Lake · Germany
Großer Plöner See
Lake
- Area
- 27.9km²
- Max depth
- 14m
- Average depth
- 6.3m
- Elevation
- 18m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 50km
- Volume
- 0.175km³
Großer Plöner See is a lake in Germany. It covers 27.9 km². On average it is 6.3 m deep, and 14 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 18 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Großer Plöner See?
The water is warmest in July, around 21 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 2 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and 3 °C in January. The driest month is April (37 mm of rain), the wettest July (77 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (99 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 | 3 | 4 | 3 | -2 | 63 | 13 | 0.4 | 22 |
| February | 2 | 3 | 4 | -2 | 51 | 12 | 1.7 | 21 |
| March | 4 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 46 | 11 | 4.2 | 20 |
| April | 8 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 6.9 | 18 |
| May | 13 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 54 | 11 | 7.8 | 17 |
| June | 18 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 67 | 13 | 8.0 | 17 |
| July | 21 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 77 | 14 | 7.4 | 16 |
| August | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 71 | 14 | 6.3 | 16 |
| September | 17 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 55 | 12 | 5.3 | 18 |
| October | 12 | 15 | 13 | 7 | 60 | 13 | 2.9 | 19 |
| November | 8 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 58 | 13 | 0.8 | 19 |
| December | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 66 | 14 | 0.1 | 21 |
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 13 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 345 km² of land.
- About 5.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 2.6 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Großer Plöner See
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 33beaches and swimming spots
Natur-Badestelle Plön-Stadtheide, Badestelle Prinzeninsel, Badestelle Fegetasche, Badestelle Großer Plöner See - Jugendherberge, Badestelle Großer Plöner See - Koppelsberg and 28 more
- 14campsites
alter Wohnmobilhafen Spitzenort, neuer Wohnmobilhafen Spitzenort, Ascheberger Parkplatz, Naturcamping Spitzenort, Campingpark Gut Ruhleben and 9 more
- 6boat hire and water-sport clubs
Großer Plöner See - Bosau, Wassersportverein Plön Fegetasche e.V., Aschberger Cat-Club e.V., Wasserwanderrastplatz Bosau, Bootsvermietung and 1 more
- 14marinas and slipways
Plön Appelwarder, Bosau, Plön, Ascheberg, Plöner Segler-Verein von 1908 e.V. and 9 more
- —ferry piers
- 7viewpoints
Lieblingsplatz der Kaiserin, Schlossgebiet, Biberhöhe, Aussichtspunkt Suhrer See and 3 more
- 23hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Seehotel Dreiklang, Hotel Altes Fährhaus, Haus am Fasanenhang, Strauers Hotel, Hof am See and 18 more
- —fishing spots
- 43restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Plön13,068 people
- Bosau3,611 people
- Ascheberg3,178 people
- Bösdorf1,629 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Lübeck Blankensee Airport (LBC), 43 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 | 2.6 | 3.5 | 7.0 | 12.3 | 16.8 | 20.1 | 22.2 | 21.9 | 18.2 | 13.0 | 7.4 | 3.7 |
| 2020 | +3.7 | +4.1 | +1.4 | +1.3 | −1.1 | +1.0 | −1.7 | +2.5 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +1.8 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | −0.1 | −0.5 | +1.4 | −2.6 | −2.5 | +2.8 | +1.2 | −1.4 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +1.0 | −0.3 |
| 2022 | +2.9 | +3.7 | +1.9 | −0.9 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +2.5 | −0.9 | +3.2 | +0.9 | −0.7 |
| 2023 | +3.3 | +2.5 | +1.2 | −0.7 | +0.1 | +2.6 | −0.7 | −0.3 | +3.9 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +1.1 | +4.2 | +3.1 | +0.5 | +2.8 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +0.4 | +2.3 |
| 2025 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +2.8 | +2.4 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +2.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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About these numbers
| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
|---|---|
| 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 (Q527798) · 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.
