Lake · Germany
Plauer See
Lake in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany
- Area
- 36.6km²
- Max depth
- 26m
- Average depth
- 11m
- Elevation
- 61m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 53km
- Volume
- 0.414km³
Plauer See is a lake in Germany. It covers 36.6 km². On average it is 11 m deep, and 26 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 61 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Plauer See?
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.
The lake usually freezes over for about 26 days a year, from around 9 January to 3 February.
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 (89 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 | — | 2 | -3 | 58 | 13 | 0.9 | 20 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 43 | 11 | 2.2 | 19 |
| March | 4 | 7 | 8 | -1 | 43 | 10 | 4.0 | 19 |
| April | 10 | 12 | 14 | 3 | 35 | 9 | 6.8 | 17 |
| May | 15 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 50 | 11 | 7.5 | 16 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 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 | 12 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 52 | 12 | 3.0 | 17 |
| November | 7 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 50 | 12 | 1.0 | 18 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 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 18 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,474 km² of land.
- About 8.9 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Plauer See
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 33beaches and swimming spots
Badestelle, Strand Zislow, Badestrand Lenz, Hundestrand, Hundestrand Lenz and 28 more
- 13campsites
Inselcamping Werder Reisemobilhafen, Campingplatz Leisten, Campingpark Zuruf, Inselcamping Werder, Naturcamping Malchow and 8 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 20marinas and slipways
Marina Zislow, Wasserwanderrastplatz Plau am See, Lenzer Hafen, Stadtanleger Plau am See, Marina Zwei Seen and 15 more
- 3ferry piers
Anleger 5
- 10viewpoints
Zislower Aussichtsturm, Sitzbank auf dem Steg, Aussichtsturm Moorochse, Leuchtturm Plau and 6 more
- 68hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Fackelgarten, Heidekrug, Marianne, Gaststätte Lenzer Hafen, Hotel Sajons and 63 more
- —fishing spots
- 46restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Plau am See5,883 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Rostock-Laage Airport (RLG), 50 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 (Q704793) · 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.
