Lake · Switzerland
Lake Silvaplana
Lake in Switzerland
- Area
- 2.3km²
- Max depth
- 77m
- Average depth
- 15m
- Elevation
- 1,789m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 7.4km
- Volume
- 0.035km³
Lake Silvaplana is a lake in Switzerland. It covers 2.3 km². On average it is 15 m deep, and 77 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 1,789 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Lake Silvaplana?
The water is warmest in August, around 15 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. Even at its warmest, the surface stays below 17 °C on average: this is cold water.
The lake usually freezes over for about 113 days a year, from around 19 December to 10 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 16 °C on average in July and -6 °C in January. The driest month is February (47 mm of rain), the wettest August (144 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (125 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 | — | -6 | -15 | 55 | 11 | 4.4 | 7 |
| February | Ice | — | -5 | -15 | 47 | 10 | 5.6 | 8 |
| March | Ice | — | -2 | -10 | 61 | 12 | 6.6 | 7 |
| April | 1 | 3 | 4 | -5 | 81 | 15 | 6.1 | 7 |
| May | 6 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 120 | 19 | 6.1 | 8 |
| June | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 129 | 19 | 7.5 | 7 |
| July | 15 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 129 | 20 | 8.1 | 7 |
| August | 15 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 144 | 19 | 7.3 | 6 |
| September | 13 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 99 | 15 | 6.3 | 6 |
| October | 9 | 11 | 7 | -2 | 99 | 14 | 5.1 | 6 |
| November | 5 | 7 | 0 | -7 | 102 | 13 | 3.6 | 7 |
| December | 1 | 3 | -4 | -13 | 65 | 12 | 3.7 | 7 |
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 3 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 126 km² of land.
- About 4.5 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Silvaplana
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
- 2campsites
Stellplatz Silvaplana, Silvaplana
- 4boat hire and water-sport clubs
Center da Surf, Lej da Champfèr, Campingplatz, Kite School Silvaplana
- 1marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 8viewpoints
Clavanövs, Tschüchas, Silvaplana Fratta and 5 more
- 20hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Arlas, Süsom Surlej, Hotel Seraina, Conrad's Mountain Lodge, Aparthotel Chesa Bellaval and 15 more
- —fishing spots
- 19restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Silvaplana973 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Lugano Airport (LUG), 84 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 | -5.6 | -4.8 | -1.5 | 3.6 | 9.2 | 14.0 | 15.9 | 15.3 | 11.4 | 6.7 | 0.2 | -4.5 |
| 2020 | +2.1 | +2.0 | ±0.0 | +2.4 | +1.4 | −1.4 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +1.0 | −2.5 | +3.9 | −0.2 |
| 2021 | −1.7 | +2.6 | −1.0 | −3.2 | −2.5 | +0.9 | −0.5 | −0.9 | +1.8 | −0.8 | −0.5 | +0.9 |
| 2022 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +1.3 | +2.4 | +2.3 | +2.2 | +1.9 | −1.1 | +3.2 | +0.5 | +1.3 |
| 2023 | +0.2 | +1.8 | +2.8 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +1.0 | +3.8 | +3.0 | −2.1 | +2.3 |
| 2024 | +1.9 | +3.6 | +1.2 | −1.8 | −0.9 | −0.6 | +1.5 | +2.7 | −1.6 | +1.1 | +2.3 | +2.0 |
| 2025 | +1.9 | +2.5 | +1.6 | +2.9 | +0.2 | +3.9 | −1.2 | +1.0 | +0.6 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +2.6 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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ItalyAbout 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 (Q14515) · 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.
