Lake · Denmark
Lake Esrum
Lake in Hillerød Municipality, Capital Region of Denmark, Denmark
- Area
- 16.1km²
- Max depth
- 22m
- Average depth
- 8.1m
- Elevation
- 8m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 23km
- Volume
- 0.131km³
Lake Esrum is a lake in Denmark. It covers 16.1 km². On average it is 8.1 m deep, and 22 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 8 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Esrum?
The water is warmest in July, around 20 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 1 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more in July: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (37 mm of rain), the wettest August (88 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (77 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 | 2 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 67 | 13 | 0.3 | 24 |
| February | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 54 | 11 | 1.6 | 23 |
| March | 3 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 45 | 11 | 4.3 | 21 |
| April | 7 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 37 | 9 | 6.8 | 19 |
| May | 13 | 16 | 15 | 8 | 51 | 11 | 8.1 | 18 |
| June | 18 | 20 | 18 | 12 | 73 | 13 | 8.3 | 18 |
| July | 20 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 79 | 13 | 7.6 | 17 |
| August | 19 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 88 | 15 | 6.3 | 18 |
| September | 16 | 18 | 17 | 12 | 57 | 12 | 4.9 | 20 |
| October | 12 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 77 | 14 | 2.5 | 22 |
| November | 8 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 68 | 14 | 0.5 | 22 |
| December | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 70 | 14 | 0.0 | 23 |
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 5.7 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 74 km² of land.
- About 0.7 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Esrum
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 4beaches and swimming spots
Esrum Sø, Sejlklubben, Tevandsbugten
- 5campsites
Gribskov, Nødebo Holt - fri teltning, Søskoven, Graverhus, Plejelt Camping, Tumlinge Vang Nord teltplads
- 3boat hire and water-sport clubs
Kajakklubben Esrum Sø, Fredensborg Sejlklub, Fredensborg Roklub
- 7marinas and slipways
Sørup Havn, Fredensborg Havn and 5 more
- —ferry piers
- 7viewpoints
- 1hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Store Kro
- —fishing spots
- 10restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Fredensborg8,941 people
- Nødebo2,057 people
- Kirke-Esbønderup1,190 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ängelholm-Helsingborg Airport (AGH), 43 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 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 4.9 | 10.1 | 15.1 | 18.4 | 20.8 | 20.5 | 17.1 | 11.9 | 7.3 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | +3.7 | +3.7 | +1.8 | +0.7 | −1.6 | +1.8 | −2.2 | +2.2 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.9 | +1.0 |
| 2021 | −0.7 | −1.5 | +1.1 | −1.3 | −1.6 | +2.0 | +1.9 | −0.8 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.9 | −1.2 |
| 2022 | +2.2 | +3.0 | +1.5 | −0.2 | −0.3 | +0.5 | −0.4 | +2.3 | −0.3 | +2.3 | +1.5 | −1.4 |
| 2023 | +2.4 | +2.2 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.1 | +2.3 | −1.1 | −0.9 | +2.5 | +0.6 | −1.2 | −0.4 |
| 2024 | −0.6 | +2.5 | +1.7 | −0.2 | +2.6 | −0.1 | −0.9 | +0.4 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +0.7 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +0.5 | +2.8 | +2.2 | −0.5 | +0.1 | +0.8 | −0.2 | +1.6 | +0.9 | ±0.0 | +1.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
SwedenAbout 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 (Q1368515) · 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.
