Glacial lake · Argentina
Lácar Lake
Lake in Neuquén Province, Argentina
- Area
- 50.7km²
- Max depth
- 167m
- Average depth
- 88m
- Elevation
- 640m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 61km
- Volume
- 4.5km³
Lácar Lake is a glacial lake in Argentina. It covers 50.7 km². On average it is 88 m deep, and 167 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 640 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Lácar Lake?
The water is warmest in February, around 18 °C at the surface, and coldest in August, around 7 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from January to February: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in January and 4 °C in July. The driest month is February (26 mm of rain), the wettest June (158 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 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 6 | 30 | 5 | 11.9 | 13 |
| February | 18 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 26 | 5 | 11.1 | 12 |
| March | 17 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 35 | 8 | 9.2 | 12 |
| April | 14 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 60 | 11 | 6.6 | 13 |
| May | 12 | 13 | 8 | -1 | 118 | 15 | 4.3 | 13 |
| June | 9 | 10 | 4 | -2 | 158 | 19 | 2.8 | 15 |
| July | 8 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 134 | 17 | 3.4 | 14 |
| August | 7 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 123 | 16 | 4.1 | 15 |
| September | 8 | 9 | 9 | -2 | 69 | 12 | 6.2 | 13 |
| October | 10 | 11 | 12 | 0 | 61 | 12 | 7.6 | 14 |
| November | 12 | 14 | 16 | 2 | 45 | 9 | 9.6 | 15 |
| December | 16 | 17 | 18 | 4 | 34 | 7 | 11.2 | 15 |
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 4.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 767 km² of land.
- About 29 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lácar Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 22beaches and swimming spots
Playa de Yuco, Balneario Lago Lácar, Playa Catritre, Playa Quila Quina, Playa La Islita and 17 more
- 13campsites
Camping La Islita, camping, Camping Rupán Antú (uso diurno), Planta de campamento educativo Nonthué, Camping Nonthué and 8 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Alquiler de káyak
- 1marinas and slipways
- 3ferry piers
Naviera Lácar & Nonthué
- 20viewpoints
Mirador Arrayán, Mirador Bandurrias, La pantalla, Mirador Michel Rinke, Mirador del Centenario and 15 more
- 59hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hostería La Raclette, Paihuén Villa de Montaña, Tierra nativa, Puma, Del Tilo and 54 more
- —fishing spots
- 60restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- San Martín de los Andes23,519 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Aviador C. Campos Airport (CPC), 25 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 | 20.6 | 20.5 | 17.3 | 12.2 | 7.9 | 4.1 | 3.6 | 5.3 | 9.0 | 12.2 | 15.5 | 18.4 |
| 2020 | +1.0 | −0.4 | +2.9 | +1.5 | +0.9 | −1.4 | −2.5 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +2.5 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +0.6 | +2.5 | +3.4 | +2.9 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +2.1 | +1.2 | +1.8 | +1.9 | +2.1 | +4.1 |
| 2022 | +1.0 | +0.3 | −1.2 | −1.8 | −0.9 | −0.7 | −1.7 | +0.4 | +1.9 | +1.0 | +4.8 | +2.6 |
| 2023 | +3.0 | +2.5 | +1.1 | +2.5 | +1.9 | +1.3 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −1.6 | +0.3 | −1.9 | +0.9 |
| 2024 | +3.0 | +2.6 | −0.8 | −2.0 | −5.2 | −1.9 | −0.6 | +0.1 | −1.2 | +3.8 | −0.9 | +1.1 |
| 2025 | +2.7 | +0.7 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.3 | +0.5 | +1.9 | +2.8 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +2.5 | +0.9 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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ChileAbout these numbers
| 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 (Q2037541) · 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.
