Lake · Denmark
Lake Bagsværd
Lake in northeastern Zealand, Denmark
- Area
- 1.1km²
- Max depth
- 4m
- Average depth
- 4.6m
- Elevation
- 19m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 6.6km
- Volume
- 0.005km³
Lake Bagsværd is a lake in Denmark. It covers 1.1 km². On average it is 4.6 m deep, and 4 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 19 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Bagsværd?
The water is warmest in July, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 25 days a year, from around 1 January to 25 January.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (37 mm of rain), the wettest August (88 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (73 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 | -1 | 67 | 13 | 0.3 | 24 |
| February | 1 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 54 | 11 | 1.6 | 23 |
| March | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 4.3 | 21 |
| April | 10 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 6.8 | 19 |
| May | 17 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 11 | 8.1 | 18 |
| June | 22 | 23 | 18 | 12 | 73 | 13 | 8.3 | 18 |
| July | 23 | 24 | 21 | 15 | 79 | 13 | 7.6 | 17 |
| August | 21 | 23 | 20 | 15 | 88 | 15 | 6.3 | 18 |
| September | 16 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 12 | 4.9 | 20 |
| October | 10 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 77 | 14 | 2.5 | 22 |
| November | 4 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 68 | 14 | 0.5 | 22 |
| December | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 14 | 0.0 | 23 |
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 18 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 9 km² of land.
- About 0.1 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Bagsværd
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
Frederiksdal Fribad
- 4campsites
Ny Åsevang
- 13boat hire and water-sport clubs
Kanokajakcenter.dk, Nybro Båd- & Kanoudlejning, Gladsaxe Sportsdykkerklub, Natur og sejlklub 1, Natur og sejlklub 2 and 8 more
- 1marinas and slipways
- 7ferry piers
Aldershvile Slotspavilion, Bagsværdvej, Riggata, Sophienholm, Frederiksdal Lyngbysiden and 2 more
- 2viewpoints
- 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Sinatur Hotel Frederiksdal
- —fishing spots
- 24restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Virum15,200 people
- Gammel Virum15,000 people
- Kongens Lyngby10,600 people
- Buddinge
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Copenhagen Kastrup Airport (CPH), 21 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 7.3 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | +3.7 | +3.7 | +1.8 | +0.7 | −1.6 | +1.8 | −2.2 | +2.2 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +1.0 |
| 2021 | −0.7 | −1.5 | +1.1 | −1.3 | −1.6 | +2.0 | +1.9 | −0.8 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.9 | −1.2 |
| 2022 | +2.2 | +3.0 | +1.5 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +0.5 | −0.4 | +2.3 | −0.3 | +2.3 | +1.5 | −1.4 |
| 2023 | +2.4 | +2.2 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +2.3 | −1.1 | −0.9 | +2.5 | +0.6 | −1.2 | −0.4 |
| 2024 | −0.6 | +2.5 | +1.7 | −0.2 | +2.6 | −0.1 | −0.9 | +0.4 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +0.5 | +2.8 | +2.2 | −0.5 | +0.1 | +0.8 | −0.2 | +1.6 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | +1.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
SwedenAbout 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 (Q3360834) · 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.
