Reservoir · Switzerland
Lake Davos
Small natural lake at Davos, Switzerland
- Area
- 0.3km²
- Max depth
- 54m
- Average depth
- 6.9m
- Elevation
- 1,545m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 2.9km
- Volume
- 0.002km³
Lake Davos is a reservoir in Switzerland. It covers 0.3 km². On average it is 6.9 m deep, and 54 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1,545 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Lake Davos?
The water is warmest in August, around 17 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from July to August: brisk, refreshing swimming.
The lake usually freezes over for about 100 days a year, from around 27 December to 5 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 17 °C on average in July and -4 °C in January. The driest month is February (70 mm of rain), the wettest August (184 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (123 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 | — | -4 | -13 | 93 | 14 | 3.3 | 7 |
| February | Ice | — | -3 | -13 | 70 | 12 | 4.6 | 7 |
| March | Ice | — | 0 | -9 | 90 | 16 | 5.5 | 7 |
| April | 2 | 5 | 5 | -4 | 88 | 17 | 6.0 | 7 |
| May | 8 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 146 | 21 | 6.0 | 6 |
| June | 14 | 16 | 15 | 5 | 170 | 21 | 7.0 | 6 |
| July | 17 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 167 | 21 | 7.3 | 6 |
| August | 17 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 184 | 20 | 6.8 | 6 |
| September | 15 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 122 | 16 | 5.5 | 6 |
| October | 11 | 13 | 8 | -1 | 101 | 14 | 4.6 | 6 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 2 | -6 | 90 | 14 | 3.1 | 7 |
| December | 2 | 4 | -3 | -11 | 93 | 15 | 2.8 | 7 |
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 4 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 6 km² of land.
- About 0.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Davos
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- 5boat hire and water-sport clubs
Strandbad, Bootshaus, Galerie, Alter Stollen, Wakeboard-Lift Davos
- 3marinas and slipways
Davoser Segelclub
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
- 17hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Turmhotel Victoria, Sportclub Real, Dischma, Jugendherberge Davos, Montana and 12 more
- —fishing spots
- 19restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Davos10,898 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Sankt Gallen Altenrhein Airport (ACH), 77 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 | -4.0 | -3.3 | -0.3 | 5.4 | 10.8 | 15.1 | 16.7 | 16.3 | 12.2 | 8.2 | 1.9 | -2.7 |
| 2020 | +2.8 | +2.6 | +1.1 | +3.5 | +0.7 | −1.7 | +0.3 | +0.8 | +1.5 | −2.5 | +3.7 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | −1.6 | +2.5 | −0.6 | −3.4 | −3.2 | +2.0 | +0.2 | −1.6 | +2.3 | −0.7 | −0.1 | +0.8 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +2.2 | +3.0 | +1.8 | +1.6 | −1.3 | +3.6 | +0.4 | +1.4 |
| 2023 | +0.4 | +2.1 | +2.9 | −1.5 | +0.1 | +1.4 | +1.1 | +1.2 | +5.2 | +2.9 | −2.0 | +1.8 |
| 2024 | +2.0 | +3.4 | +1.7 | −1.2 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +1.9 | +3.2 | −0.7 | +1.6 | +2.0 | +1.2 |
| 2025 | +1.7 | +2.7 | +2.7 | +3.8 | −0.5 | +4.1 | −1.4 | +0.9 | +1.4 | −1.0 | −0.1 | +2.6 |
+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 (Q690359) · 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.
