Glacial lake · Slovenia
Lake Bohinj
Lake in Slovenia
- Area
- 3.0km²
- Max depth
- 45m
- Average depth
- 21m
- Elevation
- 527m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 10km
- Volume
- 0.064km³
Lake Bohinj is a glacial lake in Slovenia. It covers 3.0 km². On average it is 21 m deep, and 45 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 527 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Bohinj?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 1 °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 22 °C on average in July and 0 °C in January. The driest month is January (58 mm of rain), the wettest August (140 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (54 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 | 1 | 2 | 0 | -8 | 58 | 8 | 3.8 | 6 |
| February | 3 | 4 | 1 | -7 | 66 | 8 | 4.6 | 7 |
| March | 7 | 9 | 6 | -3 | 74 | 10 | 5.6 | 7 |
| April | 11 | 13 | 11 | 1 | 83 | 13 | 5.7 | 7 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 110 | 16 | 6.2 | 7 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 20 | 10 | 120 | 17 | 7.4 | 6 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 125 | 17 | 8.3 | 6 |
| August | 22 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 140 | 16 | 7.4 | 6 |
| September | 18 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 130 | 13 | 5.9 | 6 |
| October | 12 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 118 | 13 | 4.6 | 6 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 119 | 12 | 3.1 | 6 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 1 | -6 | 85 | 10 | 3.4 | 6 |
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 8 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 78 km² of land.
- About 3.0 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Bohinj
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
Kopalno območje Ukanc, Godic FKK beach area, Kopalno območje Fužinski zaliv and 11 more
- 3campsites
Laški Rovt Scout Camp, ZTS National training Centre Gozdna šola, Kamp Bohinj Zlatorog
- 4boat hire and water-sport clubs
Alpinsport, PAC Sports, Čolnarna Izi Boats
- 2marinas and slipways
- 2ferry piers
Panoramska Ladja
- 17viewpoints
Vogar, Spodnji Vogar, Mostnica Gorge, Peč, Bohinjsko jezero and 12 more
- 49hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Belveue, Apartments & Hostel Bohinj, Apartmant Kovacic, Apartments & Rooms Marjan Malej, Pr’ Agotnik and 44 more
- —fishing spots
- 16restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ljubljana Jože Pučnik Airport (LJU), 46 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 | -0.2 | 1.1 | 5.7 | 11.3 | 16.0 | 20.3 | 22.3 | 21.9 | 17.0 | 11.9 | 6.0 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | +2.9 | +2.7 | −0.2 | +1.9 | −0.4 | −2.0 | −0.2 | +0.1 | +0.7 | −1.6 | +1.4 | −0.6 |
| 2021 | −2.2 | −0.3 | −0.3 | −3.0 | −2.9 | +1.6 | −0.4 | −1.2 | +1.9 | −0.5 | +0.2 | −1.5 |
| 2022 | −0.6 | +0.1 | +0.3 | −1.5 | +1.2 | +2.4 | +2.6 | +0.9 | −0.9 | +3.9 | +0.9 | −0.4 |
| 2023 | +0.9 | +0.4 | +0.7 | −2.2 | −0.7 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +2.8 | +3.4 | +0.1 | +1.7 |
| 2024 | +1.1 | +4.8 | +2.5 | +0.8 | −0.4 | −0.5 | +1.3 | +3.0 | −0.3 | +1.3 | +0.3 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | +1.9 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.6 | −0.6 | +2.9 | −0.7 | +0.5 | +1.1 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +2.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
AustriaAbout 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 (Q831903) · 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.
