Lake · Italy
Lake Idro
Lake
- Area
- 10.3km²
- Max depth
- 122m
- Average depth
- 51m
- Elevation
- 362m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 23km
- Volume
- 0.520km³
Lake Idro is a lake in Italy. It covers 10.3 km². On average it is 51 m deep, and 122 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 362 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Idro?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 4 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in July and -1 °C in January. The driest month is January (45 mm of rain), the wettest November (119 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (79 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 | 4 | 4 | -1 | -8 | 45 | 8 | 4.5 | 6 |
| February | 5 | 6 | 1 | -7 | 52 | 7 | 5.6 | 6 |
| March | 8 | 10 | 5 | -3 | 60 | 8 | 6.6 | 7 |
| April | 13 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 85 | 13 | 6.1 | 7 |
| May | 17 | 20 | 14 | 6 | 114 | 17 | 6.1 | 7 |
| June | 22 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 106 | 17 | 7.4 | 7 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 21 | 12 | 102 | 17 | 8.0 | 7 |
| August | 23 | 23 | 20 | 12 | 116 | 16 | 7.2 | 6 |
| September | 20 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 94 | 12 | 6.3 | 6 |
| October | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 106 | 12 | 5.1 | 6 |
| November | 10 | 12 | 5 | -1 | 119 | 11 | 3.6 | 6 |
| December | 6 | 8 | 0 | -6 | 64 | 9 | 3.7 | 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 14 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 587 km² of land.
- About 14 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Idro
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 1beaches and swimming spots
- 11campsites
Area Camper Anfo, Camping Pilù, Camping Miralago, Campeggio Pian d'Oneda, Cafar by Campside and 6 more
- 4boat hire and water-sport clubs
Surfpoint, Circolo Nautico Ander
- 5marinas and slipways
- 1ferry piers
Navigazione Lago D'Idro
- 20viewpoints
Piazzola Panoramica, Postazione per birdwatching and 18 more
- 23hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Albergo Alpina, I tre casali, Porto Vecchio, Locanda alla Grotta, La Vecchia Tipografia and 18 more
- —fishing spots
- 54restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Lodrone-Darzo1,713 people
- Idro1,695 people
- Crone1,498 people
- Ponte Caffaro1,478 people
- Lavenone506 people
- Anfo390 people
- Trebbio349 people
- Capovalle257 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Brescia Gabriele d'Annunzio Airport (VBS), 44 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 | -0.6 | 0.7 | 4.9 | 9.5 | 13.9 | 18.5 | 20.8 | 20.4 | 16.1 | 11.2 | 5.1 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | +2.2 | +2.2 | −0.2 | +1.8 | +0.8 | −1.4 | −0.3 | +0.1 | +0.7 | −1.7 | +2.2 | −0.9 |
| 2021 | −1.9 | ±0.0 | −1.1 | −2.4 | −2.1 | +0.9 | −0.2 | −0.6 | +1.5 | −0.4 | +0.1 | +0.5 |
| 2022 | +2.1 | +2.5 | +0.5 | ±0.0 | +1.9 | +3.3 | +4.0 | +1.6 | −0.7 | +3.5 | +1.3 | +0.3 |
| 2023 | +0.8 | +2.7 | +1.7 | −1.0 | −0.5 | +0.3 | +0.4 | +1.5 | +3.2 | +3.6 | −0.3 | +2.0 |
| 2024 | +1.8 | +4.0 | +1.3 | +0.4 | −1.2 | −0.7 | +0.8 | +2.3 | −0.8 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +1.3 | +1.5 | +1.4 | +1.7 | ±0.0 | +2.8 | −1.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | −0.6 | −0.1 | +2.7 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
SwitzerlandAbout 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 (Q63148) · 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.
