USZ Zurich parking 2026: 184 spaces, almost free at night

💰 USZ parking fees: 2 hours cost more than in 22 of 29 car parks

Two hours in the USZ Nord car park cost CHF 9.–. According to ConvivaPlus’ analysis of every Zurich car park with a published rate, that is more than in 22 of 29. 6 car parks charge the same, including Hohe Promenade, Urania and Bleicherweg. Only Opéra is more expensive. The USZ names no special rate for visitors.

In the ConvivaPlus Parkhaus-Preisindex Zürich the Nord car park scores 113, where 100 is the Zurich median for two hours. Compared only with car parks in the same location, 1 to 2.5 km from Paradeplatz, it scores 129, 29 per cent above the median for that location.

The scale: the first half hour costs CHF 2.50, the first hour CHF 4.–, three hours CHF 13.–, four CHF 17.– and five CHF 22.–. After that, every further half hour adds CHF 2.–. Both USZ car parks, Nord and Süd, charge the same rate, at weekends too: the sign names no Sunday rate.

🌙 Overnight parking: 11 hours for CHF 1.–

From 21:00 to 8:00 both car parks charge a flat night rate: CHF 1.– for the whole night. 11 hours therefore cost less than the first half hour during the day (CHF 2.50). The Nord car park is open around the clock and you can exit at any time.

What the sign does not say: how a stay is charged that starts before 21:00 or ends after 8:00. We therefore do not calculate it, and the calculator shows a dash. If you drive in at 21:00 or later and leave before 8:00, you stay within the operator’s wording: “CHF 1.00 pauschal” (flat rate).

🕐 USZ visiting hours: until 20:00, night rate only from 21:00

Visiting hours end an hour before the cheap night rate begins. On general wards, visiting hours are daily from 13:00 to 20:00. The cheap night rate only starts at 21:00. Visiting someone from 18:00 to 20:00 therefore costs the day rate: CHF 9.– for two hours, CHF 13.– for three hours from 17:00.

The USZ itself recommends public transport because spaces are limited: the campus is about 10 minutes from Zurich main station or Stadelhofen. And if you bring flowers: fresh cut flowers only, potted plants are not allowed on the wards.

📅 USZ daily rate: CHF 42.– from 10 hours

If you stay all day, for example during a relative’s operation, the sign says you pay the daily rate of CHF 42.– from 10 hours. Until then the scale applies: six hours cost CHF 26.–, eight hours CHF 34.–. The sign does not say whether the daily rate applies per calendar day or per 24 hours.

A working day from 8:00 to 16:00 costs CHF 34.– in the Nord car park and CHF 32.– in the ETH car park next door, a difference of CHF 2.–.

🅿️ USZ Nord and Süd car parks: one is missing from the city’s list

You will not find the USZ Süd car park on Gloriastrasse in the City of Zurich’s official car park list; only the parking guidance system lists it: 80 spaces according to the operator, 325 metres from the main entrance, the same rate as the Nord car park.

The USZ Nord car park is on Frauenklinikstrasse, 181 metres as the crow flies from the main entrance, entrance height 2.00 m. The City of Zurich counts 104 spaces there, 4 of them for people with disabilities; the operator lists 90 in the parking guidance system.

Both report their free spaces to the city’s parking guidance system. How many are free in the Nord car park right now is shown on the live board with every Zurich car park.

🚶 USZ car park full: the nearest alternative is not on the list

In case both are full, the USZ names 6 other car parks: Caréum (0.4 km), Kantonsschule Rämibühl (0.6 km), Hohe Promenade (1 km), Opéra (1.4 km), Urania (0.9 km) and Universität Irchel (2.3 km). The farthest, Universität Irchel, is 2.3 km from the hospital as the crow flies.

Not on the list is the car park at the ETH main building, 302 metres as the crow flies, closer than the hospital’s own Süd car park. According to ETH, visitors pay CHF 4.– per hour during the day and CHF 2.– from 17:00. Two hours from 18:00 cost CHF 4.– at that rate, against CHF 9.– at the USZ. The City of Zurich lists it among its publicly accessible car parks. None of the car parks guarantees a space.

For the other 7 car parks in the radius, neither the city nor the operator publishes a rate we can calculate. Every car park in the city is on Zurich car parks.

🚋 Tram to the USZ: it stops where cars cannot stay

The tram stops exactly where no car may park: lines 6, 9 and 10 serve “ETH/Universitätsspital”, at the main entrance at Rämistrasse 100 according to the USZ.

From Zurich main station, according to ETH, trams 10 and 6 run without changing to “ETH/Universitätsspital”. If you drive someone, drop them at the main entrance and park afterwards.

📍 Main entrance drop-off: dropping someone off costs nothing

If you are only dropping someone off or picking them up, the USZ charges you nothing: the USZ’s English page says “getting in and out is permitted at the driveways to the main entrances”. Parking is not: all spaces are subject to a charge. For your satnav: Nord car park on Frauenklinikstrasse, Süd car park on Gloriastrasse, both 8091 Zurich. The main entrance is at Rämistrasse 100.

If you have to wait while someone is being discharged, park the car: the first half hour in the Nord car park costs CHF 2.50, an hour CHF 4.–.