Lake · Germany
Steinhuder Meer
Lake in Wunstorf, Lower Saxony, Germany
- Area
- 26.9km²
- Max depth
- 3m
- Average depth
- 3.3m
- Elevation
- 35m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 23km
- Volume
- 0.089km³
Steinhuder Meer is a lake in Germany. It covers 26.9 km². On average it is 3.3 m deep, and 3 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 35 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Steinhuder Meer?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 2 °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 24 °C on average in July and 3 °C in January. The driest month is April (38 mm of rain), the wettest July (78 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 | 2 | 2 | 3 | -2 | 69 | 14 | 0.8 | 20 |
| February | 3 | 4 | 5 | -2 | 50 | 12 | 2.2 | 19 |
| March | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 50 | 12 | 3.8 | 18 |
| April | 12 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 38 | 10 | 6.1 | 16 |
| May | 17 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 60 | 12 | 6.6 | 15 |
| June | 21 | 22 | 22 | 12 | 62 | 13 | 6.8 | 14 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 24 | 14 | 78 | 15 | 6.6 | 14 |
| August | 21 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 68 | 14 | 5.9 | 14 |
| September | 17 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 55 | 11 | 5.0 | 15 |
| October | 12 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 59 | 12 | 3.0 | 17 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 62 | 13 | 1.2 | 17 |
| December | 3 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 68 | 15 | 0.6 | 19 |
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 2.0 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 132 km² of land.
- About 1.4 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Steinhuder Meer
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 3beaches and swimming spots
Surfstrand Mardorf, Badestrand Weiße Düne
- 11campsites
Stellplatz Hagenburg, Wohnmobilstellplatz Steinhuder Meer, Nordufer Camping, Campingplatz Mardorf, Wohnmobilstellplatz Steinhude and 6 more
- 10boat hire and water-sport clubs
YSTM - Yachtclub Steinhuder Meer e.V., Bootsverleih, Pier 51, Bootsverleih Nolte, Bootsverleih Kielhorn / Steg N 21 and 5 more
- 13marinas and slipways
Segler- Verein Großenheidorn e.V., YSTM - Yachtclub Steinhuder Meer e.V., Baltische Segler-Vereinigung e.V. and 10 more
- 2ferry piers
Fähranleger Steinhude
- 14viewpoints
Aussicht "Sehbrücke Mardorf", Aussicht Sehsteg "Lüttjen Mardorf", Aussichtsturm, SkyLoop, Aussichtsturm Neue Moorhütte and 9 more
- 36hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Strandhotel Weißer Berg, Ferienwohnung Sowada, Ferienwohnung Max und Moritz, Gasthaus Kehrwieder, Kranenborgh Hotel & Biergarten and 31 more
- —fishing spots
- 48restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Hagenburg4,569 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Hannover Airport (HAJ), 24 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 | 3.2 | 4.6 | 8.7 | 14.4 | 18.4 | 21.6 | 23.6 | 23.3 | 19.4 | 13.9 | 8.1 | 4.1 |
| 2020 | +3.4 | +3.7 | +1.1 | +1.7 | −0.9 | +1.0 | −1.2 | +2.3 | +1.1 | +0.2 | +2.0 | +1.1 |
| 2021 | −0.6 | −0.3 | +0.9 | −3.3 | −3.2 | +2.7 | +0.2 | −1.7 | +1.2 | +0.8 | −0.1 | +0.5 |
| 2022 | +2.4 | +3.5 | +1.9 | −1.4 | +1.3 | +2.0 | +1.1 | +3.7 | −0.2 | +3.8 | +1.5 | −0.2 |
| 2023 | +3.0 | +2.3 | +0.3 | −1.2 | +0.4 | +2.8 | −0.5 | −0.3 | +4.2 | +1.6 | +0.5 | +1.9 |
| 2024 | +0.7 | +4.8 | +2.9 | −0.3 | +2.2 | −0.3 | −0.3 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.3 | −0.3 | +1.6 |
| 2025 | +0.6 | −0.1 | +2.8 | +1.8 | +0.1 | +1.1 | −0.4 | +0.3 | +0.5 | −0.1 | +0.3 | +1.8 |
+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 (Q165782) · 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.
