Crater lake · Philippines
Taal Lake
Freshwater lake in the province of Batangas, Philippines
- Area
- 235km²
- Max depth
- 172m
- Average depth
- 66m
- Elevation
- 5m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 117km
- Volume
- 15.4km³
Taal Lake is a crater lake in Philippines. It covers 235 km². On average it is 66 m deep, and 172 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 5 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Taal Lake?
The water is warmest in June, around 30 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 25 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from January to December: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 32 °C on average in April and 27 °C in January. The driest month is April (91 mm of rain), the wettest December (388 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (69 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 | 25 | 25 | 27 | 21 | 144 | 21 | 4.5 | 12 |
| February | 26 | 26 | 28 | 20 | 134 | 14 | 5.6 | 12 |
| March | 26 | 27 | 30 | 21 | 105 | 13 | 6.6 | 11 |
| April | 28 | 28 | 32 | 23 | 91 | 12 | 8.1 | 10 |
| May | 29 | 30 | 32 | 24 | 163 | 20 | 7.2 | 8 |
| June | 30 | 30 | 30 | 24 | 245 | 25 | 6.3 | 8 |
| July | 30 | 30 | 29 | 24 | 283 | 27 | 5.0 | 8 |
| August | 29 | 29 | 29 | 24 | 238 | 25 | 4.3 | 9 |
| September | 28 | 28 | 29 | 24 | 272 | 26 | 5.0 | 8 |
| October | 27 | 27 | 29 | 23 | 335 | 26 | 4.6 | 8 |
| November | 26 | 26 | 28 | 23 | 351 | 27 | 4.5 | 10 |
| December | 25 | 26 | 27 | 22 | 388 | 26 | 3.7 | 12 |
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 19 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 662 km² of land.
- About 26 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Taal Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 2beaches and swimming spots
Boracap
- 5campsites
Maculot Campsite
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 1marinas and slipways
Taal Lake Yacht Club
- 3ferry piers
- 11viewpoints
Viewpoint Taal Lake, Viewpoint to taal lake, View to Taal Lake, Rockies and 7 more
- 15hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Noni's Mountain Resort, Esl Resort, Galileeplace Resort ß Spa, Flamingo Lake Resort, True Calinisan Beach Resort Position and 10 more
- —fishing spots
- 19restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Tagaytay87,811 people
- Talisay24,969 people
- Cuenca21,558 people
- Buco13,217 people
- Laurel9,720 people
- Ambulong9,074 people
- Subic8,881 people
- Balete8,662 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL), 62 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 | 26.7 | 27.6 | 29.6 | 32.1 | 32.0 | 30.2 | 29.0 | 28.8 | 29.0 | 28.7 | 28.0 | 27.1 |
| 2020 | +1.1 | −0.9 | −0.4 | −1.4 | −0.5 | +0.1 | +0.7 | +0.7 | +1.2 | −0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.3 |
| 2021 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −0.8 | −1.2 | +0.1 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | +1.0 | +0.3 | −0.1 | +0.4 | −0.3 |
| 2022 | +0.4 | +0.1 | +0.1 | −2.7 | −0.9 | −0.1 | +1.1 | +0.3 | −0.3 | +0.3 | +0.2 | ±0.0 |
| 2023 | −0.6 | −0.1 | −0.8 | −0.1 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.0 | +0.7 | +1.5 | +0.6 | +0.4 | +1.1 |
| 2024 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +1.2 | +2.3 | +2.1 | +1.1 | +0.6 | +1.6 | +0.2 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +0.5 |
| 2025 | +0.5 | −0.2 | −0.9 | −0.2 | −0.5 | −0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.9 | −0.4 | +0.2 | +0.3 | +0.4 |
+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 (Q537695) · 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.
