Switzerland MCP

Get information about a Swiss municipality by name

Find Swiss public transport stations near given coordinates

List current or past Swiss Parliament members (National Council and Council of States). Filter by canton or party.

Get voting results for a specific parliamentary affair (Geschäft). Returns all recorded votes for the given affair ID from OpenParlData.

Get official documents for a parliamentary affair — reports, committee opinions, federal council statements.

Get declared interests and mandates of a Swiss parliament member — board memberships, consulting roles, organizations.

Get current hourly pollen concentrations at a MeteoSwiss pollen monitoring station. Returns the most recent hours of data for 7 pollen types: Alder, Birch, Hazel, Beech, Ash, Oak, and Grasses. Source: MeteoSwiss.

Get daily pollen concentration averages at a MeteoSwiss pollen monitoring station. Returns daily readings for 7 pollen types over the requested number of days. Source: MeteoSwiss.

Get Swiss population data from the Federal Statistical Office (FSO/BFS). Returns population figures for Switzerland, a canton, or all cantons. Data source: BFS STATPOP (permanent resident population).

Get the Swiss Residential Property Price Index (SWRPI) — official BFS data. Baseline Q4 2019 = 100. Returns quarterly index values tracking Swiss property prices since 2009. Covers all properties, single-family houses, and apartments separately.

Get Swiss public holidays for a given year, optionally filtered by canton (e.g. ZH, BE, GE). Returns national and canton-specific holidays.

Get recent seismic events in and around Switzerland from the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) at ETH Zürich. Returns earthquakes and optionally quarry blasts, sorted by most recent first.

Get the Swiss Consumer Price Index (CPI/LIK), which tracks cost of living including residential rents. Baseline December 1982 = 100. Published monthly by BFS. For property purchase prices, use get_property_price_index instead.

Get Swiss school holidays for a given year, optionally filtered by canton. Returns holiday periods (start/end dates) by canton.

Get upcoming and recent Swiss parliament sessions (Sessionen). Shows session names, dates and types.

Get current snow conditions across Switzerland from SLF (WSL Institute for Snow and Avalanche Research). Returns snow depth and new snow (24h) for IMIS stations, sorted by snow depth. Filter by canton or minimum altitude. Data updated daily.

Get detailed snow and weather measurements for a specific SLF station. IMIS stations return 30-min data (snow depth, temperature, humidity, wind, radiation). Study plots return daily data (snow depth, new snow, water equivalent). Use list_snow_stations to find station codes.

Get rooftop solar energy potential for a location in Switzerland

Fetch details and resource links for a specific BFS/OFS dataset by its opendata.swiss identifier. Use search_statistics first to find dataset IDs.

Get the latest Swiss news headlines from SRF (Schweizer Radio und Fernsehen). Returns top news articles with title, description, link, and publication date.

List ASTRA traffic counting stations in a Swiss canton. Returns up to 20 stations with traffic data.

Get traffic volume at an ASTRA counting station in Switzerland by location name (e.g. 'Gotthard', 'Zürich', 'Genf'). Returns daily and weekday traffic counts, heavy vehicle percentage, and measurement year.

Find ASTRA traffic counting stations near a geographic coordinate in Switzerland. Returns nearby stations with traffic volume data.

Get current Swiss hiking trail closures and detours from the official ASTRA/Schweizer Wanderwege dataset. Filter by closure reason (e.g. Steinschlag, Bauarbeiten, Hangrutsch) or type (closure, detour). If no parameters are given, returns all active closures. Data source: swisstopo ch.astra.wanderland-sperrungen_umleitungen.

Find Swiss hiking trail closures and detours near a given GPS coordinate. Converts WGS84 coordinates to Swiss LV95 and queries the swisstopo identify endpoint. Returns closures within the specified radius.

Get detailed breakdown of a specific Swiss popular vote, including per-district results for Basel-Stadt (Basel city, Riehen, Bettingen, and overseas voters).

Get results of Swiss popular votes (Volksabstimmungen) from Basel-Stadt open data. Returns vote title, date, yes/no counts, yes percentage, and eligible voters. Covers national and cantonal votes since 2021.

Get a full monthly waste collection calendar for a Zurich city ZIP code. Returns all collection events grouped by date for the given month. Currently covers Zurich city only (ZIP codes 8001–8099). Powered by OpenERZ (openerz.metaodi.ch).

