Municipality · Ticino
Chiasso is a town and a municipality in the district of Mendrisio in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland.
The vacancy rate is 7.37%, 314% above the cantonal average (1.78 %) — a comparatively relaxed market. The municipal tax multiplier (Steuerfuss) is 88% (2026), 6% 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 12'396 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 31'250 (tax period 2022). Chiasso has 7'677 residents (2025).
Sources: Swiss Federal Statistical Office (FSO), Swiss Federal Tax Administration (FTA).
Annual mean 11.6°C with 1'560 mm of rain. Warmest in July (21.7°C), coldest in January (1.6°C). Station: Stabio, 351 m.
Sunshine
2'063 h
Precipitation
1'560 mm
Stabio · 351 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
2.0 kmCHF 1'090.–/month
CHF 1'480.–/month
2.1 kmCHF 1'400.–/month
2.1 kmCHF 1'300.–/month
2.2 kmCHF 1'600.–/month
2.4 kmCHF 2'400.–/month
2.5 kmCHF 1'100.–/month
