Lugano
City in Switzerland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Lugano from Sighignola: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Lugano is a city in Switzerland, in Ticino. About 63,185 people live in the city proper, making it the 9th largest city of Switzerland in our atlas.
It lies at 46.01° N, 8.96° E, about 284 m (932 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Zurich time zone.
Location
Red dot: Lugano. Green dots: other major cities of Switzerland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Lugano has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 24°C (76°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -5°C (24°F). Around 1,208 mm (48 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, spread fairly evenly through the year.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
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- Luzern · 126 km
- Zürich · 154 km
- Bern · 156 km
- Sankt Gallen · 160 km
- Winterthur · 167 km
- Lausanne · 188 km
- Basel · 202 km
- Geneva · 218 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2659836 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q7024 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Lugano from Sighignola: Aconcagua, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)