Reservoir · Uruguay
Rincón del Bonete Lake
Reservoir in Uruguay
- Area
- 718km²
- Average depth
- 12m
- Elevation
- 73m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 1,031km
- Volume
- 8.8km³
Rincón del Bonete Lake is a reservoir in Uruguay. It covers 718 km². On average it is 12 m deep. Its surface lies 73 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Rincón del Bonete Lake?
The water is warmest in January, around 25 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 11 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from November to March: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 31 °C on average in January and 15 °C in July. The driest month is July (79 mm of rain), the wettest April (146 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (184 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 | 25 | 25 | 31 | 18 | 118 | 10 | 9.7 | 14 |
| February | 24 | 25 | 30 | 18 | 143 | 10 | 8.5 | 14 |
| March | 23 | 24 | 27 | 16 | 111 | 9 | 8.1 | 14 |
| April | 19 | 21 | 24 | 12 | 146 | 9 | 6.9 | 13 |
| May | 16 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 120 | 8 | 5.4 | 13 |
| June | 12 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 93 | 9 | 5.0 | 13 |
| July | 11 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 79 | 8 | 5.3 | 14 |
| August | 12 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 112 | 8 | 5.9 | 15 |
| September | 14 | 16 | 19 | 8 | 118 | 8 | 6.7 | 15 |
| October | 18 | 19 | 23 | 11 | 144 | 10 | 7.5 | 15 |
| November | 21 | 22 | 26 | 14 | 106 | 8 | 9.4 | 15 |
| December | 23 | 24 | 30 | 16 | 109 | 10 | 9.8 | 15 |
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 39,530 km² of land.
- About 535 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 10.8 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Rincón del Bonete Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 1beaches and swimming spots
- 3campsites
Reserva, Camping, Camping 2
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- —viewpoints
- 3hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Los Medanos, Cabañas del Lago, Rincón del Bonete
- —fishing spots
- 2restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- San Gregorio de Polanco3,415 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Pres. Gral. Óscar D. Gestido Binational Airport (RVY), 196 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 | 31.4 | 29.8 | 27.4 | 23.5 | 18.8 | 15.9 | 15.1 | 17.3 | 19.4 | 22.8 | 26.5 | 29.9 |
| 2020 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +3.5 | +1.1 | +1.0 | +0.9 | −1.0 | +1.3 | −0.5 | +0.3 | +1.8 | +1.3 |
| 2021 | +1.3 | −1.3 | +0.4 | +0.6 | −0.8 | −0.9 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +0.5 | +2.0 |
| 2022 | +1.8 | −0.6 | −2.5 | −1.1 | −1.8 | −2.6 | +2.2 | −0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.6 | +4.7 | +4.2 |
| 2023 | +4.8 | +4.3 | +6.6 | +2.3 | +4.3 | +3.5 | +3.5 | +4.5 | +2.1 | +2.9 | +1.9 | +0.8 |
| 2024 | +2.2 | +4.9 | +2.3 | +0.3 | −2.2 | +2.3 | −0.5 | −0.5 | +1.9 | +3.0 | +3.4 | −0.1 |
| 2025 | +2.1 | +5.0 | +2.7 | +0.2 | +2.6 | −1.6 | +0.6 | +0.2 | +1.2 | +2.8 | +2.5 | +3.0 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
BrazilAbout 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 (Q3276492) · 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.
