Staying Home Sucks, home
Town and Castelgrande castle of Bellinzona
Bellinzona, the nearest town, 2 km away. Photo: Ealgiuas, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

Palestra di Roccia San Paolo

Climbing area · Switzerland

Is it worth the trip?

84Good out of 100 for your dates

Home sucks

Best on Tue 3: Rock dry, Rock about 8 °C

Each day of your trip, out of 100

Mon 2 · 91 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
13°C
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Tue 3 · 92 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
8°C
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Wed 4 · 74 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
5°C
Air
5°C
Rain
0 mm

Thu 5 · 90 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
9°C
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Fri 6 · 88 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
8°C
Air
8°C
Rain
0 mm

Sat 7 · 75 out of 100

Rock
Dry
Rock temp
7°C
Air
7°C
Rain
0 mm

Sun 8 · 32 out of 100

Rock
Wet
Rock temp
6°C
Air
6°C
Rain
0.6 mm

Tap a day for rock, its warmth, the air and rain. Full forecast

Forecast: next 10 days

Full forecast
  1. Sun 151, fair
  2. Mon 291, good
  3. Tue 392, good
  4. Wed 474, good
  5. Thu 590, good
  6. Fri 688, good
  7. Sat 775, good
  8. Sun 832, poor
  9. Mon 991, good
  10. Tue 1028, poor

The spot in four facts

  • 1 cragmapped within 5 km
  • Other rockthe rock
  • Sportstyles
  • Best Mar–Apr, Oct4 good days in 7

Full forecast

every day, every number

The score doesn't know loose rock, seepage, access bans or your skill.

Weather forecast and score for each day at Palestra di Roccia San Paolo
DayScoreRockRock tempAirRain
Sun 1Nov*51, fairDry?9°C5°C0 mm
Mon 2Nov91, goodDry13°C8°C0 mm
Tue 3Nov92, goodDry8°C8°C0 mm
Wed 4Nov74, goodDry5°C5°C0 mm
Thu 5Nov90, goodDry9°C7°C0 mm
Fri 6Nov88, goodDry8°C8°C0 mm
Sat 7Nov75, goodDry7°C7°C0 mm
Sun 8Nov32, poorWet6°C6°C0.6 mm
Mon 9Nov91, goodWetdry in 3 h9°C8°C0 mm
Tue 10Nov28, poorWet9°C9°C0.6 mm

* Rain before today is not known: the forecast starts today, so these days are scored from a dry start and a wet one.

Rock and air are in °C, the rock's with the sun on it; rain in mm. More

Forecast updated . It refreshes every three hours. Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Map

the area and its town

Each place wears its best day on these dates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says.

Town

The map needs JavaScript. Every place on it is listed on this page, and each place's page links to Google Maps.

One finger scrolls the page; two fingers move the map. Pins are our own positions. Map OpenFreeMap, © OpenMapTiles, data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

More climbing near here

1 place

About

the place in full, sources, credits

About Palestra di Roccia San Paolo

1 crag mapped. Sport. Other rock. The nearest town to stay in is Bellinzona.

  • Crags 1 crag mapped.
  • Styles Sport.
  • Rock Other rock.

From OpenStreetMap: the crags mapped within 5 km. Check access and bans locally.

Crags: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

The score is the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change it (how we score, how we earn).

Rough cost (estimate): about US$1,780–US$3,280 each

about US$1,780–US$3,280 each · 6 nights, 2 sharing: flights, hire car, stay, food, climbing instructor.

Our estimate from typical public prices, not a quote: check the real prices before you book (where they come from). Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

How we worked it out 
Rough cost per person for this trip
WhatHow we worked it outEach
Flightsreturn ORD to MXP, estimated from distance and season, 1 airline on the route, with a hold bagabout US$496–US$1,030
Hire car6 days, sharedabout US$188–US$315
Stay6 nights, a mid-range double, sharedabout US$462–US$764
Food7 days eating outabout US$449–US$831
Climbing instructor1 day with an instructor, shared; leave it out if you climb on your ownabout US$181–US$335
Totalabout US$1,780–US$3,280

Climbers bring their own kit: it is not in the cost. Prices from public sources, checked in 2026.

Where to stay: Bellinzona

Closest

Bellinzona

3 min by car · 15 places to stay

about US$174/nightcountry average

See 15 places to stay in Bellinzona · Booking.com

About Bellinzona its beds, food and every spot near it

About US$174 a night is our estimate of the country's average 2-star double room that month: not each town's price, and not a quote. Drives are estimates. Prices are about, in US Dollar (USD): our pound figures at the European Central Bank's rate of 30 October 2026.

Getting there: about 15h 05m

About 15h 05m door to door from Chicago

Fly ORD → MXP, direct, then 1h 30m by road

An estimate, one way; the journey never changes the score.