Lake · Latvia
Ķīšezers
Lake in Riga, Latvia
- Area
- 16.2km²
- Max depth
- 4m
- Average depth
- 4.0m
- Elevation
- -1m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 31km
- Volume
- 0.065km³
Ķīšezers is a lake in Latvia. It covers 16.2 km². On average it is 4.0 m deep, and 4 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1 m below sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Ķīšezers?
The water is warmest in July, around 21 °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 120 days a year, from around 14 November to 13 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and -3 °C in January. The driest month is March (46 mm of rain), the wettest July (82 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (83 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 | -7 | 59 | 14 | 0.6 | 21 |
| February | Ice | — | -2 | -8 | 48 | 12 | 2.1 | 19 |
| March | 2 | 5 | 2 | -4 | 46 | 12 | 4.8 | 18 |
| April | 9 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 48 | 10 | 6.9 | 16 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 16 | 7 | 52 | 12 | 8.8 | 15 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 19 | 11 | 76 | 14 | 8.6 | 15 |
| July | 21 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 82 | 15 | 8.4 | 14 |
| August | 20 | 21 | 21 | 14 | 80 | 14 | 6.9 | 15 |
| September | 16 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 59 | 12 | 4.8 | 17 |
| October | 8 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 78 | 15 | 2.2 | 19 |
| November | Ice | — | 4 | 1 | 74 | 14 | 0.1 | 20 |
| December | Ice | — | 0 | -4 | 63 | 15 | 0.1 | 22 |
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 36 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,667 km² of land.
- About 21 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Ķīšezers
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 12beaches and swimming spots
Mežaparka pludmale and 11 more
- —campsites
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Langas laivas, Richard's Windsurfing Club
- 11marinas and slipways
Marinetek, Sailing school, Marina Malina, Airis 1, Individuālo laivu garāžu īpašnieku kooperatīvā sabiedrība "Vilnis" and 6 more
- —ferry piers
- 4viewpoints
Ķīšezers
- 4hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Oskars, Keizarmežs, Dienesta viesnīca
- 3fishing spots
- 28restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Čiekurkalns7,764 people
- Mežaparks4,457 people
- Jaunciems2,339 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Riga International Airport (RIX), 17 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 | -2.4 | 2.1 | 9.3 | 15.8 | 19.2 | 22.0 | 21.1 | 16.5 | 9.4 | 3.9 | -0.1 |
| 2020 | +6.2 | +6.0 | +3.3 | ±0.0 | −2.3 | +2.9 | −1.4 | +0.2 | +1.5 | +2.5 | +2.6 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | −1.1 | −2.2 | +1.3 | −1.2 | −1.9 | +3.7 | +3.5 | −1.5 | −1.6 | +1.3 | +0.9 | −2.8 |
| 2022 | +2.8 | +3.8 | +2.1 | −1.0 | −1.9 | +2.1 | −0.4 | +3.0 | −2.3 | +2.2 | −0.2 | −2.9 |
| 2023 | +2.4 | +2.6 | +1.0 | +1.7 | +0.7 | +1.8 | −1.3 | +1.4 | +3.4 | +0.1 | −0.9 | −0.7 |
| 2024 | −1.3 | +3.6 | +3.2 | +0.8 | +2.7 | +2.0 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +4.1 | +2.0 | +1.4 | +2.4 |
| 2025 | +4.7 | +1.4 | +4.2 | +1.7 | −2.2 | −1.0 | +0.8 | −1.4 | +2.0 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +2.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Estonia
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 (Q1576080) · 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.
