Lake · Germany
Schwielochsee
Lake of Brandenburg
- Area
- 11.0km²
- Max depth
- 14m
- Average depth
- 4.4m
- Elevation
- 39m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 35km
- Volume
- 0.048km³
Schwielochsee is a lake in Germany. It covers 11.0 km². On average it is 4.4 m deep, and 14 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 39 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Schwielochsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 25 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 16 days a year, from around 5 January to 20 January.
On the shore, afternoons reach 26 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (30 mm of rain), the wettest July (82 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (107 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 | -4 | 52 | 12 | 0.9 | 19 |
| February | 2 | 3 | 4 | -3 | 37 | 10 | 2.2 | 18 |
| March | 6 | 8 | 8 | -1 | 42 | 11 | 3.9 | 17 |
| April | 12 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 30 | 9 | 6.4 | 15 |
| May | 18 | 20 | 20 | 9 | 55 | 11 | 6.8 | 15 |
| June | 23 | 25 | 24 | 13 | 58 | 11 | 7.1 | 15 |
| July | 25 | 26 | 26 | 15 | 82 | 13 | 6.7 | 14 |
| August | 24 | 25 | 26 | 15 | 61 | 11 | 6.2 | 14 |
| September | 19 | 22 | 21 | 10 | 49 | 9 | 5.2 | 15 |
| October | 12 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 47 | 10 | 3.0 | 16 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 50 | 10 | 1.0 | 17 |
| December | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 46 | 12 | 0.5 | 18 |
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 20 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 5,909 km² of land.
- About 28 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 2.9 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Schwielochsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
Waldstrand Ranziger See, Badestrand Jessern, FKK and 11 more
- 9campsites
Campingplatz Niewisch, Naturcampingplatz Ludwig Leichhardt, Camping Niewisch, Seecamp Waldreich, Campingverein Glower See e.V. and 4 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 17marinas and slipways
Gastliegeplätze Seesportverein Goyatz, Yachtclub "Seeperle", Marina MY & WS - CLUB Schwielochsee, Hafen Goyatz Fahrgastschifffahrt "Schwielochsee", Marina Schwielochsee and 12 more
- 5ferry piers
Personen-Fähre Leißnitz, Hafen Goyatz Fahrgastschifffahrt "Schwielochsee", Hafen Jessern Fahrgastschifffahrt "Schwielochsee", Hafen Zaue Fahrgastschifffahrt "Schwielochsee"
- 1viewpoints
Leichhardt-Aussichtshöhe
- 20hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Kuschelnest, Staude, Vorwachs, Pension Rademacher, Ferienhaus am Spreefließ - Familie Perkowski and 15 more
- —fishing spots
- 11restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Friedland3,597 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Berlin Brandenburg Airport (BER), 60 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 | 1.7 | 3.7 | 8.2 | 14.9 | 20.0 | 24.2 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 20.8 | 14.2 | 7.6 | 3.0 |
| 2020 | +3.5 | +4.2 | +1.2 | +1.5 | −1.5 | +0.8 | −0.4 | +1.9 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | −1.0 | −0.9 | +0.5 | −4.0 | −3.5 | +2.5 | +0.1 | −2.5 | +0.8 | +0.8 | ±0.0 | −0.5 |
| 2022 | +2.5 | +3.8 | +1.8 | −1.7 | +1.8 | +3.2 | +1.1 | +2.7 | −1.4 | +3.6 | +0.9 | −0.1 |
| 2023 | +3.7 | +2.0 | +1.0 | −2.5 | −0.5 | +1.3 | +0.6 | −0.3 | +4.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | +1.7 |
| 2024 | +1.1 | +5.5 | +4.0 | +0.8 | +1.6 | +0.3 | +1.0 | +2.4 | +2.5 | +1.8 | −0.2 | +1.7 |
| 2025 | +2.1 | +0.5 | +3.2 | +2.6 | −0.6 | +2.5 | −1.0 | +0.2 | +1.2 | −0.3 | −0.2 | +1.4 |
+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 (Q471366) · 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.
