Reservoir · Germany
Maschsee
Artificial lake situated south of the city centre of Hanover in Germany
- Area
- 0.9km²
- Average depth
- 2.8m
- Elevation
- 51m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 5.6km
- Volume
- 0.002km³
Maschsee is a reservoir in Germany. It covers 0.9 km². On average it is 2.8 m deep. Its surface lies 51 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Maschsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 1 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 24 °C on average in July and 3 °C in January. The driest month is April (38 mm of rain), the wettest July (83 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (81 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 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 69 | 14 | 1.0 | 20 |
| February | 2 | 4 | 4 | -2 | 49 | 12 | 2.4 | 19 |
| March | 7 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 51 | 12 | 3.9 | 18 |
| April | 12 | 15 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 10 | 6.3 | 16 |
| May | 18 | 20 | 18 | 8 | 61 | 12 | 6.9 | 15 |
| June | 22 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 62 | 13 | 7.3 | 14 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 24 | 14 | 83 | 15 | 6.8 | 14 |
| August | 22 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 67 | 14 | 6.2 | 14 |
| September | 17 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 56 | 11 | 5.3 | 15 |
| October | 12 | 15 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 12 | 3.2 | 17 |
| November | 6 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 62 | 13 | 1.2 | 17 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 0.7 | 19 |
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 0 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 5,242 km² of land.
- About 52 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Maschsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
Maschseebad – Strandbad Maschsee
- —campsites
- 19boat hire and water-sport clubs
Einsetzstelle Kanu Schneller Graben, Einsetzstelle Kanu beidseitig, Einsetzstelle Kanu Leine, Einsetzstelle Kanu, Kanuverleih Hannover and 14 more
- 6marinas and slipways
Frauen-Ruder-Club Hannover 1928, Hannoverscher Ruder-Club von 1880, Segelsteg Zentrum für Hochschulsport Hannover, MASCHSEE NORD Segel- u. Yachtschule Gerhardt, Yachtschule Hannover and 1 more
- 6ferry piers
Nordufer / Fackelträger, Ostanleger / Altenbekener Damm, Westanleger / Fährhaus, Strandbad / Südufer, Stadion and 1 more
- 5viewpoints
Rathaus+Maschteich, Vierkirchenblick
- 33hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Concorde Hotel Am Leineschloss, Kastens Hotel Luisenhof, Hanns-Lilje-Haus, Grand Hotel Mussmann, City Panorama and 28 more
- 1fishing spots
Ricklinger Halbinsel - Clubgelände des Fischereiverein Hannover
- 291restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Hannover515,140 people
- Südstadt40,557 people
- Linden38,284 people
- Nordstadt17,429 people
- Linden-Nord16,141 people
- Oststadt14,011 people
- Döhren13,569 people
- Ricklingen12,917 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Hannover Airport (HAJ), 13 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 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 8.5 | 14.4 | 18.5 | 21.7 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 19.4 | 13.8 | 7.9 | 3.9 |
| 2020 | +3.6 | +3.7 | +1.1 | +1.6 | −1.1 | +1.1 | −1.0 | +2.4 | +1.2 | +0.3 | +1.9 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | −0.7 | −0.5 | +1.1 | −3.3 | −3.1 | +2.8 | +0.4 | −1.7 | +1.3 | +0.8 | +0.1 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +2.6 | +3.5 | +1.8 | −1.4 | +1.3 | +2.3 | +1.3 | +3.5 | −0.4 | +4.0 | +1.4 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | +3.2 | +2.3 | +0.4 | −1.3 | +0.4 | +2.4 | −0.5 | −0.2 | +4.3 | +1.6 | +0.5 | +1.9 |
| 2024 | +0.7 | +4.9 | +3.0 | −0.1 | +2.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +1.2 | +0.9 | +1.4 | −0.3 | +1.6 |
| 2025 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +2.8 | +1.8 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | −0.5 | +0.3 | +0.7 | −0.1 | +0.2 | +1.8 |
+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 (Q315045) · 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.
