
Lake · Indonesia
Lake Tamblingan
Volcanic lake in Indonesia
- Area
- 1.4km²
- Average depth
- 21m
- Elevation
- 1,216m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 4.7km
- Volume
- 0.029km³
Lake Tamblingan is a lake in Indonesia. It covers 1.4 km². On average it is 21 m deep. Its surface lies 1,216 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Tamblingan?
The water is warmest in November, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 21 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from January to December: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 29 °C on average in November and 26 °C in July. The driest month is August (24 mm of rain), the wettest January (316 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (60 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 | 23 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 316 | 27 | 5.9 | 7 |
| February | 22 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 252 | 25 | 6.2 | 7 |
| March | 22 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 201 | 24 | 6.7 | 6 |
| April | 22 | 22 | 28 | 24 | 123 | 20 | 7.6 | 7 |
| May | 22 | 22 | 27 | 23 | 82 | 13 | 7.8 | 9 |
| June | 22 | 22 | 26 | 22 | 53 | 9 | 8.0 | 10 |
| July | 21 | 21 | 26 | 21 | 40 | 7 | 8.1 | 10 |
| August | 22 | 22 | 26 | 21 | 24 | 5 | 8.7 | 11 |
| September | 22 | 23 | 28 | 21 | 38 | 5 | 9.1 | 10 |
| October | 23 | 23 | 29 | 22 | 57 | 10 | 8.9 | 9 |
| November | 23 | 23 | 29 | 23 | 134 | 19 | 7.8 | 8 |
| December | 23 | 23 | 28 | 24 | 272 | 26 | 5.9 | 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 2.8 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 10 km² of land.
- About 0.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Tamblingan
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 7viewpoints
Twin Lake, tamblingan lake, Twin Lakes Viewpoint, The View Restoran, Waterfall and 2 more
- 8hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Tamblang Sacred Mountain Springs Sanctuary, The Garuda Villa & Restaurant, Munduk Farmhouse, Gumi Ayu EcoHotel, Bukit Kembar Ecotourism and 3 more
- —fishing spots
- 12restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Munduk6,200 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Denpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS), 55 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 | 27.6 | 27.5 | 27.8 | 27.9 | 27.3 | 26.5 | 25.9 | 26.2 | 27.5 | 29.0 | 29.2 | 28.2 |
| 2020 | +1.9 | +1.1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +1.3 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | −0.5 |
| 2021 | −0.3 | −0.6 | −0.4 | −0.1 | +0.4 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.8 | −0.1 | −0.6 | −0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2022 | −0.6 | +0.1 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +0.6 | +0.2 | −1.7 | −1.4 | −0.2 |
| 2023 | −0.4 | −1.0 | ±0.0 | −0.5 | −0.1 | +0.5 | +0.1 | +0.2 | −0.3 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.2 |
| 2024 | +1.6 | +1.5 | +1.0 | +0.6 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +0.6 | +0.9 | +1.6 | +1.0 | +0.7 | −0.1 |
| 2025 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.3 | +0.3 | +0.1 | +0.6 | ±0.0 | −0.4 | −1.0 | −0.1 |
+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 (Q17999895) · 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.

