Reservoir · Switzerland
Lago di Vogorno
Reservoir
- Area
- 0.8km²
- Max depth
- 204m
- Average depth
- 140m
- Elevation
- 436m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 6.2km
- Volume
- 0.105km³
Lago di Vogorno is a reservoir in Switzerland. It covers 0.8 km². On average it is 140 m deep, and 204 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 436 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lago di Vogorno?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 6 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 24 °C on average in July and 3 °C in January. The driest month is January (50 mm of rain), the wettest November (147 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (87 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 | 6 | 7 | 3 | -5 | 50 | 9 | 4.2 | 8 |
| February | 6 | 6 | 4 | -3 | 59 | 8 | 5.5 | 8 |
| March | 7 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 70 | 9 | 6.4 | 8 |
| April | 11 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 102 | 13 | 5.9 | 8 |
| May | 15 | 18 | 18 | 9 | 139 | 16 | 5.7 | 8 |
| June | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 120 | 16 | 7.4 | 8 |
| July | 22 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 107 | 15 | 7.9 | 7 |
| August | 22 | 23 | 24 | 16 | 129 | 16 | 7.1 | 7 |
| September | 19 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 99 | 12 | 6.1 | 7 |
| October | 15 | 17 | 14 | 7 | 112 | 12 | 4.7 | 7 |
| November | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 147 | 12 | 3.4 | 7 |
| December | 8 | 10 | 4 | -3 | 73 | 10 | 3.5 | 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 4 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 228 km² of land.
- About 10 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lago di Vogorno
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Ponte
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 14viewpoints
Diga della Verzasca and 13 more
- 12hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Capanna dei Monti di Lego, Centro Lungta, Casa Larice, Rustici Della Verzasca, Rustico - Per Due and 7 more
- —fishing spots
- 9restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Gordola3,974 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Lugano Airport (LUG), 23 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 | 2.8 | 4.4 | 9.1 | 13.6 | 17.8 | 22.2 | 24.4 | 23.8 | 19.6 | 14.4 | 8.4 | 3.6 |
| 2020 | +2.8 | +3.4 | −0.1 | +1.5 | +1.0 | −1.3 | ±0.0 | +0.7 | +0.7 | −1.3 | +1.5 | −1.2 |
| 2021 | −1.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | −2.3 | −2.0 | +0.7 | −0.6 | −0.3 | +1.0 | −0.4 | +0.2 | +1.1 |
| 2022 | +2.8 | +3.1 | ±0.0 | +0.3 | +2.4 | +3.3 | +4.0 | +2.3 | −0.1 | +3.8 | +1.2 | +0.5 |
| 2023 | +1.5 | +3.5 | +2.1 | −0.3 | −0.3 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +1.9 | +2.2 | +3.3 | +0.3 | +1.9 |
| 2024 | +2.2 | +4.4 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | −1.6 | −0.9 | +0.9 | +2.4 | −1.4 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +2.2 |
| 2025 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +0.8 | +1.2 | +0.3 | +2.4 | −0.4 | +0.7 | −0.2 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
ItalyAbout 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 (Q668659) · 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.
