Reservoir · Moldova
Valea Morilor lake
Lake in Chișinău
- Area
- 0.3km²
- Average depth
- 5.2m
- Elevation
- 69m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 2.0km
- Volume
- 0.001km³
Valea Morilor lake is a reservoir in Moldova. It covers 0.3 km². On average it is 5.2 m deep. Its surface lies 69 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Valea Morilor lake?
The water is warmest in July, around 28 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from May to September: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 55 days a year, from around 16 December to 8 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 30 °C on average in August and 0 °C in January. The driest month is February (33 mm of rain), the wettest June (70 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (133 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 | Ice | — | 0 | -7 | 41 | 7 | 2.0 | 15 |
| February | 1 | 4 | 2 | -6 | 33 | 6 | 3.1 | 16 |
| March | 8 | 11 | 9 | -2 | 38 | 8 | 5.0 | 17 |
| April | 15 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 40 | 8 | 7.0 | 15 |
| May | 21 | 24 | 23 | 11 | 52 | 10 | 8.6 | 14 |
| June | 26 | 27 | 27 | 15 | 70 | 11 | 9.2 | 14 |
| July | 28 | 28 | 30 | 18 | 61 | 10 | 9.4 | 13 |
| August | 26 | 27 | 30 | 17 | 36 | 7 | 9.1 | 13 |
| September | 22 | 25 | 24 | 11 | 39 | 6 | 6.6 | 14 |
| October | 15 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 46 | 6 | 4.5 | 14 |
| November | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 42 | 6 | 1.8 | 15 |
| December | Ice | — | 2 | -5 | 40 | 7 | 1.4 | 15 |
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 9 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 20 km² of land.
- About 0.1 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Valea Morilor lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 1beaches and swimming spots
Plaja „Valea Morilor”
- —campsites
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 1marinas and slipways
Lansarea Bărcilor de Canotaj
- —ferry piers
- 2viewpoints
Loc Romantic
- 36hotels, B&Bs and chalets
VisPas Hotel, Budapest, Tapok Hostel, Thomas Albert Hotel, Hostel City Center and 31 more
- —fishing spots
- 170restaurants and cafés
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Chişinău International Airport (RMO), 14 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 | -0.5 | 2.3 | 8.9 | 16.0 | 22.9 | 27.4 | 30.1 | 30.1 | 23.7 | 15.7 | 8.1 | 1.5 |
| 2020 | +3.6 | +5.6 | +4.2 | +1.6 | −2.9 | +0.2 | +0.2 | +0.8 | +3.5 | +3.4 | −0.6 | +1.4 |
| 2021 | +2.8 | −0.4 | −2.3 | −3.4 | −3.1 | −2.7 | ±0.0 | −1.2 | −2.3 | −1.4 | +2.2 | +1.4 |
| 2022 | +2.2 | +4.2 | −1.6 | −0.4 | +0.3 | +1.7 | +0.8 | +0.7 | −1.6 | +1.6 | +0.7 | +1.6 |
| 2023 | +5.6 | +2.2 | +2.4 | −3.0 | −1.8 | ±0.0 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +3.7 | +5.6 | +2.2 | +3.4 |
| 2024 | +2.6 | +7.7 | +1.9 | +4.0 | ±0.0 | +2.1 | +3.2 | +2.5 | +1.7 | +0.8 | −0.6 | +2.0 |
| 2025 | +5.9 | −1.0 | +3.9 | +1.3 | −2.3 | +1.1 | +2.6 | +1.2 | +1.3 | −0.9 | +2.8 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
Nearby
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| 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 (Q4103149) · 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.
