Lake · Poland
Hańcza
The deepest lake in Poland
- Area
- 2.8km²
- Max depth
- 108m
- Average depth
- 8.3m
- Elevation
- 225m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 12km
- Volume
- 0.023km³
Hańcza is a lake in Poland. It covers 2.8 km². On average it is 8.3 m deep, and 108 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 225 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Hańcza?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 109 days a year, from around 2 December to 20 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 23 °C on average in July and -3 °C in January. The driest month is April (41 mm of rain), the wettest July (100 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (75 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 | — | -3 | -8 | 55 | 13 | 0.8 | 15 |
| February | Ice | — | -1 | -7 | 42 | 12 | 2.5 | 14 |
| March | Ice | — | 4 | -4 | 44 | 12 | 4.7 | 14 |
| April | 6 | 10 | 12 | 1 | 41 | 10 | 6.6 | 12 |
| May | 14 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 67 | 12 | 8.2 | 11 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 21 | 11 | 81 | 15 | 8.3 | 11 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 100 | 16 | 7.6 | 10 |
| August | 21 | 22 | 22 | 13 | 88 | 14 | 6.8 | 10 |
| September | 16 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 58 | 11 | 5.4 | 11 |
| October | 10 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 65 | 12 | 2.5 | 12 |
| November | 3 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 55 | 13 | 0.3 | 13 |
| December | Ice | — | 0 | -4 | 52 | 13 | 0.3 | 14 |
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 2.7 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 33 km² of land.
- About 0.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Hańcza
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 1beaches and swimming spots
- 1campsites
- 16boat hire and water-sport clubs
Platform, Platform with mirror, Mirror, Tree, Boat and 11 more
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 7viewpoints
- 2hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Dworczysko nad Hańczą, Dom Gościnny nad Jeziorem hańcza
- —fishing spots
- 1restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Kaunas International Airport (KUN), 112 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 | -2.7 | -1.1 | 4.4 | 12.0 | 17.9 | 20.8 | 23.2 | 22.5 | 17.5 | 10.3 | 4.4 | -0.3 |
| 2020 | +5.7 | +5.4 | +2.7 | −0.5 | −2.8 | +2.5 | −1.1 | +1.1 | +1.9 | +2.3 | +1.7 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | −0.8 | −3.2 | +0.5 | −2.4 | −2.5 | +3.2 | +3.2 | −2.0 | −1.9 | +1.0 | +1.0 | −2.1 |
| 2022 | +3.5 | +4.2 | +1.4 | −2.4 | −2.2 | +1.5 | −1.4 | +2.6 | −2.8 | +2.8 | −0.5 | −2.2 |
| 2023 | +3.8 | +2.6 | +1.3 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +1.2 | −0.8 | +2.0 | +4.7 | +1.1 | −0.8 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +1.0 | +5.5 | +3.6 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +1.9 | +0.9 | +1.6 | +4.3 | +1.5 | +0.4 | +2.6 |
| 2025 | +4.7 | +0.8 | +4.7 | +2.4 | −2.8 | −0.1 | +0.5 | −0.7 | +2.3 | +0.5 | −0.3 | +2.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Russia
LithuaniaAbout 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 (Q1423135) · 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.
