Crater lake · Indonesia
Lake Batur
Crater lake in Kintamani, Bali
- Area
- 15.9km²
- Average depth
- 42m
- Elevation
- 1,033m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 19km
- Volume
- 0.668km³
Lake Batur is a crater lake in Indonesia. It covers 15.9 km². On average it is 42 m deep. Its surface lies 1,033 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Batur?
The water is warmest in March, around 25 °C at the surface, and coldest in August, around 23 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from January to December: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 29 °C on average in November and 27 °C in July. The driest month is August (16 mm of rain), the wettest January (318 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (82 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 | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 318 | 28 | 5.9 | 11 |
| February | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 251 | 26 | 6.2 | 10 |
| March | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 206 | 25 | 6.7 | 9 |
| April | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 123 | 20 | 7.6 | 9 |
| May | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 82 | 12 | 7.8 | 12 |
| June | 24 | 24 | 27 | 25 | 46 | 8 | 8.0 | 14 |
| July | 23 | 24 | 27 | 24 | 33 | 6 | 8.1 | 15 |
| August | 23 | 23 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 8.7 | 15 |
| September | 24 | 24 | 28 | 24 | 42 | 4 | 9.1 | 15 |
| October | 24 | 24 | 29 | 25 | 62 | 11 | 8.9 | 13 |
| November | 24 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 159 | 20 | 7.8 | 11 |
| December | 25 | 25 | 28 | 26 | 296 | 26 | 5.9 | 10 |
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 5.4 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 109 km² of land.
- About 3.9 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Batur
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- 4campsites
Amazing view campground, Pondok Tampur Yang, Alengkong Double View
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 14viewpoints
Lago batur, Point of view, Bukit Terunyan, Viewpoint for sunrise, Point of view on the lake and the mount Batur and 9 more
- 18hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Arlina, Toya Devasya Resort, Lava Stone Hostel, Batur Volcano Guesthouse, Volcano 2 Guesthouse and 13 more
- —fishing spots
- 22restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), 61 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 | 28.0 | 27.9 | 28.1 | 28.3 | 28.0 | 27.4 | 27.1 | 27.3 | 28.2 | 29.2 | 29.2 | 28.3 |
| 2020 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +1.0 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.2 | −0.3 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −1.1 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +0.2 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +0.1 | −1.6 | −1.3 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | −0.1 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +0.5 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +1.3 |
| 2024 | +1.6 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +0.7 | +0.9 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +0.4 |
| 2025 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +0.2 | −0.3 | +0.4 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | −0.7 | +0.1 |
+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 (Q13511216) · 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.
