Locarno: facts

At a glance

• Country: Switzerland
• Region: Ticino
• Administrative status: seat of a second-order administrative division (GeoNames code PPLA2)
• Population: approximately 15,824
• Coordinates: 46.1709° N, 8.7995° E
• Time zone: Europe/Zurich (UTC+01:00 standard, UTC+02:00 daylight saving time)
• Currency: Franc (CHF)
• Distance to the capital, Bern: 135 km (84 mi), straight line

Getting there

• Lugano Airport (LUG): 20 km (13 mi), straight line
• Milan Malpensa International Airport (MXP, Italy): 60 km (37 mi), straight line
• Milano Linate Airport (LIN, Italy): 89 km (55 mi), straight line

Nearby

• Pino sulla Sponda del Lago Maggiore, Italy: 9.1 km (5.6 mi)
• Tronzano Lago Maggiore, Italy: 10 km (7 mi)
• Veddasca, Italy: 11 km (7 mi)
• Curiglia, Italy: 12 km (8 mi)
• Cannobio, Italy: 14 km (9 mi)
• Nearest place with over 100,000 inhabitants: Monza, 75 km (47 mi)