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Best Time for Ticino
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Sweet spot: March, April, May. Computed from NASA POWER climate normals across the route's overnight towns, balancing temperature, rainfall and daylight.
💡 Good to know
- The Verzasca's emerald pools are swimmable-cold rather than glacial, chestnut groves shade the valley paths, and the lakeside piazzas live outdoors.
- Locarno's film festival turns the Piazza Grande into an 8,000-seat open-air cinema — magical, and booked solid.
| Month | Low | High | Rain | Daylight | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | −4.6°C | 2.8°C | 51 mm | 8.8 h | ❄ |
| February | −3.4°C | 4.4°C | 59 mm | 10.1 h | ❄ |
| March | 0.7°C | 9.1°C | 70 mm | 11.6 h | ❄ |
| April | 5.1°C | 13.6°C | 102 mm | 13.3 h | |
| May | 9.4°C | 17.8°C | 139 mm | 14.8 h | |
| June | 14.1°C | 22.2°C | 120 mm | 15.6 h | |
| July | 16.0°C | 24.4°C | 107 mm | 15.2 h | |
| August | 15.5°C | 23.8°C | 129 mm | 14.0 h | |
| September | 11.1°C | 19.6°C | 99 mm | 12.3 h | |
| October | 6.7°C | 14.4°C | 112 mm | 10.6 h | |
| November | 1.8°C | 8.4°C | 147 mm | 9.2 h | |
| December | −3.1°C | 3.6°C | 73 mm | 8.4 h | ❄ |