Climate
Lugano has an oceanic climate that is characterized by relatively mild winters, warm, damp summers and plentiful precipitation year-round, although winter is somewhat drier than the rest of the year. It has an average of 103.3 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1,545 mm (60.8 in) of precipitation. The wettest month is May during which Lugano receives an average of 194 mm (7.6 in) of rain, while the driest month of the year is December with an average of 63 mm (2.5 in) of precipitation over 5.6 days.
| Climate data for Lugano, Switzerland | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Year |
| Average high °C (°F) | 6.1 (43.0) |
7.8 (46.0) |
11.6 (52.9) |
15.1 (59.2) |
18.9 (66.0) |
22.9 (73.2) |
25.8 (78.4) |
24.7 (76.5) |
21.4 (70.5) |
16.5 (61.7) |
10.6 (51.1) |
7.1 (44.8) |
15.7 (60.3) |
| Daily mean °C (°F) | 2.6 (36.7) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.1 (44.8) |
10.7 (51.3) |
14.5 (58.1) |
18.3 (64.9) |
21.1 (70.0) |
20.3 (68.5) |
17.2 (63.0) |
12.5 (54.5) |
7.4 (45.3) |
3.8 (38.8) |
11.6 (52.9) |
| Average low °C (°F) | 0.1 (32.2) |
1.3 (34.3) |
3.9 (39.0) |
7.2 (45.0) |
11.0 (51.8) |
14.2 (57.6) |
16.7 (62.1) |
16.0 (60.8) |
13.3 (55.9) |
9.1 (48.4) |
4.4 (39.9) |
1.0 (33.8) |
8.2 (46.8) |
| Precipitation mm (inches) | 76 (2.99) |
71 (2.8) |
106 (4.17) |
152 (5.98) |
194 (7.64) |
171 (6.73) |
133 (5.24) |
166 (6.54) |
153 (6.02) |
140 (5.51) |
120 (4.72) |
63 (2.48) |
1,545 (60.83) |
| Snowfall cm (inches) | 17.4 (6.85) |
4.4 (1.73) |
1.2 (0.47) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.0 (0) |
0.2 (0.08) |
6.5 (2.56) |
29.8 (11.73) |
| % humidity | 71 | 70 | 66 | 66 | 70 | 69 | 67 | 71 | 75 | 77 | 74 | 71 | 71 |
| Avg. precipitation days (≥ 1.0 mm) | 6.0 | 6.6 | 8.0 | 10.2 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 8.6 | 10.0 | 8.0 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 5.6 | 103.3 |
| Avg. snowy days (≥ 1.0 cm) | 1.9 | 1.0 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 1.1 | 4.4 |
| Mean monthly sunshine hours | 119 | 123 | 165 | 176 | 181 | 215 | 250 | 230 | 189 | 152 | 109 | 118 | 2,026 |
| Source: MeteoSwiss | |||||||||||||
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