Luzern
City in Switzerland: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
00 0055 Buildings in Lucerne: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Luzern is a city in Switzerland, in Lucerne. About 81,691 people live in the city proper, making it the 7th largest city of Switzerland in our atlas.
It lies at 47.05° N, 8.31° E, about 437 m (1,434 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Europe/Zurich time zone.
Location
Red dot: Luzern. Green dots: other major cities of Switzerland. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Luzern has a temperate oceanic climate (Köppen Cfb). The warmest month is usually Jul, with average highs near 21°C (70°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about -6°C (22°F). Around 1,362 mm (54 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.
What to eat in SwitzerlandNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Zürich · 40 km
- Winterthur · 60 km
- Bern · 66 km
- Basel · 79 km
- Sankt Gallen · 91 km
- Lugano · 126 km
- Lausanne · 140 km
- Geneva · 189 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 2659811 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q4191 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- 00 0055 Buildings in Lucerne: W. Bulach, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)