Lake · Sweden
Orsa Lake
Lake in Sweden
- Area
- 52.1km²
- Max depth
- 94m
- Average depth
- 9.2m
- Elevation
- 145m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 58km
- Volume
- 0.481km³
Orsa Lake is a lake in Sweden. It covers 52.1 km². On average it is 9.2 m deep, and 94 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 145 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Orsa Lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 20 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more in July: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 129 days a year, from around 30 November to 7 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 20 °C on average in July and -4 °C in January. The driest month is February (43 mm of rain), the wettest August (118 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (87 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 | — | -4 | -10 | 56 | 12 | 1.0 | 8 |
| February | Ice | — | -4 | -10 | 43 | 10 | 3.0 | 8 |
| March | Ice | — | 0 | -6 | 46 | 11 | 6.4 | 8 |
| April | 2 | 6 | 7 | -1 | 47 | 11 | 7.8 | 8 |
| May | 10 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 94 | 15 | 7.3 | 8 |
| June | 17 | 19 | 17 | 9 | 105 | 17 | 8.3 | 7 |
| July | 20 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 114 | 18 | 7.4 | 7 |
| August | 18 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 118 | 17 | 6.1 | 7 |
| September | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 74 | 13 | 4.4 | 8 |
| October | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 77 | 14 | 2.6 | 7 |
| November | 3 | 6 | 0 | -3 | 68 | 14 | 0.9 | 8 |
| December | Ice | — | -3 | -8 | 56 | 14 | 0.6 | 8 |
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 6 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 2,603 km² of land.
- About 29 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Orsa Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
Våmåbadet, Tingsnäsbadet, Lisselheds badplats and 11 more
- 2campsites
Orsa Camping, Våmåbadets Camping
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 5marinas and slipways
Orsa Småbåtshamn, Sanda Båthamn, Grusvaik
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
- 46hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotell Kung Gösta, Trunna Vandrarhem, Orsa Station Bed & Breakfast, Kungshaga hotel, Orsa Stadshotell and 41 more
- —fishing spots
- 17restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Mora12,602 people
- Orsa5,349 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Mora Airport (MXX), 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 | -4.5 | -3.5 | 0.5 | 7.2 | 13.1 | 17.4 | 19.7 | 17.9 | 13.1 | 6.0 | 0.5 | -3.3 |
| 2020 | +5.7 | +4.4 | +1.8 | +0.1 | −2.0 | +4.0 | −3.3 | +1.5 | +0.2 | +0.7 | +3.4 | +2.6 |
| 2021 | −3.0 | −2.2 | +1.9 | −1.0 | −1.1 | +3.0 | +2.4 | −1.4 | −0.3 | +2.2 | +0.1 | −2.0 |
| 2022 | +1.4 | +1.7 | +3.1 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | +2.2 | −0.8 | +1.8 | −0.8 | +2.6 | +1.8 | −2.7 |
| 2023 | +1.4 | +1.4 | −2.3 | −1.4 | +1.7 | +3.2 | −1.5 | −0.4 | +2.5 | −1.5 | −4.9 | −3.8 |
| 2024 | −1.1 | −0.1 | +0.2 | −2.6 | +5.1 | +0.5 | −1.0 | +0.5 | +1.6 | +2.2 | +1.3 | +2.0 |
| 2025 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +3.6 | +2.7 | −0.6 | −0.4 | +2.3 | −0.6 | +1.5 | +1.1 | +1.9 | +4.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
NorwayAbout 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 (Q1851416) · 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.
