E-scooter prices in Switzerland: what a shared e-scooter costs, city by city

How much does an e-scooter cost in Switzerland?

Almost every shared e-scooter in Switzerland is priced the same way: a fee to unlock it, then a rate for each minute it stays unlocked, whether you’re riding, waiting at a red light or looking for a place to park.

Rates aren’t national. The same operator charges one rate in Basel and another in Bern, and Lime and Voi both say their prices can also change with the time of day. Lime rounds each ride up to the next full minute and keeps charging until the app confirms the ride has ended, not when you step off.

E-scooter prices by operator and city

Bolt, Hopp, Voi and Zeus publish their rates in the open data feeds the map reads. On the morning of 12 October 2026 they showed these; PubliBike’s rate comes from its own price page:

So Voi charges CHF 0.39 a minute in Basel and Biel but CHF 0.42 in Bern, and Bolt CHF 0.42, 0.45 or 0.48 depending on the area. Even within one area a few scooters carry another rate, so the price in the app is the one that counts.

In Schaffhausen, Voi’s feed showed no unlock fee at all, which would make ten minutes CHF 3.90. The Zeus scooters the map shows near Schaffhausen stand across the border in Singen, Germany, and charge in euros.

PubliBike’s standard tariff (B-Quick National) is CHF 1 plus CHF 0.20 a minute for its e-scooters in Zürich and Biel/Bienne, as of October 2026. In Ticino you can’t rent them on that tariff: you need PubliBike’s B-Fit Local subscription for Ticino (CHF 69 a year), and then every 15 minutes cost CHF 3.

What a 5-, 10- and 20-minute ride costs

Add the unlock fee to the minutes times the rate: CHF 1 + 10 × 0.42 = CHF 5.20 for ten minutes on Voi in Bern. The table counts whole minutes and adds nothing for zones or other fees.

The average rental ride in Zürich lasts about 10 minutes, according to the city’s head of traffic safety. On short rides the unlock fee weighs most: it’s CHF 1 of the CHF 3.10 for five minutes on Voi in Bern. On long rides the rate decides: 20 minutes on Bolt around Zug cost CHF 1.80 more than on Voi in Basel.

E-scooter passes and subscriptions in Switzerland

If you ride often, unlock fees add up first: two rides a day on 20 working days is CHF 40 a month in unlocks alone.

• Lime: LimePass minute bundles give free unlocks and a lower rate per minute. They last up to 30 days and are valid only in the country where you bought them. Lime’s help page doesn’t say whether they’re sold in Switzerland; if they are, the app lists them under Plans & Pricing.
• Voi: its pricing page describes subscriptions with unlimited unlocks, with or without minutes included, and prepaid minute bundles with unlocks included. The app shows which of them your city has.
• Dott: its Swiss terms provide for subscriptions, paid by credit card only.
• PubliBike: the B-Fit Local subscription (CHF 69 a year) doesn’t lower the e-scooter rate in Zürich or Biel, and the CHF 29 day pass covers bikes and e-bikes only.
• Bolt, Bird and Hopp: we found no Swiss pass on an official page.

We found no Swiss pass prices on the operators’ websites; the apps show them. A pass that waives unlocks pays off if it costs less than CHF 1 for each ride you’ll take before it ends. A minute bundle pays off only if you use the minutes before they expire.

Extra costs: parking, fees and fines

You can’t end a ride in a no-parking zone, and the minutes keep counting while you look for a place where the app lets you stop. In Zürich that includes Europaplatz by the main station and Sechseläutenplatz.

Check in the app where you may park before you set off. For the zones around Zürich’s main station and Old Town, see e-scooters in Zürich.

The police can also fine you directly. Leaving a scooter on the pavement with less than 1.50 m free for pedestrians, or where parking is banned, costs CHF 20; riding on the pavement costs CHF 40. The other fines are in the Swiss e-scooter rules.

Expect a hold on your card too: Voi reserves CHF 5 when you sign up, and Bolt and Bird may place an authorisation hold. Lime caps a rental at CHF 195 per 24 hours, and a PubliBike rental lasts 24 hours at most.

How to pay less for a shared e-scooter

• Compare before you walk. The nearest scooter saves you walking, not money. In Basel, ten minutes cost CHF 4.90 on Voi and CHF 5.50 on Bolt at the rates published on 12 October 2026. The map of Basel shows both, each with its estimate.
• Look for PubliBike in Zürich and Biel. Ten minutes on its e-scooters cost CHF 3.00, against CHF 5.20 at CHF 0.42 a minute. On the map of Zürich they stand among the others.
• Pick a charged scooter. If the battery runs out halfway, the next scooter costs a second unlock.
• Know where you’ll park. Stopping just outside a no-parking zone is cheaper than circling it with the meter running.

How the price estimate on the map works

ScootRadar takes each operator’s published unlock fee and rate per minute from its open data feed and does the same sum as above, for a ride of 5, 10, 15, 20 or 30 minutes (10 unless you pick another). Lime, Bird, Dott and PubliBike publish no rates in their feeds, so their scooters show no estimate.

In the iPhone app you can add a pass you hold, with its free unlocks, free minutes and end date, and the estimate allows for it. Those details stay on your phone.

Feeds can be a few minutes old and rates can vary by zone or time, so the estimate is a guide, not a quote. The button on each scooter opens the operator’s app, which shows the final price before you unlock. Open the map to compare.