Lake · Chile
Puyehue Lake
Lake in Chile
- Area
- 157km²
- Max depth
- 123m
- Average depth
- 52m
- Elevation
- 187m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 86km
- Volume
- 8.2km³
Puyehue Lake is a lake in Chile. It covers 157 km². On average it is 52 m deep, and 123 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 187 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Puyehue Lake?
The water is warmest in February, around 19 °C at the surface, and coldest in August, around 8 °C. It rarely averages 20 °C, but it stays above 17 °C from January to March: brisk, refreshing swimming.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in February and 8 °C in July. The driest month is February (35 mm of rain), the wettest June (160 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 | 18 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 39 | 7 | 10.0 | 8 |
| February | 19 | 19 | 22 | 9 | 35 | 6 | 8.9 | 8 |
| March | 17 | 18 | 19 | 8 | 52 | 9 | 7.1 | 8 |
| April | 14 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 80 | 13 | 4.9 | 8 |
| May | 12 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 132 | 16 | 3.0 | 8 |
| June | 9 | 10 | 8 | 3 | 160 | 19 | 2.1 | 9 |
| July | 8 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 149 | 18 | 2.7 | 9 |
| August | 8 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 141 | 17 | 3.3 | 9 |
| September | 9 | 9 | 11 | 3 | 76 | 13 | 5.4 | 8 |
| October | 10 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 72 | 13 | 6.0 | 8 |
| November | 13 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 58 | 11 | 7.3 | 8 |
| December | 16 | 17 | 19 | 8 | 47 | 9 | 8.9 | 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 4.3 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,003 km² of land.
- About 60 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Puyehue Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- 9campsites
Camping y Cabañas "El Manzano", Camping Bellavista, Camping Los Copihues, No Me Olvides, Camping El Estero and 4 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 2marinas and slipways
Isla Fresia, Club Naval Las Salinas
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
Playa Lago Puyehue, Mirador Lago Puyehue
- 25hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Cabañas Termas de Puyehue, Cabañas Kalfapulli, Jardín del Turista, Hostal Prana, Las Tranqueras and 20 more
- —fishing spots
- 20restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Puyehue3,932 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Cañal Bajo Carlos Hott Siebert Airport (ZOS), 49 km in a straight line.
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Photos
Seen by visitors
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 | 21.2 | 21.7 | 18.9 | 14.7 | 11.3 | 8.3 | 7.6 | 8.7 | 11.3 | 13.3 | 15.8 | 18.6 |
| 2020 | +0.7 | +0.2 | +2.4 | +1.1 | +0.8 | −0.7 | −1.0 | −0.2 | +0.5 | +1.0 | +1.5 | +0.5 |
| 2021 | +1.1 | +4.0 | +4.2 | +2.2 | +1.5 | +0.8 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +2.3 | +3.3 | +6.3 |
| 2022 | +2.3 | +2.2 | −0.4 | −1.3 | ±0.0 | ±0.0 | −1.0 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +2.2 | +6.7 | +4.5 |
| 2023 | +3.9 | +2.8 | +1.6 | +2.8 | +1.4 | +1.6 | +1.1 | +0.1 | −1.1 | +0.4 | −0.7 | +3.8 |
| 2024 | +4.5 | +4.6 | +0.2 | −0.5 | −2.6 | +0.5 | +0.4 | +1.1 | −1.4 | +4.3 | +0.8 | +3.6 |
| 2025 | +3.7 | +1.0 | +1.1 | ±0.0 | −1.5 | −0.5 | +2.0 | +2.8 | +0.7 | +0.4 | +2.8 | +1.4 |
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ArgentinaAbout 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 (Q1800395) · 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.
