City · Ticino
Lugano is a city and municipality within the Lugano District in the canton of Ticino, Switzerland. It is the largest city in both Ticino and the Italian-speaking region of southern Switzerland. Lugano has a population of 62,315, and an urban agglomeration of over 150,000. It is the ninth largest Swiss city.
The following figures are for the whole municipality Lugano belongs to. The vacancy rate is 1.94%, 9% above the cantonal average (1.78 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 77% (2026), 7% below the average of the canton's municipalities (82.9 %) — low for the canton. A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 11'672 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax in the municipality of Lugano (tax year 2026, without church, federal and wealth tax). On the mean of the municipalities weighted by residents it is CHF 12'063 in the canton and CHF 12'251 in Switzerland. Median taxable income of all taxpayers is CHF 39'400 (tax period 2022). The municipality has 63'691 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
1.1 kmCHF 1'950'000.–
1.2 kmCHF 5'800'000.–
1.3 kmCHF 2'000'000.–
1.4 kmCHF 1'400'000.–
1.5 kmCHF 1'050'000.–
1.5 kmCHF 2'400'000.–
CHF 963'000.–
Annual mean 13.0°C with 1'567 mm of rain. Warmest in July (22.6°C), coldest in January (3.8°C). Station: Lugano, 273 m.
Sunshine
2'120 h
Precipitation
1'567 mm
Lugano · 273 m.a.s.l. · 1991–2020 normals · Source: MeteoSchweiz
Mean annual temperature at Lugano has risen by +1.9°C between the first 30 observed years (1864–1893) and the most recent (1996–2025).
Lugano · 273 m.a.s.l. · 1864–2025 · Source: MeteoSchweiz NBCN
Source: FSO
