Reservoir · Hungary
Lake Tisza
Reservoir
- Area
- 119km²
- Max depth
- 17m
- Average depth
- 1.9m
- Elevation
- 83m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 80km
- Volume
- 0.229km³
Lake Tisza is a reservoir in Hungary. It covers 119 km². On average it is 1.9 m deep, and 17 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 83 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lake Tisza?
The water is warmest in July, around 26 °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 49 days a year, from around 19 December to 5 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 30 °C on average in August and 2 °C in January. The driest month is January (36 mm of rain), the wettest June (79 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (126 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 | -5 | 36 | 7 | 1.6 | 14 |
| February | 2 | 4 | 5 | -4 | 40 | 8 | 3.2 | 14 |
| March | 7 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 40 | 7 | 5.2 | 15 |
| April | 14 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 40 | 9 | 7.1 | 14 |
| May | 20 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 68 | 12 | 8.0 | 13 |
| June | 24 | 26 | 27 | 16 | 79 | 12 | 8.6 | 12 |
| July | 26 | 26 | 30 | 18 | 75 | 11 | 8.9 | 12 |
| August | 24 | 26 | 30 | 17 | 60 | 9 | 8.7 | 11 |
| September | 20 | 22 | 24 | 12 | 56 | 8 | 6.3 | 12 |
| October | 13 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 50 | 8 | 4.6 | 12 |
| November | 6 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 44 | 9 | 2.4 | 13 |
| December | 1 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 44 | 9 | 1.0 | 13 |
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 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 65,561 km² of land.
- About 558 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Lake Tisza
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 6beaches and swimming spots
Strand, Dinnyéshát strand, Szabadstrand and 3 more
- 9campsites
Füzes, Camping Bella, Szabics kemping, ADLER Camping, Baráthy kemping and 4 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 40marinas and slipways
Szivárvány kikötő, Delfin kikötő, Kormorán Kikötő, Szabics kikötő, Szalók Yacht Club and 35 more
- 3ferry piers
Dinnyéshát-Tiszaderzs kerékpáros komp
- 8viewpoints
Lesház, Kilátó, Madárles, Kiskörei kilátó and 4 more
- 45hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Fűzfa Pihenőpark, Hotel Hableány, Kontra - Madarasi lakás, Aranyhal Vendégház, Rabó vendégház and 40 more
- 3fishing spots
- 27restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Abádszalók4,180 people
- Kisköre3,038 people
- Poroszló3,030 people
- Tiszaszőlős1,946 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Debrecen International Airport (DEB), 71 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 | 1.7 | 4.9 | 11.2 | 18.0 | 22.8 | 27.0 | 29.6 | 29.6 | 23.5 | 16.9 | 9.6 | 2.8 |
| 2020 | +0.3 | +4.1 | +1.1 | +0.3 | −2.0 | −1.3 | −2.0 | +0.5 | +2.3 | ±0.0 | −1.6 | +2.5 |
| 2021 | +2.2 | +0.7 | −0.9 | −3.9 | −2.6 | +2.5 | +2.3 | −0.5 | +1.1 | −0.5 | +0.6 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | +1.7 | +3.9 | +0.4 | −2.2 | +2.0 | +4.2 | +3.5 | +2.9 | −1.3 | +2.2 | +0.5 | +1.6 |
| 2023 | +5.0 | +0.2 | +1.4 | −3.4 | −1.0 | −1.2 | +0.9 | +1.3 | +4.3 | +3.6 | +0.5 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +2.7 | +7.5 | +3.5 | +1.8 | +1.6 | +2.1 | +4.2 | +4.8 | +2.3 | +1.3 | −1.9 | +1.4 |
| 2025 | +3.5 | ±0.0 | +3.4 | +2.5 | −1.2 | +5.2 | +2.8 | +2.4 | +2.8 | −0.2 | +0.8 | +2.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| 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 (Q1072359) · 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.
