Swan And Ducks Along The Shore On A Beautiful Lake And A View Of The Hills And The City Of Lugano. Stock Image

The municipality Lugano lies at the edge of Lake Lugano Italian: Lago di Lugano or Ceresio, which is situated between the lakes Lago Maggiore and Lago di Como, south of the Alps. It lies at the heart of the Sottoceneri, that part of the canton of Ticino that lies south of the Monte Ceneri Pass.[4]The town centre is located on the lake shore just to the west of where the river Cassarate enters the lake. The town`s waterfront forms a crescent around the bay between the Brè 925 m [3,035 ft] and the San Salvatore 912 m [2,992 ft] mountains.Lugano has a rare humid subtropical climate Köppen: Cfa for the latitude, closely bordering on a subtropical oceanic climate Köppen: Cfb due to the warmer average being 22 °C 71.6 °F. Although the US National Academy of Sciences considers a sea-like climate, the vegetation is from the subtropics with deciduous forest. It is characterized by relatively mild winters and warm humid summers.It has an average of 98.1 days of rain or snow per year and on average receives 1,559 mm 61.4 in of precipitation. The wettest month is May during which Lugano receives an average of 196 mm 7.7 in of rain, while the driest month of the year is February with an average of 52 mm 2.0 in of precipitation over 4.6 days