Lake · Romania
Lake Techirghiol
Lake in Constanța County, Romania
- Area
- 11.9km²
- Max depth
- 9m
- Average depth
- 6.9m
- Elevation
- 0m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 30km
- Volume
- 0.082km³
Lake Techirghiol is a lake in Romania. It covers 11.9 km². On average it is 6.9 m deep, and 9 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 0 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Techirghiol?
The water is warmest in July, around 26 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 1 °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 28 °C on average in August and 5 °C in January. The driest month is August (28 mm of rain), the wettest October (54 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (76 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 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 46 | 7 | 2.3 | 22 |
| February | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 34 | 6 | 3.5 | 22 |
| March | 7 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 38 | 7 | 5.1 | 20 |
| April | 13 | 16 | 13 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 7.3 | 17 |
| May | 19 | 21 | 19 | 14 | 42 | 8 | 8.8 | 15 |
| June | 24 | 25 | 24 | 19 | 51 | 9 | 9.7 | 15 |
| July | 26 | 26 | 27 | 21 | 45 | 7 | 10.2 | 14 |
| August | 25 | 26 | 28 | 22 | 28 | 5 | 9.7 | 16 |
| September | 22 | 24 | 23 | 18 | 48 | 6 | 7.3 | 18 |
| October | 16 | 20 | 17 | 12 | 54 | 7 | 4.8 | 19 |
| November | 9 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 43 | 7 | 2.7 | 19 |
| December | 4 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 49 | 8 | 2.2 | 22 |
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 4.7 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 179 km² of land.
- About 0.6 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Techirghiol
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 10beaches and swimming spots
Băile Reci, Citadel, Plaja Șincai, Plaja Eforie Sud, Plaja Eforie and 5 more
- 5campsites
Cosmos, Șincai ( desființat - camparea interzisă de primărie), Camping Otilia, Camping, Grand Corona
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Nomad Sailor
- 1marinas and slipways
Marina Eforie
- —ferry piers
- 3viewpoints
Dig Eforie Nord, Techirghiol Lake Viewpoint, La nucii lui Niculescu
- 397hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Daria, Tabăra Luminița, Hotel EUROPA, Bran, Brad and 392 more
- —fishing spots
- 89restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Eforie Sud9,498 people
- Techirghiol7,083 people
- Tuzla6,292 people
- Eforie Nord4,598 people
- Eforie
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Mihail Kogălniceanu International Airport (CND), 37 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 | 4.9 | 5.9 | 9.1 | 13.2 | 19.4 | 24.5 | 27.2 | 27.5 | 23.0 | 17.3 | 12.0 | 6.9 |
| 2020 | +1.2 | +3.1 | +2.0 | +0.7 | −0.7 | −0.5 | +0.2 | −0.2 | +1.8 | +3.3 | −0.3 | +2.5 |
| 2021 | +1.9 | +1.1 | −1.3 | −1.2 | −0.5 | −1.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | −0.5 | −1.8 | +1.0 | +1.3 |
| 2022 | +0.5 | +1.7 | −2.8 | +0.4 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.6 | +1.5 | +2.3 | +2.6 |
| 2023 | +4.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 | −0.4 | −1.4 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +2.0 | +4.4 | +2.7 | +2.1 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +3.7 | +1.5 | +4.6 | −1.4 | +2.4 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +1.2 | +0.5 | −0.3 | +1.8 |
| 2025 | +3.5 | −2.0 | +2.4 | −0.2 | −1.2 | +1.2 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +0.7 | −0.2 | +2.9 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Bulgaria
UkraineAbout 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 (Q1541429) · 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.
