Crater lake · Italy
Lake Albano
Lake south of Rome, Italy
- Area
- 5.8km²
- Max depth
- 170m
- Average depth
- 33m
- Elevation
- 292m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 9.2km
- Volume
- 0.188km³
Lake Albano is a crater lake in Italy. It covers 5.8 km². On average it is 33 m deep, and 170 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 292 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Albano?
The water is warmest in July, around 27 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 10 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from May to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 28 °C on average in August and 12 °C in January. The driest month is July (25 mm of rain), the wettest November (135 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (187 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 | 10 | 10 | 12 | 9 | 90 | 10 | 3.8 | 17 |
| February | 10 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 86 | 10 | 5.2 | 17 |
| March | 12 | 14 | 14 | 10 | 80 | 9 | 6.7 | 16 |
| April | 16 | 18 | 17 | 13 | 62 | 10 | 8.4 | 15 |
| May | 20 | 22 | 21 | 16 | 57 | 9 | 10.2 | 14 |
| June | 24 | 26 | 25 | 20 | 30 | 6 | 11.9 | 13 |
| July | 27 | 27 | 28 | 23 | 25 | 4 | 12.5 | 13 |
| August | 27 | 27 | 28 | 24 | 27 | 5 | 11.2 | 12 |
| September | 24 | 26 | 25 | 21 | 80 | 10 | 8.3 | 13 |
| October | 20 | 22 | 21 | 17 | 96 | 12 | 6.4 | 14 |
| November | 15 | 18 | 18 | 14 | 135 | 14 | 4.2 | 17 |
| December | 12 | 13 | 14 | 10 | 110 | 13 | 3.8 | 18 |
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 20 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 20 km² of land.
- About 0.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Albano
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 9beaches and swimming spots
Le Palme and 8 more
- 1campsites
Spiaggia del Lago
- 3boat hire and water-sport clubs
Canoa Kayak Academy, Centro Federale Canoa Kayac, Circolo Kayak Castel Gandolfo
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 22viewpoints
Convento Palazzola, Campagna Romana - Mare Tirreno, Roma - Castelgandolfo, Lago Albano - Castelgandolfo - Roma, Belvedere di Castel Gandolfo and 17 more
- 12hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Villa Altieri, Pagnanelli, Villa del Cardinale, Hotel Miralago, Villa Andrea and 7 more
- —fishing spots
- 120restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Marino44,142 people
- Albano Laziale26,684 people
- Grottaferrata18,144 people
- Ariccia17,487 people
- Rocca di Papa15,036 people
- Castel Gandolfo3,694 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ciampino–G. B. Pastine International Airport (CIA), 8 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 | 12.5 | 12.6 | 14.4 | 17.0 | 20.6 | 24.8 | 27.7 | 28.1 | 24.8 | 21.4 | 17.5 | 14.0 |
| 2020 | +1.1 | +1.9 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +1.0 | −1.0 | +0.5 | +1.2 | +1.2 | −1.4 | +0.4 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.1 | +1.1 | −0.3 | −1.1 | −1.3 | +0.8 | +0.3 | +0.5 | +1.5 | −0.3 | +0.5 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +0.2 | +1.4 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +1.9 | +3.4 | +2.4 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +2.1 |
| 2023 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.8 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +1.7 | +0.2 | +1.9 | +2.8 | +1.4 | +1.2 |
| 2024 | +1.7 | +2.4 | +1.2 | +1.1 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +2.6 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +1.7 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +0.6 | +0.3 | +2.8 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +1.2 |
+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 (Q849448) · 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.
