Lake · Germany
Lake Schwielowsee
Lake in Brandenburg
- Area
- 6.9km²
- Average depth
- 6.6m
- Elevation
- 27m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 15km
- Volume
- 0.045km³
Lake Schwielowsee is a lake in Germany. It covers 6.9 km². On average it is 6.6 m deep. Its surface lies 27 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Schwielowsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 37 days a year, from around 31 December to 5 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 26 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (28 mm of rain), the wettest July (81 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (100 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 | — | 2 | -3 | 54 | 12 | 0.8 | 19 |
| February | 1 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 38 | 10 | 2.2 | 18 |
| March | 6 | 9 | 8 | -1 | 40 | 11 | 3.6 | 18 |
| April | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 28 | 8 | 6.0 | 16 |
| May | 17 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 53 | 10 | 6.6 | 15 |
| June | 21 | 22 | 24 | 13 | 57 | 12 | 7.0 | 15 |
| July | 23 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 81 | 13 | 6.4 | 15 |
| August | 22 | 23 | 26 | 14 | 58 | 12 | 6.0 | 14 |
| September | 18 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 5.0 | 15 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 49 | 10 | 2.9 | 16 |
| November | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 49 | 10 | 1.0 | 17 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 3 | -1 | 48 | 12 | 0.4 | 18 |
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 8 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 15,282 km² of land.
- About 62 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Schwielowsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 16beaches and swimming spots
Summer Lounge, Strandbad Ferch and 14 more
- 6campsites
Campingplatz Neue Scheune, Blütencamping Riegelspitze, Campingplatz Himmelreich, Campingclub - Flottstelle 90 e.V., Schwielowsee Camping and 1 more
- 4boat hire and water-sport clubs
Kapitänsclub Ferch, Kajakverleih am Glindower See
- 14marinas and slipways
Yachthafen Porta Elisa, Marina im Precise Resort Schwielowsee, Bootssteg Blütencamping Riegelspitze, Lachmann Werft GbR, Marina Ferch and 9 more
- 5ferry piers
Caputher Gemünde, Baumgartenbrück, Seilfähre Caputh, Ferch Bootsklause/Strandbad
- 8viewpoints
Aussichtsturm Wietkiekenberg, Aussichtsplattform Caputher Gemünde and 6 more
- 23hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Müllerhof, Refugium Schwielowsee, Ferienwohnung in Ferch am See, Kavalierhaus, Remise am Schlosspark and 18 more
- —fishing spots
- 34restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 38 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 | 1.9 | 3.7 | 8.0 | 14.5 | 19.6 | 23.9 | 26.0 | 25.5 | 20.6 | 14.0 | 7.4 | 3.1 |
| 2020 | +3.6 | +4.1 | +1.2 | +1.4 | −1.7 | +1.1 | −1.0 | +2.4 | +1.2 | +0.3 | +1.2 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | −0.8 | −0.9 | +0.9 | −3.5 | −3.3 | +3.3 | −0.1 | −2.6 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +0.3 | −0.3 |
| 2022 | +2.7 | +3.8 | +1.6 | −1.6 | +1.3 | +2.8 | +1.0 | +3.1 | −1.1 | +3.7 | +1.0 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | +3.7 | +2.0 | +0.9 | −2.2 | −0.1 | +1.7 | −0.1 | −0.3 | +4.9 | +1.6 | +0.5 | +1.5 |
| 2024 | +1.0 | +5.2 | +3.6 | +0.6 | +1.7 | −0.4 | +0.3 | +2.4 | +2.7 | +2.0 | ±0.0 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +1.5 | +0.4 | +3.2 | +2.3 | −0.2 | +1.9 | −0.9 | −0.2 | +1.1 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +1.5 |
+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 (Q318313) · 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.
