Lake · Finland
Lake Keitele
Keitele
Lake of Central Finland
- Area
- 641km²
- Max depth
- 64m
- Average depth
- 5.4m
- Elevation
- 86m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 1,183km
- Volume
- 3.4km³
Lake Keitele is a lake in Finland. It covers 641 km². On average it is 5.4 m deep, and 64 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 86 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Lake Keitele?
The water is warmest in July, around 20 °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 148 days a year, from around 17 November to 13 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 21 °C on average in July and -8 °C in January. The driest month is March (40 mm of rain), the wettest July (118 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (97 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 | — | -8 | -13 | 52 | 12 | 0.7 | 11 |
| February | Ice | — | -7 | -13 | 41 | 10 | 2.2 | 11 |
| March | Ice | — | -2 | -8 | 40 | 11 | 5.6 | 12 |
| April | 1 | 4 | 6 | -1 | 50 | 12 | 6.8 | 11 |
| May | 9 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 75 | 13 | 7.9 | 11 |
| June | 16 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 95 | 16 | 8.8 | 10 |
| July | 20 | 20 | 21 | 14 | 118 | 17 | 7.9 | 9 |
| August | 18 | 20 | 19 | 12 | 89 | 17 | 6.5 | 9 |
| September | 14 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 75 | 13 | 3.7 | 10 |
| October | 8 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 14 | 1.2 | 10 |
| November | 1 | 4 | -1 | -5 | 67 | 14 | 0.1 | 10 |
| December | Ice | — | -5 | -10 | 61 | 14 | 0.2 | 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 12 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 12,370 km² of land.
- About 110 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 13.2 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Keitele
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 18beaches and swimming spots
Myllärinpuiston uimaranta, Hiekan uimala, Kurkelan uimaranta, Suovanlahden uimaranta and 14 more
- 6campsites
Enonranta, Häyrylänranta Camping, Hännilänsalmi Camping, SF-Caravan Lintulahti and 2 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Kanoottien itsepalveluvuokraamo
- 14marinas and slipways
Kellarilahti, Hanhitaipaleen kalasatama and 12 more
- —ferry piers
- 5viewpoints
Loukkuvuori, Huopanankoski, Savivuoren näkötorni
- 3hotels, B&Bs and chalets
6577 VIITASAARI, HIRSIRANTA, Kotimajoitus Miekkaniemi, Villa Rahikka
- 1fishing spots
Huopanankoski
- 18restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Viitasaari5,787 people
- Konnevesi2,429 people
- Sumiainen1,251 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Jyväskylä Airport (JYV), 55 km in a straight line.
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: when a number is low, it may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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 | -8.1 | -6.7 | -2.0 | 5.5 | 13.4 | 17.8 | 20.9 | 18.8 | 13.1 | 4.9 | -1.0 | -5.1 |
| 2020 | +7.3 | +4.9 | +2.9 | −1.5 | −2.6 | +3.7 | −2.2 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +2.0 | +2.9 | +1.6 |
| 2021 | −2.7 | −3.7 | −0.1 | +0.5 | −0.9 | +4.3 | +2.7 | −1.3 | −2.8 | +1.9 | ±0.0 | −3.8 |
| 2022 | +1.5 | +2.6 | +1.1 | −1.5 | −0.9 | +1.8 | −0.1 | +2.0 | −2.1 | +2.1 | −0.7 | −1.2 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +2.1 | −1.1 | −2.1 | +0.4 | +1.9 | −1.6 | +1.1 | +3.2 | −1.9 | −4.8 | −4.4 |
| 2024 | −2.9 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | −3.7 | +3.1 | +3.0 | +1.1 | +1.6 | +3.5 | +2.4 | +1.8 | +1.3 |
| 2025 | +2.6 | +2.6 | +3.9 | +1.4 | −1.5 | −0.9 | +2.8 | −0.5 | +2.5 | +2.0 | +2.3 | +3.2 |
+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 (Q890537) · 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.
