Lake · Austria
Traunsee
Lake in Upper Austria
- Area
- 23.4km²
- Max depth
- 191m
- Average depth
- 82m
- Elevation
- 420m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 34km
- Volume
- 1.9km³
Traunsee is a lake in Austria. It covers 23.4 km². On average it is 82 m deep, and 191 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 420 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Traunsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 22 °C at the surface, and coldest in February, around 4 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 23 °C on average in July and 1 °C in January. The driest month is April (68 mm of rain), the wettest June (152 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (122 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 | 4 | 4 | 1 | -6 | 94 | 14 | 2.0 | 10 |
| February | 4 | 4 | 2 | -5 | 73 | 13 | 3.8 | 10 |
| March | 5 | 7 | 7 | -2 | 85 | 16 | 5.0 | 10 |
| April | 9 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 68 | 13 | 6.6 | 8 |
| May | 14 | 17 | 18 | 8 | 132 | 18 | 6.6 | 8 |
| June | 19 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 152 | 19 | 7.5 | 7 |
| July | 22 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 149 | 19 | 7.6 | 7 |
| August | 21 | 22 | 23 | 13 | 150 | 17 | 6.9 | 7 |
| September | 17 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 115 | 14 | 5.3 | 7 |
| October | 13 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 89 | 14 | 3.7 | 8 |
| November | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 70 | 13 | 1.7 | 8 |
| December | 6 | 7 | 2 | -4 | 81 | 15 | 1.3 | 9 |
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 16 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,396 km² of land.
- About 45 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Traunsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
Naturbadeplatz Seereiterweg, Badeplatz Bräuwiese, Badeplatz Köchertwiese, Badeplatz Kalkwerk and 10 more
- 7campsites
Camping Maurerhäusl am Salzkammergut, Camping Traunsee, Stellplatz Freizeitanlage Rindbach, Strandcamping Traunkirchen, Stellplatz Trauneck - Ebensee and 2 more
- 13boat hire and water-sport clubs
Traunsee - Fledermausbucht, Traunsee - Beim Löwen, Traunsee - Hotel Traunsee, Traunsee - Eisenau, Traunsee - Weißer Steinbruch and 8 more
- 14marinas and slipways
Segelclub Ebensee, Segelclub Altmünster, ASKÖ Gmunden Segeln, UYC-Traunsee and 10 more
- 11ferry piers
Gh Grünberg, Ebensee, Gh Hoisn, Gmunden Grünbergseilbahn, Gmunden Seeschloss Orth and 6 more
- 31viewpoints
Traunseeblick, Hohe Rast, Dachsteinblick, Aussichtsplatz Spitzlsteinalm, Traunsee Panorama and 26 more
- 35hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel-Gasthof Steinmaurer, Das Traunsee, Pension s' Waldeck, Familie Aigner, Landhotel Grünberg and 30 more
- —fishing spots
- 68restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Gmunden13,191 people
- Altmünster4,496 people
- Ebensee4,125 people
- Pinsdorf3,849 people
- Traunkirchen1,624 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Linz-Hörsching Airport (LNZ), 50 km in a straight line.
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Photos
Seen by visitors
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 | 1.0 | 2.5 | 7.4 | 13.6 | 17.6 | 21.4 | 23.3 | 23.1 | 18.0 | 13.4 | 7.2 | 2.2 |
| 2020 | +2.4 | +4.2 | +0.7 | +2.3 | −1.5 | −1.4 | −0.6 | +0.5 | +1.0 | −1.5 | +1.1 | +1.0 |
| 2021 | −0.7 | +3.6 | −0.5 | −3.2 | −3.0 | +2.3 | +0.8 | −2.6 | +1.8 | +0.1 | −0.7 | +0.1 |
| 2022 | +1.1 | +2.2 | +2.2 | −1.7 | +2.1 | +2.5 | +1.2 | +0.8 | −1.2 | +4.1 | +1.5 | +1.2 |
| 2023 | +2.8 | +1.5 | +1.8 | −3.7 | −0.5 | +0.8 | +1.4 | +0.6 | +4.9 | +4.3 | −0.1 | +2.3 |
| 2024 | +1.5 | +6.2 | +4.2 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +0.8 | +1.2 | +3.0 | +0.8 | +2.5 | −0.4 | +0.7 |
| 2025 | +2.2 | +2.5 | +2.8 | +1.7 | −1.5 | +3.3 | −0.7 | +0.8 | +2.2 | −1.2 | −0.1 | +2.0 |
+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 (Q250907) · 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.