Get upcoming waste collection dates for a Zurich city ZIP code. Returns the next scheduled pickups sorted by date. Currently covers Zurich city only (ZIP codes 8001–8099). Powered by OpenERZ (openerz.metaodi.ch).

Get historical river/lake water level data for a Swiss hydrological station

Get current river or lake water level and temperature at a Swiss hydrological station

Get current weather conditions at a Swiss MeteoSwiss station (e.g. BER=Bern, ZUE=Zürich, LUG=Lugano)

Get historical weather data for a Swiss station

Identify geographic features and data layers at a specific Swiss location

Check whether today is a Swiss public holiday, optionally for a specific canton. Returns the holiday name if it is one.

List all official Swiss NABEL (Nationales Beobachtungsnetz für Luftfremdstoffe) air quality monitoring stations operated by BAFU/EMPA. Returns station codes, names, cantons, coordinates, and environment types.

List all Swiss avalanche warning regions as defined by SLF/EAWS. Returns region IDs, names, cantons, and typical elevations. Use region IDs with get_avalanche_bulletin.

List all Swiss cantons with their codes

List all currencies available from the Swiss National Bank (SNB) for CHF exchange rate data. Returns currency codes, names, and regions.

List all available BAFU hydrological monitoring stations (rivers and lakes) in Switzerland

List all Swiss company legal forms (AG, GmbH, etc.)

List all 16 MeteoSwiss automatic pollen monitoring stations in Switzerland. Returns station codes, names, cantons, altitude, and coordinates. Source: MeteoSwiss.

List all Swiss postcodes (PLZ) in a given canton. Accepts 2-letter canton codes (ZH, BE, GR…) or full names. Source: Swiss federal geodata (swisstopo).

List all SLF snow measurement stations in Switzerland (IMIS automatic stations and manual study plots). Returns station code, name, altitude, canton, and type. Sorted by elevation descending.

List all supported waste collection types for Zurich city. Returns each type with its description and local name. Currently covers Zurich city only (ZIP codes 8001–8099). Powered by OpenERZ (openerz.metaodi.ch).

List all available MeteoSwiss weather stations in Switzerland

Look up a Swiss postcode (PLZ) to get locality name, canton, and coordinates. Source: Swiss federal geodata (swisstopo).

Convert coordinates to a Swiss address (swisstopo)

Search political affairs across Swiss cantonal parliaments (Kantonsräte). Covers all 26 cantons via OpenParlData.

Search Swiss company registry (ZEFIX) by name, canton, or legal form

Search Swiss companies registered at a specific address or locality

Search Swiss dams and reservoirs under federal supervision by name. Searches both dam names and reservoir names. Returns dam type, height, crest length, reservoir volume, purpose, canton, and year built. Data source: Swiss Federal Office of Energy (SFOE) via swisstopo BGDI.

Search for earthquakes near a geographic location using the Swiss Seismological Service (SED) FDSN API. Useful for finding seismic activity near a Swiss city, landmark, or custom coordinates.

Search for Swiss municipality IDs needed for electricity tariff lookup. Returns BFS municipality numbers for use with get_electricity_tariff and compare_electricity_tariffs.

Search Swiss Parliament political affairs — bills, motions, interpellations, postulates, questions, and initiatives. Uses OpenParlData.ch full-text search across the Federal Assembly (Bundesversammlung).

Get debate speeches and contributions for a specific parliamentary affair. Returns speaker info and speech details.

Search Swiss place names, localities, mountains, and geographic features

Search Swiss postcodes by city or locality name. Returns all PLZ entries matching the name. Source: Swiss federal geodata (swisstopo).

Search opendata.swiss for Swiss real estate and housing datasets. Finds datasets about property prices, rents, housing construction, vacancy rates, and more. Returns dataset names, descriptions, and resource download URLs.

Search for Swiss public transport stations/stops by name or coordinates

Search Swiss Federal Statistical Office (BFS/OFS/UST) datasets on opendata.swiss. Returns matching dataset titles, IDs, and descriptions.

Search Swiss news headlines from SRF by keyword. Searches across all available news categories and returns matching articles.

Search Swiss popular votes by keyword in the vote title (e.g. 'Initiative', 'Klimaschutz', 'CO2', 'AHV'). Returns matching votes with yes/no results.

Generate a Swiss Post parcel tracking URL for a given tracking number. Swiss Post does not provide a public tracking API, so this returns the official tracking page URL to open in a browser.