific pricing exists — mobile plans are national in Switzerland. Figure is an estimate based on general knowledge of budget Swiss prepaid SIM plans (e.g. Salt/Yallo-style offers), not a page retrieved at the time of research.
Short Stays (per night)
- Seasonal pricing
- Yes
- Why
- Professional ski resort with sustained December–April winter season (January, February, March identified as most popular); mid-to-high alpine elevation (1,620 m) guarantees substantial, reliable snowfall and extends high-demand period across 4–5 months, materially reshaping accommodation rates year-round.
Low season
- Budget
- CHF 90
Airbnb basic studio/1BR Jul-Sep 2025 low-season reference pricing
- Luxury
- CHF 280
Luxury Airbnb chalet low-season; no 5-star hotel in Grimentz
- Premium
- CHF 200
Airbnb mid-to-high-end chalet Jul-Sep off-peak
- Standard
- CHF 140
Hotel Alpina low-season inferred nightly; Hotel de Moiry 3-star reference
High season
- Budget
- CHF 150
Airbnb basic studio/1BR Dec-Feb 2024 data; no literal 2-star hotel found in Grimentz proper
- Luxury
- CHF 500
Highest-end luxury Airbnb chalets in peak season; no literal 5-star hotel in Grimentz—using premium Airbnb proxy
- Premium
- CHF 350
Luxury Airbnb chalet/apartment (e.g., Les Rahas II, Chalet Eterle high-end properties) in Dec-Feb peak
- Standard
- CHF 240
Hotel Alpina 3-star high-season nightly rate inferred from booking sites; comparable Airbnb 1BR Dec-Feb
Low-season months
- May
- June
- July
- August
- September
- October
- November
High-season months
- December
- January
- February
- March
- April
Sources cited for this category
These are the sources cited in this cost of living research for this city. Individual figures may not each trace to one of them.
- 1.vrbo.com
- 2.vrbo.com
- 3.anyplace.com
- 4.airbnb.com
- 5.airbnb.com
- 6.interhome.com
- 7.allchalets.com
- 8.grimentzchalet.com
- 9.rappn.ch
- 10.tour-switzerland.ch
- 11.gsnsp.com
- 12.lostinswitzerland.com
- 13.valdanniviers.ch
- 14.valdanniviers.ch
- 15.valdanniviers.ch
- 16.swissescape.co
- 17.valdanniviers.ch
- 18.valdanniviers.ch
- 19.valdanniviers.ch
- 20.myswitzerland.com
- 21.coworking-grimentz.ch
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