Lugano
Reaching Lugano from London emits 26.7 kg CO₂e return by rail (12h 24m each way) against 227 kg by air — 9× the carbon. It averages 24.6 °C in August and 5.5 °C in January.
Lugano is a lakeside city in Ticino, the Italian-speaking part of southern Switzerland, and is the largest Italian-speaking city in Switzerland and outside Italy. — Wikivoyage, CC BY-SA 4.0
When to go: Lugano is warmest in August (24.6 °C), sunniest in July (13.0 h a day); coldest in January (5.5 °C). Month by month
Getting there
| From | Distance | By rail | Rail time | By air | Air time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amsterdam | 767 km | 22.6 kg | 12h 48m | 193 kg | 4h 30m |
| Barcelona | 750 km | 22.1 kg | 12h 12m | 189 kg | 4h 30m |
| Berlin | 793 km | 23.4 kg | 10h 54m | 199 kg | 4h 36m |
| Birmingham | 1,065 km | 39.7 kg | 15h 6m | 268 kg | 4h 54m |
| Bristol | 1,040 km | 40.4 kg | 15h 24m | 262 kg | 4h 54m |
| Brussels | 636 km | 18.8 kg | 10h 54m | 160 kg | 4h 18m |
| Cardiff | 1,076 km | 43.6 kg | 15h 42m | 271 kg | 4h 54m |
| Copenhagen | 1,104 km | 32.6 kg | 17h 54m | 278 kg | 5h |
| Dublin | 1,360 km | — | — | 342 kg | 5h 18m |
| Edinburgh | 1,391 km | 69.6 kg | 18h 6m | 350 kg | 5h 24m |
| Frankfurt | 457 km | 13.5 kg | 7h 54m | 115 kg | 4h 6m |
| Glasgow | 1,430 km | 71.3 kg | 18h 18m | 360 kg | 5h 24m |
| Leeds | 1,145 km | 48.5 kg | 16h | 288 kg | 5h |
| Lisbon | 1,688 km | 49.8 kg | 26h 24m | 425 kg | 5h 48m |
| Liverpool | 1,186 km | 49.7 kg | 16h | 298 kg | 5h 6m |
| London | 903 km | 26.7 kg | 12h 24m | 227 kg | 4h 42m |
| Madrid | 1,198 km | 35.3 kg | 15h 48m | 301 kg | 5h 6m |
| Manchester | 1,154 km | 47.7 kg | 15h 54m | 290 kg | 5h |
| Munich | 308 km | 9.1 kg | 6h 24m | 77.6 kg | 3h 54m |
| Newcastle | 1,243 km | 58.6 kg | 16h 36m | 313 kg | 5h 12m |
| Nottingham | 1,061 km | 40.7 kg | 15h 30m | 267 kg | 4h 54m |
| Oslo | 1,550 km | 45.8 kg | 24h 24m | 390 kg | 5h 36m |
| Paris | 589 km | 17.4 kg | 8h | 148 kg | 4h 18m |
| Prague | 608 km | 17.9 kg | 10h 48m | 153 kg | 4h 18m |
| Rome | 539 km | 15.9 kg | 6h 24m | 136 kg | 4h 12m |
| Sheffield | 1,109 km | 44.9 kg | 15h 48m | 279 kg | 5h |
| Southampton | 937 km | 35.6 kg | 15h 6m | 236 kg | 4h 42m |
| Stockholm | 1,600 km | 47.2 kg | 23h | 402 kg | 5h 36m |
| Vienna | 612 km | 18.0 kg | 10h 24m | 154 kg | 4h 18m |
| Warsaw | 1,115 km | 32.9 kg | 18h 6m | 280 kg | 5h |
| Zurich | 154 km | 4.5 kg | 3h 30m | 38.7 kg | 3h 42m |
The year in Lugano
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Temp °C | 5.5 | 7.5 | 9.3 | 12.0 | 16.0 | 20.5 | 23.7 | 24.6 | 18.9 | 15.7 | 8.2 | 5.9 |
| Sun h/day | 6.2 | 7.2 | 7.3 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 11.8 | 13.0 | 11.8 | 8.9 | 5.9 | 7.4 | 6.5 |
| Rain mm/day | 1.5 | 3.9 | 6.7 | 3.9 | 10.1 | 5.9 | 5.5 | 5.2 | 9.4 | 10.2 | 1.9 | 1.1 |
When to go
Lugano is warmest in August at 24.6 °C but brightest in July, averaging 13.0 hours of sun a day — the two do not always coincide, which is worth knowing before booking. Its coldest is January at 5.5 °C.
Three months worth booking
The same year of measurements, decided rather than tabulated. Each opens the map below on dates in that month.
Staying there
A hotel room in Switzerland emits about 6.6 kg CO₂e per night under UK Government 2026 factors — a country average per occupied room, not this or any particular hotel. 7 nights in one room adds roughly 46 kg — about 10.3× the carbon of one person getting there by rail from Zurich. Two sharing the room halve that share each; the journey does not halve.
How busy it gets
Ticino records 12.4 overnight stays per resident a year (4,463,465 nights in 2025). A well-visited region, busy in season but not overwhelmed.
Eurostat, nights spent at tourist accommodation by NUTS 3 region, against resident population. Shown for context only — it plays no part in which destinations appear or in what order. Eurostat does not cover the United Kingdom after 2016, nor North Africa or the Levant at all, so this figure is absent for roughly a third of the destinations here.
Where to stay in Lugano
Places to stay in Lugano, Switzerland, on a live map. Prices and availability come from Stay22 and its booking partners.
Search places to stay in Lugano →Opens the booking search in a new tab. Same partners as the map below.
Affiliate disclosure. A booking made through this map may earn 0xCarbon a commission, at no extra cost to you. It changes nothing above it: the emissions figures come from UK Government conversion factors and are computed before anyone is paid anything.See the method.
Distances are great-circle. Rail assumes international rail at 0.01135 kg CO₂e per passenger-km with a 1.3× track detour allowance; flights use 0.12576 kg per passenger-km including radiative forcing. Journey times are modelled, not timetabled. Full method.