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Lucerne vs Lugano: municipalities compared

Every figure we hold for Lucerne and Lugano, side by side. Shading marks the order along each metric’s documented ranking direction — the judgment is yours.

	Lucerne Canton LU	Lugano Canton TI
Population & demographics
Foreign residents↑	2.28.2%#394 CH #7 LU	1.40.9%#70 CH #8 TI
Children & youth (0–19)↑	2.16.5%#1'878 CH #77 LU	1.16.6%#1'873 CH #55 TI
Residents 65+↑	2.19.4%#1'351 CH #30 LU	1.23.1%#658 CH #67 TI
Density↑	1.2'318/km²#52 CH #1 LU	2.739/km²#333 CH #26 TI
Residents↑	1.86'699#7 CH #1 LU	2.63'691#9 CH #1 TI
Women↑	2.51.3%#287 CH #4 LU	1.51.6%#215 CH #31 TI
Taxes
Tax↓	1.11'535#213 CH #8 LU	2.13'475#683 CH #30 TI
Climate
Avg. temp.↑	2.10.1°C#393 CH #6 LU	1.11.4°C#24 CH #24 TI
Sunshine↑	2.40.4%#1'640 CH #64 LU	1.55.1%#72 CH #49 TI
Precipitation↑	2.1'090 mm#1'159 CH #69 LU	1.1'783 mm#85 CH #43 TI
Politics & elections
Turnout↑	1.58.1%#675 CH #34 LU	2.50.9%#1'611 CH #77 TI
Divergence↑	2.18%#677 CH #26 LU	1.22%#427 CH #51 TI
Agreement↑	1.82%#726 CH #46 LU	2.78%#1'049 CH #22 TI
SVP strength↑	2.14.7%#1'998 CH #79 LU	1.16.1%#1'943 CH #42 TI
SP strength↑	1.28.7%#73 CH #1 LU	2.11.9%#1'306 CH #51 TI
Centre strength↑	1.17.2%#681 CH #79 LU	2.14.1%#891 CH #77 TI
FDP strength↑	2.12.7%#1'059 CH #55 LU	1.20.3%#431 CH #44 TI
GLP strength↑	1.9%#429 CH #7 LU	2.2%#1'759 CH #21 TI
Green strength↑	1.15.6%#110 CH #1 LU	2.8.9%#727 CH #45 TI
Geography
Area↑	2.37.4 km²#243 CH #12 LU	1.86.2 km²#89 CH #13 TI
Elevation↑	1.436 m#1'649 CH #74 LU	2.283 m#2'072 CH #83 TI
PT travel time↓	2.72 min#1'140 CH #9 LU	1.23 min#38 CH #19 TI
Terrain & relief
Highest point↑	2.1'073 m#680 CH #16 LU	1.2'109 m#332 CH #30 TI
Mean elevation↑	2.488 m#1'487 CH #72 LU	1.755 m#667 CH #42 TI
Vertical range↑	2.654 m#583 CH #15 LU	1.1'838 m#245 CH #28 TI
Mean slope↑	2.7.5°#1'160 CH #42 LU	1.21.6°#357 CH #50 TI
Energy & electricity
Roof potential↑	2.253 GWh#13 CH #1 LU	1.364 GWh#7 CH #1 TI
Tariff H4↓	2.26.7 Rp./kWh#551 CH #70 LU	1.25.13 Rp./kWh#324 CH #22 TI

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