Fast food price insights
What the drive-thru really costs: prices from 75 fast food restaurants in Switzerland across 1 chains, checked 2026-10-05. Every figure below compares each restaurant's own pickup price from the brand's ordering app, so the numbers are what you would actually pay at the window.
Data as of . Updated daily. Prices are in Swiss francs.
Key findings
- Burger King has the biggest price gap between locations: its priciest restaurant charges 29% more than its cheapest for the same basket. Burger King has the smallest gap, 29%.
- Lausanne, VD is the biggest cluster of bargain fast food in Switzerland: 1 of its 1 restaurants rank in their brand's cheapest fifth nationally.
- Valais is the cheapest canton for fast food overall (Drive Thru Index 97, where 100 is the national typical price) and Bern the most expensive (103), averaging each brand against its own national prices.
- A Burger King Whopper costs anywhere from CHF 8.90 to CHF 12.50 across 72 restaurants in Switzerland; the typical price is CHF 9.40.
- Valais is the cheapest canton for Burger King and Aargau the priciest, comparing the same basket of 5 items at 72 restaurants.
The scoop
Burger King’s Swiss spread reaches 29%Across 72 Swiss restaurants, Burger King’s basket runs from CHF 32.80 in Hochdorf, Lucerne, to CHF 42.30 in Niederurnen, Glarus. Its WHOPPER® ranges from CHF 8.90 to CHF 12.50, making Burger King the brand with the biggest location gap.
Five Guys keeps prices nearly levelFive Guys is the most consistent brand in view, with its priciest location just 5% above its cheapest. The basket is CHF 41.50 in Lausanne, Vaud, and CHF 43.50 in Geneva, across three restaurants.
Valais leads Burger King’s bargainsValais has Burger King’s lowest listed cantonal median basket at CHF 33.30. Aargau is highest at CHF 35.30, with Bern at CHF 35.20 and Zurich at CHF 34.30.
Burger King has the bigger Swiss footprintBurger King has 72 restaurants represented across Switzerland, compared with three Five Guys locations. That gives Burger King the widest location coverage on this price map.
Cheapest to most expensive cantons
Each canton's Drive Thru Index score averages every brand's typical basket there against that brand's own national typical price, so 100 is the national norm, 90 is 10% cheaper and 120 is 20% pricier. Brands are never compared with each other.
| Rank | Canton | Index | vs national | Brands | Restaurants compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Valais | 97 | -3% | 1 | 5 |
| 2 | Zurich | 100 | +0% | 1 | 15 |
| 3 | Vaud | 100 | +0% | 1 | 8 |
| 4 | Aargau | 103 | +3% | 1 | 9 |
| 5 | Bern | 103 | +3% | 1 | 7 |
Bargain clusters
Where cheap fast food clusters: the places with the most restaurants whose basket ranks in their own brand's cheapest fifth nationally. Each brand is judged against itself, never against another brand's prices.
| City, all brands | Bargain restaurants | Restaurants compared | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lausanne, VD | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Kreuzlingen, TG | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Genève, GE | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Amriswil, TG | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Nyon, VD | 1 | 1 | 100% |
| Brand | Top bargain cities | Top bargain cantons |
|---|---|---|
| Burger King | — | ZH (1 of 15) |
By brand
| Brand | Restaurants | Item | Typical price | Range | Cheapest canton | Priciest canton | Gap between locations | Delivery vs pickup |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burger King | 72 | Whopper | CHF 9.40 | CHF 8.90 to CHF 12.50 | Valais | Aargau | 29% | — |
Questions people ask
- How much does a Burger King Whopper cost in Switzerland?
- As of 2026-10-05, a Whopper costs CHF 8.90 to CHF 12.50 at 72 Burger King restaurants, with a typical price of CHF 9.40.
- Where is Burger King cheapest in Switzerland?
- Valais has the cheapest typical Burger King basket and Aargau the most expensive (Drive Thru Index, 2026-10-05). The single cheapest restaurant is in Hochdorf, LU.
How the index works
Every day we check the menu at every US restaurant of each chain, using the same ordering app its customers use, and record each item's pickup and delivery price. Restaurants are compared on a basket of items that every full-menu restaurant of that brand sells, so a comparison is never skewed by a missing item. Restaurants with a limited menu, and prices that are clearly a menu code error, are left out of comparisons. "Typical" means the median restaurant.
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Citing this data: Source: Drive Thru Index (https://drivethruindex.com), prices checked 2026-10-05. Journalists are welcome to quote any figure on this page.