Lake · Germany
Kummerower See
Lake in Germany
- Area
- 31.5km²
- Max depth
- 23m
- Average depth
- 4.2m
- Elevation
- -2m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 29km
- Volume
- 0.132km³
Kummerower See is a lake in Germany. It covers 31.5 km². On average it is 4.2 m deep, and 23 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 2 m below sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Kummerower See?
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 38 days a year, from around 8 January to 14 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 23 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (35 mm of rain), the wettest July (80 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (79 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 | — | 2 | -3 | 56 | 12 | 0.4 | 21 |
| February | Ice | — | 3 | -2 | 43 | 10 | 1.7 | 20 |
| March | 4 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 43 | 11 | 4.1 | 19 |
| April | 9 | 12 | 13 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 6.9 | 17 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 50 | 11 | 8.0 | 16 |
| June | 20 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 61 | 12 | 8.5 | 16 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 80 | 14 | 7.6 | 16 |
| August | 21 | 22 | 23 | 14 | 66 | 14 | 6.5 | 15 |
| September | 18 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 52 | 11 | 5.3 | 17 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 56 | 12 | 2.7 | 18 |
| November | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 52 | 12 | 0.7 | 18 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 56 | 13 | 0.1 | 20 |
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 5 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,195 km² of land.
- About 11 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Kummerower See
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 10beaches and swimming spots
- 6campsites
Campingpark Sommersdorf, Wasserwanderrastplatz Aalbude, Wasserwanderrastplatz Kummerow, Ferienland Salem, Campingpark Sommersdorf Hafen vor der Schranke and 1 more
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Boot- und Kanuverleih, Kanu Basis Salem
- 16marinas and slipways
Anglerverein, Sportboothafen Aalbude, Malchiner Segler-Verein, Hafen Gravelotte, Hafen Kummerow and 11 more
- 2ferry piers
Aalbude, Verchen
- 7viewpoints
Großer Stein, Heesterberg and 5 more
- 18hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Aalbude, Ferienwohnung Dinse, Ferienwohnung Petra Kasch, Haus Ninive, Storchennest and 13 more
- —fishing spots
- 7restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Neukalen2,199 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG), 39 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 | 2.0 | 3.3 | 7.2 | 12.9 | 17.5 | 20.8 | 23.0 | 22.8 | 18.7 | 13.0 | 7.2 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | +3.7 | +4.1 | +1.1 | +0.9 | −1.8 | +0.8 | −1.7 | +2.0 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +1.7 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | −0.3 | −0.9 | +1.0 | −2.8 | −1.8 | +3.1 | +1.2 | −1.6 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.0 | −1.0 |
| 2022 | +2.7 | +3.8 | +1.7 | −1.3 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +0.4 | +2.2 | −0.7 | +3.0 | +0.8 | −1.3 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +2.0 | +1.3 | −1.5 | +0.4 | +2.2 | −0.3 | −0.4 | +4.3 | +1.4 | +0.1 | +0.8 |
| 2024 | +1.4 | +4.2 | +3.4 | +0.7 | +2.9 | +0.3 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +1.9 | +1.4 | ±0.0 | +2.5 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +0.5 | +3.0 | +2.6 | −0.6 | +1.0 | +0.1 | −0.2 | +1.3 | +0.4 | −0.1 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
About 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 (Q688154) · 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.
