Webcams - Lake Maggiore & Lake Orta Travel Guide

What are webcams?

On our pages on Ascona, Locarno and Cannobio we have each included an image from a so-called webcam. But what exactly is a webcam?

Webcams are small computer cameras. The camera's pictures are transferred to the computer, where they can be edited, sent on or posted directly on the internet. As a rule, the image from such a webcam is refreshed every few seconds.
It is of course also possible to stream live video over the internet.

The weather webcam images that we link to on the pages on Ascona, Locarno and Cannobio, however, are not refreshed as often. The purpose of these webcams is not to watch people drinking coffee, but rather to take a quick look at the current weather on the upper part of Lake Maggiore.

Links to webcams on Lake Maggiore and the surrounding area:

Locarno and many other places on the lake
Maccagno on the eastern shore of Lake Maggiore (near Luino)
Cannobio, Piazza Lago

In July and August the average day and night temperatures on Lake Maggiore are at their highest (28/29 and 17/18 °C respectively), rainfall is lowest and sunny days are most frequent.

If you are interested in the current weather on the upper part of Lake Maggiore, you have several options:

On our pages on Ascona, Locarno and Cannobio we have each included an image from a so-called webcam. This lets you check for yourself whether the sun is shining on Lake Maggiore or rain clouds are gathering ...

or

You can rely on the weather forecast from Wetter-Online:
http://www.wetteronline.de/Schweiz/Locarno.htm