Ticino – Water level, Discharge & Water temperature

Ticino is measured at 9 measuring stations and touches Lake Maggiore.

Current situation

Ticino at Bellinzona is currently flowing at 12.8 m³/s. Compared with yesterday’s daily average (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC): fallen; currently below the 30-day median.

Discharge12.8 m³/sOct 4, 2026, 7:10 AM

Water level226.70 m a.s.l.Oct 4, 2026, 7:10 AM

Reference: 30 available daily means from the last 30 complete days (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), compared with the current individual value. Being close to the median does not describe the spread of values. Gaps can affect daily means. This is neither a seasonal normal nor an official danger level.

How this assessment is made

Reading and sourceBundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU), Kanton Tessin (OASI) – oasi.ti.ch · 12 minutes ago

Basis of comparisonCurrent reading, previous day and available 30-day daily means from the same reference station.

CalculationSeepegel uses the highest-flowing current reference station; stations along a river are not added together.

Ticino, Bellinzona

Measurement at this river section; other sections may differ.

Measurement time: Oct 4, 2026, 7:10 AM

Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) ↗

Discharge over the last 30 days

One line per station. Differences are not a direct inflow balance: measurement times, travel times, storage, withdrawals and tributaries can affect the values.

BellinzonaPollegio, CampagnaPiottaRonco Bedretto

Discharge along the river

Station discharge values compared by flow volume, not in geographical order.

Bellinzona12.8 m³/s

Piotta0.9 m³/s

Pollegio, Campagna0.6 m³/s

Ronco Bedretto0.2 m³/s

Water level, last 30 days

One line per station. Elevation levels and local centimetre gauges are shown separately.

PiottaPollegio, CampagnaBellinzona

Water temperature, last 30 days

One line per station with a temperature probe.

Riazzino (Temperatur)Ronco Bedretto

FOEN forecast for the Bellinzona station. Not available for every station.

The forecast value is expected to rise by about 6.6 m³/s across the 5 displayed forecast days.

Today10/0412.8m³/s

Mon10/0513.8m³/s

Tue10/0614.9m³/s

Wed10/0714.7m³/s

Thu10/0817.0m³/s

Forecast

Source: FOEN forecast

Median
Min./Max.
Measured

The line shows the median of the FOEN model forecasts at each timestamp; the band shows their minimum and maximum. Daily cards average the available hourly medians, which is not a daily median. A wider band means greater spread between model paths, not guaranteed upper or lower limits. Partial days may contain fewer forecast values.

What has changed?

5 hours ago

↓Ticino, Bellinzona: reading fell by -8.0 m³/s

11 hours ago

Ticino, Bellinzona: new weekly low (9.7 m³/s)

13 hours ago

↓Ticino, Pollegio, Campagna: reading fell by -0.09 m a.s.l.

19 hours ago

↓Ticino, Bellinzona: reading fell by -0.50 m a.s.l.

21 hours ago

↑Ticino, Pollegio, Campagna: reading rose by +6.2 m³/s

21 hours ago

Ticino, Piotta: new weekly low (0.9 m³/s)

Readings and stations

All recorded quantities with measurement time, data quality and official source.

Stations on the map

Each marker opens the corresponding station details.

Connected lakes

Lake Maggiore

Water knowledge

Understanding Ticino

Ticino: this overview puts the available stations and measurements in context. The exact location matters, not just the water body's name.

This overview includes 9 monitoring stations for water level, discharge, and water temperature. Not every station provides every measurement. Track changes at the same station, checking the timestamp, unit and source notes. Related waters in this overview: Lake Maggiore.

Discharge in m³/s is a volume per second, not the speed of the current. Station comparisons must account for location, measurement time and water travel time. A higher reading is neither automatically a flood warning nor an indication that the river is navigable.