Lake · Switzerland
Lake Lauerz
Lake in the district of Schwyz in the canton of the same name in Switzerland
- Area
- 2.7km²
- Max depth
- 13m
- Average depth
- 10m
- Elevation
- 443m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 9.1km
- Volume
- 0.027km³
Lake Lauerz is a lake in Switzerland. It covers 2.7 km². On average it is 10 m deep, and 13 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 443 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Lauerz?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 20 °C on average in July and 0 °C in January. The driest month is February (80 mm of rain), the wettest August (190 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (124 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 | 0 | 1 | 0 | -8 | 101 | 14 | 2.5 | 9 |
| February | 2 | 4 | 0 | -8 | 80 | 12 | 3.8 | 9 |
| March | 6 | 9 | 5 | -4 | 102 | 15 | 5.3 | 9 |
| April | 12 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 107 | 16 | 6.5 | 8 |
| May | 16 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 163 | 19 | 6.7 | 8 |
| June | 21 | 23 | 18 | 10 | 176 | 20 | 8.0 | 7 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 20 | 12 | 173 | 19 | 8.1 | 7 |
| August | 24 | 24 | 20 | 11 | 190 | 18 | 7.3 | 7 |
| September | 20 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 124 | 15 | 6.0 | 7 |
| October | 14 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 110 | 14 | 4.2 | 8 |
| November | 8 | 11 | 5 | -2 | 103 | 15 | 2.4 | 8 |
| December | 2 | 5 | 0 | -7 | 106 | 15 | 2.0 | 9 |
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 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 62 km² of land.
- About 2.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Lauerz
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 3beaches and swimming spots
Badeplatz Choli, Badi Lauerz
- 2campsites
Camping Buchenhof
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 4marinas and slipways
- 2ferry piers
- 1viewpoints
- 4hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Burg, Seehotel Helvetia, Gasthaus Stauffacher, Landgasthaus Bauernhof
- —fishing spots
- 15restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Schwyz15,181 people
- Ibach3,500 people
- Steinen3,041 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Zürich Airport (ZRH), 47 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 | -0.5 | 0.4 | 4.7 | 9.7 | 14.0 | 18.2 | 19.8 | 19.5 | 15.5 | 11.5 | 5.1 | 0.4 |
| 2020 | +2.9 | +3.4 | +0.8 | +3.5 | +0.9 | −1.9 | +0.4 | +0.6 | +1.4 | −2.5 | +3.1 | −0.6 |
| 2021 | −1.7 | +1.5 | −0.6 | −2.6 | −3.0 | +1.9 | −0.7 | −1.7 | +2.1 | −0.6 | −0.6 | +0.8 |
| 2022 | +1.2 | +1.7 | +2.4 | −0.1 | +2.2 | +3.1 | +2.2 | +1.6 | −0.5 | +4.3 | +1.3 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +0.5 | +3.2 | +1.9 | −1.8 | −0.1 | +1.8 | +1.6 | +1.4 | +4.8 | +3.5 | −0.8 | +1.5 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +5.3 | +2.0 | −0.7 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +1.5 | +3.1 | ±0.0 | +1.5 | +2.1 | +1.2 |
| 2025 | +1.7 | +3.2 | +2.0 | +2.7 | −0.1 | +4.0 | −0.9 | +1.6 | +0.8 | −0.8 | ±0.0 | +2.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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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 (Q14518) · 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.
