Reservoir · Moldova
Ghidighici Reservoir
Reservoir in Moldova
- Area
- 6.6km²
- Max depth
- 10m
- Average depth
- 8.5m
- Elevation
- 53m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 15km
- Volume
- 0.056km³
Ghidighici Reservoir is a reservoir in Moldova. It covers 6.6 km². On average it is 8.5 m deep, and 10 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 53 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Ghidighici Reservoir?
The water is warmest in July, around 26 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 68 days a year, from around 10 December to 15 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 30 °C on average in August and 0 °C in January. The driest month is February (33 mm of rain), the wettest June (70 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (135 readings). Shallow bays and beaches are often warmer.
From above
The whole lake from space
Month by month
The year at the lake, month by month
Not a forecast: these are averages over many years. Water is the 2013–2021 average; air, rain, sun and wind are the 1991–2020 average.
Water: 2013–2021 averageClimate: 1991–2020 average
| Month | Water°C | Water high°C | Air high°C | Air low°C | Rainmm | Rainy daysdays | Sunh/day | Windkm/h |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Ice | — | 0 | -7 | 41 | 7 | 2.0 | 15 |
| February | Ice | — | 2 | -6 | 33 | 6 | 3.1 | 16 |
| March | 6 | 10 | 9 | -2 | 38 | 8 | 5.0 | 17 |
| April | 13 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 7.0 | 15 |
| May | 20 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 52 | 10 | 8.6 | 14 |
| June | 24 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 70 | 11 | 9.2 | 14 |
| July | 26 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 61 | 10 | 9.4 | 13 |
| August | 25 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 9.1 | 13 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 24 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 6.6 | 14 |
| October | 14 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 6 | 4.5 | 14 |
| November | 6 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 1.8 | 15 |
| December | Ice | — | 2 | -5 | 40 | 7 | 1.4 | 15 |
Water: LakeTEMP (Landsat 8, 2013–2021). Air, rain, sun and wind: NASA POWER, 1991–2020 averages. A rainy day has at least 1 mm of rain. Sunshine hours are derived from measured solar radiation.
Size & depth
How big, how deep
- On average, water stays in the lake for about 7 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 879 km² of land.
- About 3.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Ghidighici Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 8beaches and swimming spots
Plaja Ghidighici and 7 more
- 15campsites
Tabăra pentru copii "Romaniţa", Lake Park, Beth El House, Bază de odihnă, Bază de odihnă (abandonată) and 10 more
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Stația de bărci „Ghidighici”, Windsurfing Club
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- —viewpoints
- 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Beth El House
- —fishing spots
- 4restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Vatra3,800 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Chişinău International Airport (RMO), 24 km in a straight line.
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Recent years
How each month compared
Afternoon high on the shore. The first row is the reference, the 1991–2020 average in °C; the years below show the difference from it: warmer in orange, cooler in blue.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–2020 average | -0.5 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 16.0 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 23.7 | 15.7 | 8.1 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | +3.6 | +5.6 | +4.2 | +1.6 | −2.9 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +3.5 | +3.4 | −0.6 | +1.4 |
| 2021 | +2.8 | −0.4 | −2.3 | −3.4 | −3.1 | −2.7 | ±0.0 | −1.2 | −2.3 | −1.4 | +2.2 | +1.4 |
| 2022 | +2.2 | +4.2 | −1.6 | −0.4 | +0.3 | +1.7 | +0.8 | +0.7 | −1.6 | +1.6 | +0.7 | +1.6 |
| 2023 | +5.6 | +2.2 | +2.4 | −3.0 | −1.8 | ±0.0 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +3.7 | +5.6 | +2.2 | +3.4 |
| 2024 | +2.6 | +7.7 | +1.9 | +4.0 | ±0.0 | +2.1 | +3.2 | +2.5 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.6 | +2.0 |
| 2025 | +5.9 | −1.0 | +3.9 | +1.3 | −2.3 | +1.1 | +2.6 | +1.2 | +1.3 | −0.9 | +2.8 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
More lakes nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| Water temperature and ice | LakeTEMP v1 (Korver et al. 2024), Landsat 8 2013–2021 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Air, rain, sun, wind | NASA POWER, 1991–2020 · public domain |
| Names and description | Wikidata (Q2378710) · CC0 |
| Around the shore | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
Every figure is an average or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.
