Reservoir · Czechia
Lipno Reservoir
Reservoir in the Czech Republic
- Area
- 43.8km²
- Max depth
- 25m
- Average depth
- 7.0m
- Elevation
- 725m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 109km
- Volume
- 0.306km³
Lipno Reservoir is a reservoir in Czechia. It covers 43.8 km². On average it is 7.0 m deep, and 25 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 725 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Lipno Reservoir?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °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 64 days a year, from around 23 December to 24 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 23 °C on average in July and 0 °C in January. The driest month is February (46 mm of rain), the wettest June (112 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (98 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 | — | 0 | -6 | 61 | 12 | 1.9 | 13 |
| February | Ice | — | 2 | -6 | 46 | 10 | 3.6 | 13 |
| March | 3 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 59 | 13 | 4.7 | 13 |
| April | 10 | 13 | 13 | 2 | 48 | 11 | 6.5 | 11 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 97 | 16 | 6.5 | 10 |
| June | 20 | 22 | 21 | 11 | 112 | 17 | 7.2 | 9 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 108 | 16 | 7.3 | 9 |
| August | 22 | 22 | 23 | 12 | 109 | 14 | 6.9 | 9 |
| September | 19 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 80 | 11 | 5.2 | 10 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 60 | 12 | 3.6 | 10 |
| November | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 49 | 11 | 1.7 | 11 |
| December | 1 | 4 | 1 | -4 | 52 | 13 | 1.5 | 12 |
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 11 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 938 km² of land.
- About 10 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 4.7 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Lipno Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 51beaches and swimming spots
VN LIpno – pláž Horní Planá, Pláž převlikarna, pláž Horní Planá and 48 more
- 18campsites
Frymburk, Villa Bohemia, U Kukačků, Camp Vřesná, Camping Lipno Modřín and 13 more
- 9boat hire and water-sport clubs
RYBÁŘ, Bounty, Adventure Park Lipno - Wake Frymburk, Wake Frymburk and 5 more
- 13marinas and slipways
Marina Lipno and 12 more
- 14ferry piers
Horní Planá - přívoz, Frymburk, Bližší Lhota, Černá v Pošumaví, Wolfi Vok s.r.o. and 9 more
- 9viewpoints
Bayerische Au, Lipno Panorama, Rozhledna Dobrá Voda and 6 more
- 199hotels, B&Bs and chalets
U Kohoutů, Pension Adler, EA Hotel Lipno, Penzion U Kukačků, Hotel Jestřábí and 194 more
- —fishing spots
- 82restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Loučovice1,955 people
- Horní Planá1,943 people
- Frymburk1,355 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: České Budějovice South Bohemian Airport (JCL), 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 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 6.6 | 13.1 | 17.3 | 21.2 | 23.3 | 23.0 | 17.8 | 12.3 | 6.0 | 1.2 |
| 2020 | +2.4 | +4.2 | +0.9 | +2.1 | −1.2 | −1.4 | −0.8 | +0.2 | +1.1 | −0.9 | +0.7 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | −0.1 | +2.2 | −0.3 | −3.3 | −3.2 | +2.6 | +0.2 | −2.8 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.6 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | +1.8 | +2.6 | +1.6 | −1.9 | +2.3 | +2.7 | +1.2 | +1.2 | −1.2 | +3.6 | +1.4 | +0.7 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +1.5 | +1.8 | −3.4 | −0.5 | +0.3 | +1.5 | +0.2 | +4.8 | +4.4 | +0.4 | +1.8 |
| 2024 | +1.7 | +5.9 | +4.3 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +0.6 | +0.8 | +2.8 | +0.6 | +2.1 | −0.6 | +0.7 |
| 2025 | +2.3 | +1.4 | +2.7 | +1.7 | −1.1 | +2.9 | −0.8 | +0.8 | +1.6 | −0.8 | −0.4 | +1.3 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
AustriaAbout 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 (Q2140385) · 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.
