Lake · Germany
Müritz
Large lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Area
- 108km²
- Max depth
- 31m
- Average depth
- 8.5m
- Elevation
- 59m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 94km
- Volume
- 0.917km³
Müritz is a lake in Germany. It covers 108 km². On average it is 8.5 m deep, and 31 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 59 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Müritz?
The water is warmest in July, around 21 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 23 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (35 mm of rain), the wettest July (84 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (97 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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 58 | 13 | 0.9 | 20 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 43 | 11 | 2.2 | 19 |
| March | 4 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 43 | 10 | 4.0 | 19 |
| April | 8 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 6.8 | 17 |
| May | 14 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 50 | 11 | 7.5 | 16 |
| June | 19 | 20 | 21 | 12 | 60 | 13 | 7.7 | 16 |
| July | 21 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 84 | 15 | 7.1 | 15 |
| August | 20 | 21 | 23 | 14 | 65 | 13 | 6.4 | 15 |
| September | 17 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 52 | 10 | 5.4 | 16 |
| October | 13 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 52 | 12 | 3.0 | 17 |
| November | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 1.0 | 18 |
| December | 3 | 5 | 3 | -1 | 56 | 13 | 0.4 | 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 5.4 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,009 km² of land.
- About 5.3 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 2.5 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Müritz
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 47beaches and swimming spots
Badestrand Müritz Hotel GmbH, FKK, Hundestrand, Volksbad and 43 more
- 23campsites
Reisemobilstellplatz der Kinder- und Jugendkunstschule, Wasserwanderrastplatz "Alte Fahrt", Campingplatz „Boek“ C 16, Müritzpark Ludorf, Campingplatz Ecktannen and 18 more
- 11boat hire and water-sport clubs
Bootsverleih Manfred Stolschewski, Funmüritz Wassersportcenter, Boots- und Kanu-Verleih Gaarzer Mühle, Eisenbahner-Sportverein Waren e.V., Müritz Kanu and 6 more
- 32marinas and slipways
Yachthafen Rechlin, Seglerverein Rechlin, Marina Müritz, Röbel Stadthafen, Bolter Kanal and 27 more
- 12ferry piers
Rechlin, Hafendorf Müritz (Fahrgastanleger Weisse Flotte Müritz), Waren, Steinmole, Hafen Klink, Klink, Müritz-Klinik, Röbel, Stadthafen and 7 more
- 29viewpoints
Boeker Fischteiche, Vogelbeobachtung Großer Schwerin, Anleger Blau-Weiße Flotte Müritz & Seen, Schnakenburg, Binnenmüritz and 24 more
- 152hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Romantikhotel Gutshaus Ludorf, Weit Meer, Altstadthotel "Goldene Kugel", Müritzhöh, Müritzparadies and 147 more
- —fishing spots
- 89restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Waren21,470 people
- Röbel5,521 people
- Rechlin2,357 people
- Klink1,160 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG), 64 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 | 1.8 | 3.3 | 7.5 | 13.6 | 18.1 | 21.4 | 23.4 | 23.1 | 18.9 | 13.0 | 7.0 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | +3.7 | +4.1 | +1.2 | +0.9 | −1.8 | +0.9 | −1.6 | +2.3 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +1.6 | +0.2 |
| 2021 | −0.4 | −1.1 | +1.2 | −3.1 | −2.6 | +3.2 | +0.9 | −1.7 | +0.8 | +1.0 | +0.8 | −0.7 |
| 2022 | +2.9 | +3.8 | +1.7 | −1.5 | +0.4 | +1.5 | +0.7 | +2.4 | −1.1 | +3.2 | +0.7 | −1.1 |
| 2023 | +3.6 | +2.0 | +1.0 | −1.6 | +0.2 | +2.1 | −0.6 | −0.4 | +4.4 | +1.2 | +0.3 | +1.0 |
| 2024 | +1.2 | +4.7 | +3.6 | +0.7 | +2.8 | −0.1 | +0.1 | +1.1 | +1.6 | +1.4 | −0.2 | +2.3 |
| 2025 | +1.3 | +0.4 | +3.1 | +2.3 | −0.6 | +0.8 | −0.2 | −0.4 | +1.0 | +0.3 | −0.1 | +1.7 |
+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 (Q3369) · 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.
