Municipality · Ticino
Bellinzona is a municipality, a historic Swiss town, and the capital of the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. The town is famous for its three castles that have been UNESCO World Heritage Sites since 2000.
The vacancy rate is 1.68%, 6% below the cantonal average (1.78 %). The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 93% (2026), 12% above the average of the canton's municipalities (82.9 %). A single person without children on a gross wage of CHF 100'000 pays CHF 12'725 a year in canton, municipality and personal tax (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 43'100 (tax period 2022). Bellinzona has 45'828 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 11.9°C with 1'806 mm of rain. Warmest in July (21.9°C), coldest in January (1.5°C). Station: Magadino / Cadenazzo, 203 m.
Sunshine
2'122 h
Precipitation
1'806 mm
Magadino / Cadenazzo · 203 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
3.3 kmCHF 1'200'000.–
4.1 kmCHF 590'000.–
4.2 kmCHF 620'000.–
4.6 kmCHF 800'000.–
CHF 628'000.–
6.1 kmCHF 1'250'000.–
6.2 kmCHF 960'000.–
