Lugano to Como bus: 5.6 a day, fastest 40 min

5.6 a dayfastest 40 minFlixBus🇨🇭 Switzerland → 🇮🇹 Italy

Direct buses · no change

LuganoComo· 24 km as the crow flies

07:35 → 08:20
FlixBus N1308
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como
45 minnonstop
Runs: DailyThe night the clocks change (Sun 25 Oct: 06:35 → 07:20)Book on FlixBus ↗
11:45 → 12:29
FlixBus 470
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como Grandate
44 minnonstop
Runs: DailyBook on FlixBus ↗
13:15 → 14:00
FlixBus 1524
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como
45 minnonstop
Runs: Daily except TueBook on FlixBus ↗
16:15 → 17:00
FlixBus 024
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como Grandate
45 minnonstop
Runs: Mon, Tue, Fri, Sat, SunBook on FlixBus ↗
20:55 → 21:44
FlixBus 470
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como Grandate
49 minnonstop
Runs: DailyBook on FlixBus ↗
21:35 → 22:15
FlixBus 456
Lugano (Via Ciani) → Como
40 minnonstop
Runs: DailyBook on FlixBus ↗

Local times at each stop. Times from official open data: FlixBus (file of 11 Oct 2026). Checked Sun 18 Oct 2026; they cover 18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026. Timetables change, so check with the operator before you travel. Contains FlixBus timetable data (FlixMobility, transport.data.gouv.fr), ODbL 1.0. How we build this.

Bus, train or plane

Fastest door to door: the train (50 min). The bus takes 28 min longer.

Bus · fastest direct1h18

To Lugano (Via Ciani)13 min
At the stop before departure15 min
FlixBus 45640 min
From Como10 min

Train · fastest direct50 min

To Lugano1 min
Before departure10 min
EC 1138 min
From Como S. Giovanni1 min

City centre to city centre. Getting to stops, stations and airports: typical public-transport times (estimates). Bus: be at the stop 15 min before. Plane: check-in and security 1h30 before, then getting out after landing; flight time typical for the distance. Train: pickthetrain's door-to-door time.

Train instead?

14.4 a daydirect trains, fastest 38 min

European Sleeper, SBB / Trenitalia. No change of train, from the operators' official timetables.

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Flying instead?

Nothing flies Lugano to Como nonstop in picktheflight's airline data.

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Quick answers

Is there a direct bus from Lugano to Como?

Yes. 5.6 a day on average, with FlixBus, no change of bus (18 Oct to 14 Nov 2026).

How long is the bus from Lugano to Como?

The fastest takes 40 min; the slowest 49 min, for 24 km as the crow flies.

When do the buses leave?

The earliest leaves at 07:35 and the latest at 21:35, local time in Lugano. Not every bus runs every day: pick a date above.

Is there a night bus from Lugano to Como?

Not an overnight one: every bus here travels by day or evening.

Lugano ▸ Como

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