Lake · Nepal
Phewa Lake
Lake in Kaski District, Nepal
- Area
- 3.9km²
- Max depth
- 19m
- Average depth
- 14m
- Elevation
- 798m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 14km
- Volume
- 0.055km³
Phewa Lake is a lake in Nepal. It covers 3.9 km². On average it is 14 m deep, and 19 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 798 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Phewa Lake?
The water is warmest in August, around 26 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 16 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from March to November: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 31 °C on average in May and 16 °C in January. The driest month is November (3 mm of rain), the wettest July (416 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (111 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 | 16 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 16 | 2 | 7.1 | 7 |
| February | 17 | 18 | 20 | 8 | 23 | 2 | 6.8 | 8 |
| March | 20 | 22 | 25 | 12 | 27 | 4 | 7.6 | 10 |
| April | 23 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 38 | 4 | 7.8 | 10 |
| May | 25 | 26 | 31 | 19 | 103 | 11 | 7.3 | 10 |
| June | 26 | 26 | 30 | 21 | 245 | 18 | 6.2 | 9 |
| July | 26 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 416 | 25 | 3.8 | 9 |
| August | 26 | 26 | 26 | 20 | 306 | 23 | 4.6 | 8 |
| September | 26 | 26 | 25 | 19 | 220 | 17 | 5.8 | 7 |
| October | 24 | 25 | 23 | 15 | 69 | 6 | 7.9 | 7 |
| November | 22 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 8.0 | 6 |
| December | 18 | 20 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 7.9 | 6 |
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 3 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 110 km² of land.
- About 7.7 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Phewa Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 1beaches and swimming spots
Duna Tapari
- 10campsites
camping for porters, Sedi Camping side, seasonal paragliding landing spot, The machan, Shanti space camping (150 NPR) and 5 more
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Boat for rent
- —marinas and slipways
- 9ferry piers
Ferry (only to fish tail lodge) and 8 more
- 19viewpoints
view to pokhara (Tiju ko Chautara), Phewa Lake View Point, Pumdi Bhumdi View Tower, Pandeli Deel Chautara, Hare Danda viewpoint and 14 more
- 601hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Rockland Hotel, The Lakeside Retreat - Pokhara, Lonely View Lodge, Hotel Landmark, Phils Inn and 596 more
- —fishing spots
- 601restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Pokhara Domestic Airport (PKR), 3 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 | 16.3 | 19.7 | 24.9 | 29.7 | 30.8 | 29.6 | 26.4 | 25.8 | 24.7 | 22.9 | 19.9 | 17.1 |
| 2020 | −3.0 | −3.5 | −3.4 | −3.6 | −3.4 | −3.4 | −1.6 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +1.6 | +0.9 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | +2.2 | +1.1 | +1.4 | +0.3 | −3.6 | −4.0 | −1.1 | −0.9 | −0.5 | +0.6 | −1.1 | −1.2 |
| 2022 | −2.3 | −4.2 | +0.7 | +0.5 | −2.4 | −1.2 | −0.4 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.1 | −0.8 | −0.5 |
| 2023 | +0.3 | +0.5 | −2.0 | −2.0 | −2.2 | +1.7 | −0.2 | −0.5 | +0.3 | −0.4 | ±0.0 | +0.1 |
| 2024 | −1.7 | −1.5 | −1.1 | +1.6 | −0.6 | +1.3 | −0.3 | −0.3 | +0.7 | +0.4 | −0.4 | −0.3 |
| 2025 | +1.2 | +0.7 | +1.3 | −1.3 | −2.8 | −2.2 | −0.2 | −0.6 | −0.4 | −0.1 | −0.5 | −1.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
ChinaAbout 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 (Q1192928) · 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.
