Hotels at Lugano booking.com

Lugano

Booking.com

Lugano

General information - Location

Country	Switzerland
Location in country	Southeast
Location in Europe	Central Europe
Coordinates (WGS84)	Long: 8.9515,Lat: 46.0045
Elevation	238 meter above sea level
Local time	5:36:58am
Name province/region	Ticino
Name Subregion	Lugano
Name Sub(sub)region - municipality	Lugano

Nearest 5 places

Placename	Distance	Direction
1 Massagno	1.4 km	NorthWest
2 Paradiso	1.5 km	South
3 Sorengo	1.5 km	WestSouthWest
4 Savosa	2.1 km	North
5 Vezia	2.3 km	NorthNorthWest

Nearest 3 capitals

Capitalname	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Vaduz	Liechtenstein	133 km	NorthNorthEast
2 Bern	Switzerland	156 km	NorthWest
3 Monte Carlo	Monaco	280 km	SouthSouthWest

Characteristics - Physical Geography

The Ligurian Sea (Mediterranean Sea) is the nearest seacoast with a distance of around 176 km (direction South).The coastline is located in another country namely Italy.The place is situated in the rivercatchment named Po main - Medium - Adda, Ticino, part of the larger catchment area Po Basin. The nearest bigger lake is Lago di Lugano (Luganer See) (26.9 km² at a height of around 270 meter above sea level) at a distance of 0.2 km in SouthSouthEastern direction).

The nearest mountain is Monte Generoso with a height of 1701 meter (at a distance of 9.7 km and direction SouthSouthEast). The most nearby international border is the Italian-Swiss border with a straight distance of 2.6 km in SouthSouthEastern direction. The estimated travel distance is around 3.6 km.
Elevation around place: hill: 74%, low mountains: 18%, moderate high mountains: 8%, high mountains: 0%, The hills are mainly western orientated. The surroundings of the place is highly urbanised. The most common land use in the area is urban.

Name area (subregions, nature area, hills, mountains, landscape)

Name
Stadtlandschaft -- Paysage urbain

Nearby scheduled flights are operated from (national) airport Malpensa International Airport (at a distance of 45 km and direction SouthSouthWest).The closest smaller (subnational) airport is Lugano Airport (at a distance of 3.2 km in Western direction).

Landscape - Landuse (within 5km)

Forest

27 km2

34.4%

Agriculture

1.6 km2

2.1%

Urban area

31.8 km2

40.5%

Infrastructure

0.4 km2

0.5%

Water - Lakes

15 km2

19.1%

Climate - Temperature and Precipitation

Location of Lugano in country Switzerland

Lugano at Physical map (height map)

Tourist information - Travel Guide

Nearest 3 UNESCO-sites

Name	Country	Distance	Direction
1 Monte San Giorgio	Italy,Switzerland	13 km	SouthSouthWest
2 Sacri Monti of Piedmont and Lombardy	Italy	17 km	EastSouthEast
3 Three Castles, Defensive Wall and Ramparts of the Market-Town of Bellinzona	Switzerland	22 km	NorthNorthEast

Social media - Maps

	Video's op youtube van Lugano
	Video's op Vimeo
	TikTok
	Instagram
	Flickr
Filming Location	IMDB Lugano
	TikTok
	Bings maps
	Mapquest
	Wikimapia
	OpenStreetMap

Relief: Altitude classes in percent (within 5km)

Relief: slope classes in percent (within 5km)

Current weather at Lugano

Type of weather in Lugano	broken clouds
Current temperature:	14 degrees Celcius
Rain last 3 hours :	No precipitation
Wind:	1.03 mtr/sec (windforce - bft 1)
Wind direction:	North
Air pressure:	1010 mb
Humidity:	81 %
Daylength at 1 May 2024:	14 hour and 21 minutes
Sunrise :	06:10 Europe/Amsterdam
Sunset :	20:31 Europe/Amsterdam