Dänikon is a municipality in the district of Dielsdorf in the canton of Zürich in Switzerland.

Of the rest of the land, 13.6% is settled (buildings or roads) and the remainder (1.1%) is non-productive (rivers, glaciers or mountains).

Most of the population (as of 2000[update]) speaks German (87.4%), with Italian being second most common ( 2.6%) and Turkish being third ( 2.2%).

In the 2007 election the most popular party was the SVP which received 47.4% of the vote.

In Dänikon about 75.9% of the population (between age 25-64) have completed either non-mandatory upper secondary education or additional higher education (either University or a Fachhochschule).