Lake · Germany
Kochelsee
Lake in Schlehdorf, Bavaria, Germany
- Area
- 5.7km²
- Max depth
- 66m
- Average depth
- 14m
- Elevation
- 597m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 13km
- Volume
- 0.080km³
Kochelsee is a lake in Germany. It covers 5.7 km². On average it is 14 m deep, and 66 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 597 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Kochelsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 20 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 3 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from June to August: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 20 °C on average in July and 0 °C in January. The driest month is February (65 mm of rain), the wettest August (185 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (66 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 | 0 | -8 | 83 | 13 | 3.3 | 8 |
| February | 3 | 4 | 1 | -8 | 65 | 12 | 4.6 | 7 |
| March | 6 | 8 | 5 | -4 | 81 | 15 | 5.5 | 7 |
| April | 10 | 13 | 11 | 0 | 84 | 15 | 6.0 | 6 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 149 | 20 | 6.1 | 6 |
| June | 19 | 20 | 19 | 9 | 175 | 21 | 7.0 | 6 |
| July | 20 | 20 | 20 | 10 | 172 | 20 | 7.3 | 6 |
| August | 18 | 19 | 20 | 10 | 185 | 19 | 6.8 | 5 |
| September | 16 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 118 | 15 | 5.5 | 6 |
| October | 12 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 91 | 13 | 4.6 | 6 |
| November | 9 | 10 | 6 | -2 | 70 | 12 | 3.0 | 6 |
| December | 5 | 7 | 1 | -7 | 74 | 13 | 2.8 | 7 |
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 2.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 38 km² of land.
- About 0.9 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Kochelsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
- 2campsites
Campingplatz Kesselberg, Campingplatz Renken
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Kochelsee
- —marinas and slipways
- 5ferry piers
Kochel, Seehotel Grauer Bär, Franz Marc Museum, Altjoch/Walchenseekraftwerk, Schlehdorf
- 12viewpoints
Gamsköpfl and 11 more
- 11hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hostel Bergblick, Landhotel Herzogstand, Hotel Alpenhof Postillion, Hotel Alpenpark, Klosterbräu and 6 more
- —fishing spots
- 19restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Kochel4,172 people
- Großweil1,409 people
- Schlehdorf1,203 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Innsbruck Airport (INN), 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 | -0.2 | 0.8 | 5.4 | 10.9 | 14.9 | 18.9 | 20.5 | 20.1 | 15.6 | 11.7 | 5.6 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | +3.4 | +3.1 | +0.5 | +2.6 | −0.7 | −1.7 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +1.5 | −1.9 | +2.6 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | −1.4 | +3.8 | −0.6 | −3.2 | −3.0 | +2.2 | +0.5 | −2.1 | +2.8 | −0.5 | −0.6 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +1.3 | +1.6 | +2.8 | −1.3 | +2.0 | +3.0 | +1.6 | +1.1 | −0.5 | +4.5 | +1.4 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +1.1 | +2.6 | +2.1 | −3.0 | −0.2 | +1.5 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +5.1 | +3.5 | −1.5 | +1.2 |
| 2024 | +1.6 | +5.4 | +3.1 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.6 | +3.0 | +0.1 | +2.2 | +1.4 | +0.8 |
| 2025 | +2.2 | +3.9 | +2.6 | +2.3 | −1.1 | +3.9 | −1.2 | +0.9 | +1.7 | −1.3 | +0.3 | +2.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
AustriaAbout 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 (Q257264) · 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.
