Lake · Finland
Vanajavesi
Lake in Finland
- Area
- 162km²
- Average depth
- 12m
- Elevation
- 68m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 322km
- Volume
- 2.0km³
Vanajavesi is a lake in Finland. It covers 162 km². On average it is 12 m deep. Its surface lies 68 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Vanajavesi?
The water is warmest in July, around 20 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more in July: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 133 days a year, from around 26 November to 7 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and -5 °C in January. The driest month is March (40 mm of rain), the wettest June (85 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (130 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 | — | -5 | -10 | 52 | 13 | 0.5 | 10 |
| February | Ice | — | -4 | -10 | 41 | 11 | 2.0 | 10 |
| March | Ice | — | 0 | -7 | 40 | 11 | 5.1 | 10 |
| April | 3 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 44 | 10 | 6.5 | 10 |
| May | 11 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 55 | 11 | 8.1 | 9 |
| June | 18 | 20 | 19 | 10 | 85 | 14 | 8.0 | 9 |
| July | 20 | 21 | 22 | 13 | 81 | 15 | 7.9 | 8 |
| August | 19 | 20 | 20 | 12 | 73 | 14 | 6.5 | 8 |
| September | 15 | 17 | 15 | 7 | 62 | 12 | 3.9 | 9 |
| October | 10 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 71 | 14 | 1.6 | 9 |
| November | 2 | 6 | 1 | -2 | 64 | 14 | 0.1 | 10 |
| December | Ice | — | -2 | -7 | 62 | 15 | 0.1 | 10 |
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 11 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 7,807 km² of land.
- About 67 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 7.1 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Vanajavesi
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 25beaches and swimming spots
Luttusen uimaranta, Kirjaslammen uimala, Vanajaniemen ranta, Hiittiönranta, Ahtialan uimaranta and 20 more
- 5campsites
BestPark Akaa Toijalan Satama, Apianlahti Camping, SFC Hakalanranta, Pappilanniemen leirikeskus, Jalavaniemi
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 23marinas and slipways
Visavuori, Toijalan satama, Sääksmäen silta, Lepaanranta, Toijalan sataman veneluiska and 18 more
- 3ferry piers
Toijalan satama, Myllyranta, Lempäälän kanava
- 7viewpoints
- 12hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotelli Waltikka, Hotelli Seurahuone, Lepaan kartano, Toimela, Mantereen tila and 7 more
- —fishing spots
- 46restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Lempäälä25,036 people
- Valkeakoski20,859 people
- Akaa8,258 people
- Viiala5,472 people
- Parola
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Tampere-Pirkkala Airport (TMP), 45 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 | -5.0 | -4.4 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 15.0 | 18.7 | 21.8 | 20.0 | 14.6 | 6.9 | 1.3 | -2.5 |
| 2020 | +6.5 | +5.2 | +2.7 | −1.2 | −2.6 | +3.7 | −2.5 | +0.4 | +0.9 | +2.3 | +3.1 | +1.9 |
| 2021 | −1.8 | −3.2 | +0.4 | −0.1 | −1.1 | +4.6 | +2.5 | −1.6 | −2.5 | +1.9 | +0.3 | −3.9 |
| 2022 | +1.5 | +2.4 | +1.2 | −1.3 | −1.5 | +2.1 | −0.5 | +2.2 | −2.0 | +2.5 | +0.3 | −1.6 |
| 2023 | +2.9 | +2.7 | −0.4 | +1.6 | −0.1 | +2.3 | −1.4 | +0.6 | +3.2 | −1.6 | −3.0 | −4.2 |
| 2024 | −3.2 | +0.6 | +2.1 | −2.1 | +3.8 | +2.2 | ±0.0 | +1.1 | +3.1 | +2.5 | +1.3 | +2.3 |
| 2025 | +3.5 | +2.1 | +4.0 | +1.0 | −1.9 | −0.8 | +2.4 | −1.2 | +2.1 | +1.3 | +2.6 | +3.6 |
+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 (Q2298076) · 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.
