Lake · Finland
Höytiäinen
Lake in North Karelia, Finland
- Area
- 283km²
- Max depth
- 59m
- Average depth
- 29m
- Elevation
- 66m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 311km
- Volume
- 8.2km³
Höytiäinen is a lake in Finland. It covers 283 km². On average it is 29 m deep, and 59 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 66 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Höytiäinen?
The water is warmest in July, around 19 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from July to August: brisk, refreshing swimming.
The lake usually freezes over for about 157 days a year, from around 20 November to 25 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in July and -9 °C in January. The driest month is February (47 mm of rain), the wettest July (104 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (87 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 | — | -9 | -15 | 55 | 14 | 0.7 | 11 |
| February | Ice | — | -8 | -14 | 47 | 12 | 2.2 | 12 |
| March | Ice | — | -2 | -9 | 48 | 13 | 5.3 | 12 |
| April | Ice | — | 4 | -1 | 52 | 12 | 6.7 | 11 |
| May | 6 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 82 | 13 | 8.1 | 10 |
| June | 15 | 18 | 18 | 10 | 100 | 16 | 8.5 | 10 |
| July | 19 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 104 | 18 | 7.8 | 9 |
| August | 18 | 19 | 19 | 12 | 102 | 16 | 6.3 | 9 |
| September | 14 | 16 | 13 | 7 | 87 | 14 | 3.5 | 10 |
| October | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 16 | 1.0 | 10 |
| November | 2 | 5 | -2 | -5 | 72 | 15 | 0.0 | 10 |
| December | Ice | — | -6 | -11 | 69 | 16 | 0.1 | 11 |
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 37 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 611 km² of land.
- About 7.1 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 5.2 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Höytiäinen
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 8beaches and swimming spots
Lomakeskus Huhmari, Sataman uimaranta, Vierevänniemen uimaranta and 5 more
- 2campsites
Lomakeskus Huhmari, KontioLomat Oy
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 7marinas and slipways
Pienvenesatama, Kontiolahden satama and 5 more
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
Huhmarisvaaran näköalapaikka, Satamalahden lintutorni
- 3hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Motelli Kontio, Lomakeskus Huhmari, Hyvän Elämän Koulu
- —fishing spots
- 6restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Kontiolahti15,092 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Joensuu Airport (JOE), 11 km in a straight line.
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Photos
Seen by visitors
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 | -9.1 | -7.5 | -2.4 | 4.5 | 13.4 | 17.8 | 21.1 | 18.7 | 13.1 | 4.8 | -1.6 | -6.0 |
| 2020 | +7.5 | +5.3 | +3.2 | −0.9 | −2.1 | +3.0 | −2.1 | −0.5 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +2.8 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | −1.4 | −4.4 | −0.2 | +1.4 | −0.7 | +5.0 | +2.8 | −1.0 | −3.1 | +1.7 | +0.4 | −3.7 |
| 2022 | +1.6 | +3.2 | +0.5 | −2.7 | −1.6 | +1.6 | +0.5 | +2.6 | −2.5 | +1.9 | −0.5 | −0.8 |
| 2023 | +4.1 | +2.0 | −0.7 | −1.3 | +0.2 | +1.2 | −2.1 | +2.0 | +3.5 | −1.5 | −4.0 | −3.7 |
| 2024 | −2.0 | +0.7 | +1.6 | −2.3 | +1.1 | +3.0 | +1.4 | +2.0 | +4.3 | +2.5 | +2.1 | +1.8 |
| 2025 | +3.6 | +1.4 | +2.5 | +1.4 | −0.8 | −0.6 | +2.6 | −0.4 | +2.5 | +1.7 | +2.7 | +3.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
RussiaAbout 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 (Q890266) · 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.
