Reservoir · Germany
Senftenberger See
Lake in Oberspreewald-Lausitz District, Brandenburg, Germany
- Area
- 10.7km²
- Max depth
- 25m
- Average depth
- 3.2m
- Elevation
- 99m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 38km
- Volume
- 0.035km³
Senftenberger See is a reservoir in Germany. It covers 10.7 km². On average it is 3.2 m deep, and 25 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 99 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Senftenberger See?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °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.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 26 °C on average in July and 2 °C in January. The driest month is April (32 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 (114 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 | 0 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 56 | 12 | 1.1 | 19 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 4 | -3 | 38 | 10 | 2.3 | 18 |
| March | 5 | 7 | 8 | 0 | 43 | 11 | 3.6 | 17 |
| April | 10 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 32 | 9 | 6.1 | 15 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 56 | 11 | 6.6 | 14 |
| June | 21 | 23 | 24 | 13 | 61 | 12 | 6.9 | 14 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 82 | 14 | 6.7 | 14 |
| August | 22 | 24 | 26 | 15 | 68 | 12 | 6.1 | 14 |
| September | 19 | 21 | 21 | 10 | 52 | 10 | 4.9 | 14 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 50 | 10 | 3.1 | 16 |
| November | 8 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 54 | 10 | 1.3 | 17 |
| December | 3 | 5 | 3 | -2 | 51 | 12 | 0.8 | 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 60 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,091 km² of land.
- About 6.7 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 3.2 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Senftenberger See
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 23beaches and swimming spots
Erholungszentrum Südsee e. V., FKK-Strand Niemtzsch, Südsee, Strandhotel Senftenberger See, Textil-Strand Buchwalde and 18 more
- 7campsites
Hafencamp, Parkplatz Seestrand Südsee in Peickwitz, Komfortcamping Senftenberger See, Reisemobilstellplatz Seestrand Buchwalde, Familienpark Senftenberger See and 2 more
- 5boat hire and water-sport clubs
Senftenberger See, Wassersportschule Senftenberger See, Voigt Marine, Segelclub 79, Segelclub 1978 Senftenberg
- 8marinas and slipways
Segelhafen Niemtsch, Stadthafen Senftenberg and 6 more
- 3ferry piers
Stadthafen Senftenberg Seebrücke
- 6viewpoints
Aussichtsturm Südsee, Aussichtshügel and 4 more
- 117hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Strandhotel Senftenberger See, Bebelstübchen, APARTEMENTS am Schloßpark, Lido Senftenberg, Jüttendorfer Gästezimmer and 112 more
- —fishing spots
- 47restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Senftenberg28,988 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Dresden Airport (DRS), 44 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 | 2.1 | 3.9 | 8.3 | 14.8 | 19.8 | 24.3 | 26.4 | 25.9 | 20.8 | 14.4 | 7.8 | 3.3 |
| 2020 | +3.3 | +4.3 | +1.2 | +1.8 | −1.0 | +0.7 | −0.2 | +2.2 | +1.0 | −0.1 | +0.9 | +1.3 |
| 2021 | −1.2 | −0.7 | +0.6 | −4.1 | −3.6 | +2.0 | −0.6 | −2.7 | +1.1 | +0.6 | −0.5 | −0.1 |
| 2022 | +2.2 | +3.6 | +1.5 | −1.8 | +2.3 | +3.0 | +1.0 | +2.3 | −1.5 | +3.4 | +0.9 | ±0.0 |
| 2023 | +3.3 | +1.9 | +0.9 | −2.7 | −0.3 | +1.3 | +0.8 | −0.1 | +5.0 | +2.2 | +0.2 | +1.7 |
| 2024 | +0.9 | +5.5 | +3.7 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +0.1 | +1.3 | +2.4 | +2.0 | +1.8 | −0.1 | +1.4 |
| 2025 | +2.1 | +0.6 | +3.0 | +2.6 | −0.6 | +2.6 | −0.8 | +0.3 | +1.4 | −0.6 | ±0.0 | +1.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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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 (Q149660) · 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.
