Lake · Albania
Lake Butrint
Lake in Albania
- Area
- 17.4km²
- Max depth
- 21m
- Average depth
- 39m
- Elevation
- -3m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 24km
- Volume
- 0.679km³
Lake Butrint is a lake in Albania. It covers 17.4 km². On average it is 39 m deep, and 21 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 3 m below sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Butrint?
The water is warmest in August, around 27 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 9 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from May to October: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 32 °C on average in July and 9 °C in January. The driest month is July (16 mm of rain), the wettest December (150 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (218 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 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 119 | 12 | 3.7 | 11 |
| February | 10 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 104 | 11 | 4.4 | 12 |
| March | 14 | 16 | 14 | 6 | 90 | 10 | 5.4 | 11 |
| April | 18 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 58 | 9 | 6.5 | 10 |
| May | 21 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 50 | 7 | 8.2 | 9 |
| June | 25 | 26 | 28 | 18 | 28 | 5 | 10.3 | 9 |
| July | 27 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 16 | 3 | 11.3 | 10 |
| August | 27 | 28 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 4 | 10.2 | 10 |
| September | 25 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 84 | 8 | 7.6 | 9 |
| October | 20 | 23 | 21 | 13 | 110 | 10 | 6.2 | 10 |
| November | 15 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 140 | 13 | 4.3 | 11 |
| December | 11 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 150 | 14 | 3.5 | 11 |
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 17 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 595 km² of land.
- About 15 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Butrint
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 45beaches and swimming spots
Apollonia, Free public beach, Plazhi i Manastirit, Plazhi i Pasqyrave, Shpella e Pëllumbave and 40 more
- 4campsites
Neasden Camping With Tents, Finns Camping Caravan 14€, Ksamil Caravan Camping, Camping Gaci
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Plazhi i Manastirit
- —marinas and slipways
- 2ferry piers
Butrint Cable Ferry
- 7viewpoints
- 136hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Livia, Vila Abedini-Ksamil, Family suites, VILLA CAUSHI KSAMIL, Guesthouse Hotel Salla and 131 more
- —fishing spots
- 98restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Xarrë4,263 people
- Ksamil2,994 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport (CFU), 23 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 | 9.4 | 10.3 | 13.5 | 17.1 | 22.0 | 27.8 | 31.5 | 31.4 | 25.7 | 20.6 | 15.5 | 10.8 |
| 2020 | +1.0 | +2.0 | +0.7 | ±0.0 | +0.5 | −2.0 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +2.4 | −0.2 | +1.0 | +2.2 |
| 2021 | +1.2 | +2.1 | −1.0 | −1.4 | +0.2 | +1.1 | +1.8 | +1.7 | +0.9 | −1.5 | +0.9 | +0.2 |
| 2022 | ±0.0 | +1.2 | −1.9 | +0.1 | +2.4 | +3.0 | +2.5 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +2.2 | +1.1 | +3.5 |
| 2023 | +2.1 | +0.6 | +0.7 | −1.5 | −1.0 | −1.1 | +2.8 | +0.5 | +2.8 | +3.9 | +1.4 | +2.1 |
| 2024 | +1.9 | +3.4 | +1.2 | +3.0 | +0.4 | +4.3 | +3.5 | +2.4 | +0.1 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.4 |
| 2025 | +2.6 | +0.9 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.3 | +3.7 | +2.2 | +0.3 | +1.7 | −1.4 | +1.0 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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| 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 (Q851050) · 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.
