Lake · Hungary · Austria
Neusiedl Lake
Steppe lake in Central Europe
- Area
- 142km²
- Max depth
- 2m
- Average depth
- 2.1m
- Elevation
- 110m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 156km
- Volume
- 0.302km³
Neusiedl Lake is a lake in Hungary. It covers 142 km². On average it is 2.1 m deep, and 2 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 110 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Neusiedl Lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °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.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 29 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (35 mm of rain), the wettest June (73 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (133 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 | -4 | 40 | 8 | 1.5 | 16 |
| February | 2 | 4 | 5 | -3 | 36 | 8 | 3.1 | 17 |
| March | 7 | 10 | 10 | 0 | 41 | 9 | 4.7 | 17 |
| April | 12 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 35 | 8 | 6.9 | 16 |
| May | 18 | 20 | 22 | 10 | 71 | 12 | 7.3 | 16 |
| June | 22 | 23 | 26 | 15 | 73 | 12 | 7.9 | 14 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 29 | 17 | 69 | 12 | 8.0 | 14 |
| August | 22 | 24 | 28 | 16 | 69 | 11 | 7.5 | 13 |
| September | 18 | 21 | 22 | 11 | 69 | 9 | 5.7 | 14 |
| October | 12 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 49 | 8 | 3.6 | 14 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 43 | 9 | 1.6 | 16 |
| December | 2 | 3 | 3 | -3 | 41 | 9 | 1.2 | 16 |
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 22 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,143 km² of land.
- About 5.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 3.7 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Neusiedl Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 20beaches and swimming spots
Badebereich Neusiedl, Kitestrand and 18 more
- 9campsites
Strandcamping Podersdorf am See, Storchencamp Rust, CamÖ, Weingut Sloboda Wohnmobilstellplatz, Wohnmobilstellplatz Neusiedl and 4 more
- 16boat hire and water-sport clubs
Boots2sail, Paddelzentrum Rust, Bootsverleih, Österreichischer Segel-Verband, Podersdorfer Bootsverleih Schifffahrt Knoll and 11 more
- 45marinas and slipways
Hafen Jois, Rust, BYC Yachtclub, Stadthafen Rust, Fähre Rust and 40 more
- 10ferry piers
Rust, Podersdorf, Breitenbrunn, Illmitz, Drescher Line and 5 more
- 15viewpoints
Aussichtsturm am Sandeck, Aussichtsplattform, Nyéki szállás madármegfigyelő torony, Aussichtsturm, Vögelbeobachtung and 10 more
- 36hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Sifkovits, Zur goldenen Traube, Pension Seepanorama, Scheiber Wein & Gästehaus, Gästehaus Christine and 31 more
- 1fishing spots
- 57restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Neusiedl am See8,235 people
- Weiden am See2,426 people
- Mörbisch am See2,261 people
- Podersdorf am See2,135 people
- Rust1,921 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Vienna International Airport (VIE), 31 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 | 2.0 | 4.7 | 10.2 | 16.8 | 21.6 | 26.2 | 28.6 | 28.1 | 22.1 | 15.6 | 8.8 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | +0.7 | +5.0 | +1.2 | +1.7 | −1.7 | −2.0 | −0.6 | +0.5 | +1.4 | −1.0 | −1.0 | +0.9 |
| 2021 | +1.1 | +0.8 | −0.7 | −3.8 | −3.3 | +3.0 | +1.7 | −1.8 | +1.5 | ±0.0 | −0.7 | +0.4 |
| 2022 | +2.3 | +4.1 | +0.8 | −1.9 | +3.0 | +2.6 | +1.6 | +1.4 | −1.0 | +2.7 | +0.9 | +0.7 |
| 2023 | +3.8 | +2.4 | +2.2 | −3.2 | −1.4 | −0.7 | +1.5 | −0.2 | +4.7 | +5.3 | +1.1 | +2.1 |
| 2024 | +1.9 | +6.8 | +3.3 | +1.2 | +1.3 | +1.0 | +2.7 | +4.4 | +1.3 | +0.7 | −0.5 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +2.8 | −0.3 | +3.2 | +1.8 | −1.0 | +3.5 | ±0.0 | +1.3 | +2.2 | +0.3 | −0.2 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
CzechiaAbout 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 (Q6396) · 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.
