Morcote
Municipality in the canton of Ticino · FSO no. 5203
Parcel data from Jul 2025, statistics computed on 29 Sept 2026.
Open map at the Morcote center
For Morcote (TI), the parcel data holds a measured building height for 512 parcels. On a typical parcel the tallest building is 10.2 m high, and on 19 in 20 parcels it is 16.1 m or lower.
Key figures
- Median building height
- 10.2 m
- Canton: 8.8 m
- Switzerland: 9.5 m
- Median floors
- 2
Canton: 2
Switzerland: 2
- Tallest building
- 36.2 m
Canton: 70.5 m
Switzerland: 221.3 m
- Parcels measured
- 512
0.7% of the canton
- 25 m or taller
- 3
0.6% of measured parcels
About Morcote
Morcote is a municipality in the canton of Ticino. For Morcote, the parcel data holds a measured building height for 512 parcels. On half of them the tallest building is at most 10.2 m, on three quarters at most 12.6 m, and on 19 in 20 at most 16.1 m.
For Morcote, the median building height, 10.2 m, is above the canton median of 8.8 m. The tallest building measures 36.2 m. One parcel has a building of 30 m or taller.
The median floor count is 2, and the building with the most floors has 8. By median building height, Morcote ranks 6th of 61 municipalities in the canton with complete height data.
Building heights
The height of the tallest building on each parcel, over the 512 parcels with a measured height. Each percentile is the height that share of parcels stays at or below.
| Figure | Here | Canton | Switzerland |
|---|---|---|---|
| P25 (lower quartile) | 8.0 m | 7.2 m | 7.8 m |
| P50 (median) | 10.2 m | 8.8 m | 9.5 m |
| P75 (upper quartile) | 12.6 m | 11.0 m | 11.5 m |
| P95 | 16.1 m | 16.6 m | 16.6 m |
| Tallest building | 36.2 m | 70.5 m | 221.3 m |
Parcels by building height
Floors
The number of floors of the building with the most floors on each parcel, over the 495 parcels with a floor count. Median: 2, most floors: 8.
Parcels by number of floors
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 36.2 m.
| Tallest building | Parcels | Share of measured |
|---|---|---|
| 15 m or taller | 44 | 8.6% |
| 25 m or taller | 3 | 0.6% |
| 30 m or taller | 1 | 0.2% |
| 50 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
| 100 m or taller | 0 | 0% |
Building height map for Morcote
roofs maps building height for every parcel in Morcote. 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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