Crater lake · Italy
Lake Bracciano
A lake of volcanic origin in the Italian region of Lazio, 32 km northwest of Rome. It is the second largest lake in the region and one of the major lakes of Italy.
- Area
- 57.0km²
- Max depth
- 160m
- Average depth
- 23m
- Elevation
- 161m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 31km
- Volume
- 1.3km³
Lake Bracciano is a crater lake in Italy. It covers 57.0 km². On average it is 23 m deep, and 160 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 161 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Bracciano?
The water is warmest in August, around 26 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 9 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 32 °C on average in August and 11 °C in January. The driest month is July (26 mm of rain), the wettest November (114 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (86 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 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 9 | 3.7 | 12 |
| February | 9 | 10 | 12 | 3 | 77 | 9 | 4.9 | 13 |
| March | 11 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 68 | 9 | 6.0 | 13 |
| April | 14 | 16 | 19 | 9 | 56 | 10 | 7.4 | 12 |
| May | 19 | 21 | 23 | 13 | 57 | 9 | 8.7 | 12 |
| June | 24 | 25 | 28 | 17 | 34 | 7 | 10.7 | 11 |
| July | 26 | 27 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 4 | 11.7 | 11 |
| August | 26 | 27 | 32 | 20 | 26 | 5 | 10.5 | 11 |
| September | 24 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 70 | 9 | 7.8 | 11 |
| October | 20 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 82 | 10 | 6.0 | 12 |
| November | 15 | 17 | 16 | 8 | 114 | 13 | 3.9 | 13 |
| December | 12 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 92 | 11 | 3.5 | 12 |
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 27 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 155 km² of land.
- About 1.6 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Bracciano
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 19beaches and swimming spots
da Maria, Sud America, Liviana Beach, Spiaggia dei gabbiani, Water World Fan and 14 more
- 11campsites
Camping Azzurro, Parco del Lago, Le Mimose, Camping Porticciolo, Blue Lake Camper and 6 more
- 5boat hire and water-sport clubs
Sailing Team Bracciano, PlanetSail, Ali6 Club Vela, Dragolago, Nautica Il Gabbiano
- 11marinas and slipways
- 4ferry piers
Bracciano, Anguillara Sabazia, Trevignano Romano, Vigna di Valle
- 11viewpoints
- 19hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Domus Angularia, CasaCucù, Eco Hotel Residence "Il Casale", Hotel della posta, La Torretta del Lago and 14 more
- 1fishing spots
- 140restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Anguillara Sabazia14,121 people
- Bracciano12,459 people
- Trevignano Romano3,515 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Rome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO), 35 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 | 10.9 | 11.8 | 15.1 | 19.0 | 23.3 | 28.4 | 31.9 | 32.0 | 26.7 | 21.9 | 16.4 | 12.0 |
| 2020 | +1.4 | +2.8 | +0.1 | +0.6 | +1.3 | −1.4 | +1.0 | +1.4 | +1.3 | −1.9 | +0.9 | +0.4 |
| 2021 | −0.8 | +1.8 | −0.4 | −1.8 | −1.6 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +2.4 | −0.6 | +0.6 | +0.6 |
| 2022 | +0.2 | +1.7 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +3.1 | +4.8 | +3.7 | +1.3 | +0.5 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +2.8 |
| 2023 | +1.1 | +0.9 | +0.9 | −1.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +2.2 | +0.9 | +2.9 | +3.9 | +1.2 | +1.8 |
| 2024 | +2.3 | +3.2 | +1.3 | +1.4 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +3.1 | +2.8 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +1.3 | +0.6 |
| 2025 | +1.9 | +2.0 | +1.0 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +3.7 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +1.4 | +0.2 | +0.4 | +1.8 |
+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 (Q896551) · 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.
