Reservoir · Argentina
San Roque
Lake
- Area
- 15.5km²
- Average depth
- 13m
- Elevation
- 641m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 35km
- Volume
- 0.201km³
San Roque is a reservoir in Argentina. It covers 15.5 km². On average it is 13 m deep. Its surface lies 641 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is San Roque?
The water is warmest in January, around 26 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 11 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from November to April: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 31 °C on average in January and 17 °C in July. The driest month is August (7 mm of rain), the wettest February (130 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (94 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 | 26 | 26 | 31 | 16 | 127 | 14 | 9.4 | 8 |
| February | 26 | 26 | 29 | 15 | 130 | 12 | 7.9 | 7 |
| March | 24 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 112 | 10 | 7.6 | 7 |
| April | 20 | 22 | 23 | 10 | 61 | 7 | 6.5 | 7 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 19 | 6 | 22 | 4 | 6.2 | 8 |
| June | 13 | 14 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 6.7 | 8 |
| July | 11 | 12 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 7.0 | 9 |
| August | 12 | 13 | 20 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 8.3 | 10 |
| September | 15 | 17 | 23 | 6 | 32 | 4 | 8.8 | 10 |
| October | 19 | 20 | 26 | 10 | 64 | 8 | 8.8 | 10 |
| November | 22 | 24 | 29 | 13 | 108 | 12 | 9.5 | 10 |
| December | 25 | 26 | 30 | 15 | 115 | 13 | 9.5 | 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 9 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,645 km² of land.
- About 8.9 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 2.5 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around San Roque
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 9beaches and swimming spots
La Colina, Parador Ilina, Balneario El Diquecito, Playa El Fantasio, Playa Labios Del Indio and 4 more
- 8campsites
Camping Unión Eléctrica, Sol y Río, Lago Rock, Camping Rincón del lAGO, Camping A.C.A. (actualmente cerrado) and 3 more
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 9marinas and slipways
Muelle San Roque, Complejo MCleish, Lotero - Alquiler de Botes and 6 more
- 1ferry piers
Catamaranes Carlos Paz
- 7viewpoints
- 203hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Portal del Sol, Descanso Las tres Marías, Bialet Massé, Cruz del Sur, Mirador de Las Sierras and 198 more
- —fishing spots
- 103restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Villa Carlos Paz69,451 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ingeniero Aeronáutico Ambrosio L.V. Taravella International Airport (COR), 25 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 | 30.7 | 28.9 | 26.6 | 23.1 | 19.3 | 17.4 | 17.0 | 20.0 | 22.9 | 26.3 | 28.7 | 30.4 |
| 2020 | ±0.0 | −0.3 | +2.5 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +0.8 | +0.7 | +1.6 | +1.6 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +0.6 |
| 2021 | −1.2 | −1.6 | −0.7 | +0.8 | +0.3 | −1.7 | +1.7 | +1.0 | +1.4 | +1.4 | −0.6 | +0.3 |
| 2022 | +1.8 | +0.5 | +0.3 | +1.0 | −0.4 | −1.4 | +2.4 | −0.2 | −0.5 | −0.9 | +1.4 | +2.4 |
| 2023 | +1.7 | +1.5 | +3.8 | +0.4 | +2.2 | +1.4 | +1.3 | +2.3 | +0.8 | +0.9 | +0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2024 | −0.5 | +1.4 | +4.2 | +0.7 | −3.5 | +1.7 | −1.3 | −1.4 | +4.4 | +0.1 | −0.2 | −1.2 |
| 2025 | +1.6 | +4.6 | −0.4 | −1.3 | +1.7 | −2.0 | −0.3 | −1.4 | ±0.0 | +0.1 | +0.4 | +1.0 |
+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 (Q1150093) · 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.
