Reservoir · Ukraine
Kaniv Reservoir
Reservoir in Ukraine
- Area
- 470km²
- Average depth
- 5.3m
- Elevation
- 87m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 523km
- Volume
- 2.5km³
Kaniv Reservoir is a reservoir in Ukraine. It covers 470 km². On average it is 5.3 m deep. Its surface lies 87 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Kaniv Reservoir?
The water is warmest in July, around 25 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 99 days a year, from around 3 December to 11 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 27 °C on average in July and -3 °C in January. The driest month is April (40 mm of rain), the wettest June (76 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (142 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 | -9 | 44 | 9 | 1.5 | 17 |
| February | Ice | — | -1 | -8 | 41 | 8 | 3.1 | 17 |
| March | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 41 | 9 | 5.2 | 18 |
| April | 10 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 40 | 9 | 6.9 | 16 |
| May | 17 | 20 | 21 | 11 | 63 | 12 | 8.5 | 15 |
| June | 23 | 24 | 25 | 15 | 76 | 12 | 9.3 | 15 |
| July | 25 | 25 | 27 | 17 | 61 | 12 | 9.1 | 13 |
| August | 23 | 25 | 27 | 16 | 45 | 8 | 8.3 | 14 |
| September | 19 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 51 | 8 | 6.1 | 15 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 13 | 4 | 45 | 7 | 3.5 | 16 |
| November | 4 | 8 | 5 | -1 | 43 | 9 | 0.8 | 16 |
| December | Ice | — | -1 | -6 | 49 | 9 | 0.6 | 17 |
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 19 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 342,555 km² of land.
- About 1,516 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 6.8 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Kaniv Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 43beaches and swimming spots
- 33campsites
Kupava Kanevska, Camping place, Kaniv Fish Club, ROYAL glamping and 29 more
- 4boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 16marinas and slipways
- 2ferry piers
- 49viewpoints
- 8hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Osocor House and 7 more
- 2fishing spots
- 55restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Kaniv23,503 people
- Ukrayinka13,636 people
- Rzhyshchiv7,993 people
- Tsybli3,512 people
- Trypillia3,000 people
- Stayky2,203 people
- Lipliave
- Bobrytsia
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Gomel Airport (GME), 292 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 | -2.9 | -1.0 | 5.8 | 14.6 | 21.1 | 24.7 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 20.9 | 12.8 | 5.1 | -0.8 |
| 2020 | +4.6 | +5.3 | +4.3 | −0.7 | −3.9 | +1.3 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +3.4 | +3.6 | −0.1 | +0.1 |
| 2021 | +1.4 | −3.2 | −0.7 | −3.0 | −2.1 | ±0.0 | +1.3 | −0.3 | −2.5 | −0.5 | +2.1 | +0.8 |
| 2022 | +2.7 | +4.5 | ±0.0 | −1.8 | −2.0 | +1.3 | −1.1 | +0.1 | −3.6 | +1.0 | −0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2023 | +3.8 | +2.3 | +2.4 | −1.7 | −1.6 | −1.3 | −2.1 | +0.7 | +2.7 | +2.6 | +1.5 | +0.8 |
| 2024 | +1.8 | +5.6 | +2.1 | +2.8 | −0.9 | +0.5 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +4.8 | +2.0 | −0.8 | +0.9 |
| 2025 | +5.0 | ±0.0 | +5.3 | +0.9 | −2.8 | −0.6 | +1.3 | −0.7 | +1.1 | −0.9 | +3.0 | +2.1 |
+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 (Q1551994) · 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.
