Reservoir · India
Sukhna Lake
Reservoir in Chandigarh, India
- Area
- 1.1km²
- Average depth
- 1.7m
- Elevation
- 353m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 4.9km
- Volume
- 0.002km³
Sukhna Lake is a reservoir in India. It covers 1.1 km². On average it is 1.7 m deep. Its surface lies 353 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Sukhna Lake?
The water is warmest in August, around 31 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 14 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from March to October: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 40 °C on average in May and 20 °C in January. The driest month is November (6 mm of rain), the wettest July (279 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (106 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 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 35 | 4 | 6.1 | 11 |
| February | 17 | 19 | 23 | 10 | 39 | 5 | 7.7 | 12 |
| March | 22 | 24 | 29 | 14 | 36 | 5 | 9.3 | 13 |
| April | 26 | 27 | 36 | 20 | 27 | 4 | 10.2 | 13 |
| May | 28 | 29 | 40 | 26 | 39 | 6 | 10.9 | 13 |
| June | 30 | 30 | 40 | 28 | 136 | 13 | 9.3 | 12 |
| July | 31 | 31 | 35 | 26 | 279 | 24 | 6.8 | 9 |
| August | 31 | 31 | 32 | 25 | 277 | 24 | 6.9 | 8 |
| September | 30 | 30 | 31 | 22 | 157 | 14 | 8.3 | 8 |
| October | 26 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 2 | 9.5 | 9 |
| November | 20 | 23 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 8.5 | 10 |
| December | 15 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 7.2 | 11 |
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 4 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 22 km² of land.
- About 0.2 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Sukhna Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- —beaches and swimming spots
- —campsites
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
Boating
- —marinas and slipways
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
Sukhna Lake viewpoint
- 2hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Yolo, Central Government Touring Officers Guest House
- —fishing spots
- 5restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Chandigarh970,602 people
- Mani Mājra15,489 people
- Khuda Alisher6,831 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Shaheed Bhagat Singh International Airport (IXC), 8 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 | 19.6 | 23.1 | 29.2 | 35.9 | 40.4 | 40.1 | 35.0 | 32.2 | 31.3 | 29.9 | 25.5 | 21.2 |
| 2020 | −3.2 | −2.0 | −4.8 | −4.1 | −3.2 | −2.3 | −0.3 | −0.6 | +0.9 | +1.6 | −0.7 | ±0.0 |
| 2021 | +0.3 | +1.7 | +2.2 | −0.8 | −2.9 | −1.7 | −0.3 | −0.5 | −1.5 | −1.5 | −1.2 | −1.7 |
| 2022 | −3.1 | −3.4 | +1.9 | +2.9 | −0.7 | +0.3 | −2.5 | −1.3 | −1.3 | −2.8 | −1.9 | −0.3 |
| 2023 | −0.7 | +2.1 | −1.3 | −3.6 | −5.5 | −3.5 | −3.5 | −1.5 | −1.1 | −2.3 | −0.6 | −0.3 |
| 2024 | −0.5 | −1.9 | −1.2 | −1.5 | +1.2 | +2.6 | +0.2 | −1.5 | −0.8 | −0.2 | +0.3 | −1.1 |
| 2025 | +1.2 | +0.4 | +0.3 | +1.2 | −2.8 | −2.7 | −4.0 | −2.0 | −1.5 | −2.2 | −2.1 | −0.6 |
+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 (Q7333197) · 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.
