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Lugano

Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5192

Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.

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For Lugano (TI), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 10’607 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 23.6 m or lower.

Key figures

Median building height
10 m
Canton: 8.8 m
Switzerland: 9.5 m
Median floors
2

Canton: 2

Switzerland: 2

Tallest building
70.5 m

Canton: 70.5 m

Switzerland: 221.3 m

Parcels measured
10’607

13.5% of the canton

25 m or taller
318

3% of measured parcels

About Lugano

Lugano is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. For Lugano, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 10’607 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10 m, on three quarters at most 13.4 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 23.6 m.

For Lugano, the median building height, 10 m, is above the canton median of 8.8 m. The tallest building measures 70.5 m. 41 parcels have a building of 30 m or taller.

The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 18. By median building height, Lugano ranks 8th of 61 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.

Building heights

The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 10’607 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.

Building height percentiles
FigureHereCantonSwitzerland
P25 (lower quartile)7.7 m7.2 m7.8 m
P50 (median)10.0 m8.8 m9.5 m
P75 (upper quartile)13.4 m11.0 m11.5 m
P9523.6 m16.6 m16.6 m
Tallest building70.5 m70.5 m221.3 m

Parcels by building height

  • 0-3 m67
  • 3-6 m853
  • 6-9 m3’204
  • 9-12 m2’977
  • 12-15 m1’434
  • 15-18 m638
  • 18-21 m545
  • 21-24 m418
  • 24-27 m365
  • 27-30 m65
  • 30 m or taller41

Floors

The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 10’636 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 18.

Parcels by number of floors

  • 1 floor1’992
  • 2 floors4’128
  • 3 floors2’313
  • 4 floors726
  • 5 floors503
  • 6 floors409
  • 7 floors428
  • 8 or more floors137

Tallest buildings

Parcels whose tallest building reaches at least the height in each row. The rows are cumulative: a parcel with a 60 m building also counts in every row below 60 m. The tallest building measures 70.5 m.

Parcels by tallest building
Tallest buildingParcelsShare of measured
15 m or taller2’07219.5%
25 m or taller3183%
30 m or taller410.4%
50 m or taller4< 0.1%
100 m or taller00%

Building height map for Lugano

roofs maps building height for every parcel in Lugano. Heights come from swisstopo swissBUILDINGS3D and the number of floors from the federal building register (GWR); where no height was measured, the map estimates it from the floors and marks it with a ~.

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