Lake · Finland
Vesijärvi
Lake in Päijänne Tavastia region, Finland
- Area
- 108km²
- Max depth
- 40m
- Average depth
- 17m
- Elevation
- 71m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 157km
- Volume
- 1.8km³
Vesijärvi is a lake in Finland. It covers 108 km². On average it is 17 m deep, and 40 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 71 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Vesijärvi?
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 135 days a year, from around 26 November to 9 April.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in July and -5 °C in January. The driest month is March (41 mm of rain), the wettest June (86 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (82 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 | -11 | 52 | 13 | 0.5 | 9 |
| February | Ice | — | -5 | -11 | 42 | 11 | 2.0 | 9 |
| March | Ice | — | 0 | -7 | 41 | 11 | 5.1 | 9 |
| April | 2 | 5 | 8 | -1 | 44 | 11 | 6.5 | 9 |
| May | 9 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 60 | 11 | 8.1 | 9 |
| June | 16 | 19 | 19 | 10 | 86 | 14 | 8.0 | 8 |
| July | 20 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 85 | 15 | 7.9 | 8 |
| August | 19 | 21 | 20 | 12 | 72 | 14 | 6.5 | 8 |
| September | 15 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 64 | 12 | 3.9 | 9 |
| October | 9 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 72 | 14 | 1.6 | 9 |
| November | 2 | 6 | 1 | -2 | 65 | 14 | 0.1 | 9 |
| December | Ice | — | -3 | -7 | 63 | 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 32 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 268 km² of land.
- About 1.8 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 4.3 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Vesijärvi
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 45beaches and swimming spots
Kalliolan uimaranta, Teivaan sataman koiraranta, Koiraranta, Kailaniemen uimaranta, Suivan venesataman uimapaikka and 40 more
- 4campsites
Ranta, Camping Messilä, Matkaparkki Hotelli Tallukka, Kanavaanari matkaparkki
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 20marinas and slipways
Kanavaniemen venesatama, Vartiopolun venesatama, Männistönranta, Messilän venesatama, Myllysaaren vieraslaiturit and 15 more
- —ferry piers
- 9viewpoints
Kapatuosian näkötorni, Kutajärven lintutorni, Kutajärven lintutorni 1 and 6 more
- 21hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Kauppahotelli, Lahden Seurahuone, Forenom Aparthotel, Scandic Lahti City, Vain Hostels Vääksy and 16 more
- 1fishing spots
Enskala lasten onkipaikka
- 112restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Lahti121,622 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Helsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL), 97 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 | -5.4 | -4.8 | -0.2 | 7.7 | 15.1 | 18.9 | 22.1 | 20.3 | 14.7 | 6.8 | 1.1 | -2.7 |
| 2020 | +6.8 | +5.4 | +3.1 | −1.4 | −2.4 | +3.3 | −2.5 | +0.2 | +0.9 | +2.4 | +3.0 | +2.0 |
| 2021 | −1.8 | −3.6 | −0.3 | −0.1 | −1.1 | +4.7 | +2.6 | −1.9 | −2.8 | +1.8 | +0.4 | −4.2 |
| 2022 | +1.6 | +2.4 | +0.4 | −1.2 | −1.6 | +2.0 | −0.3 | +2.3 | −2.2 | +2.3 | +0.2 | −1.4 |
| 2023 | +2.9 | +2.7 | ±0.0 | +1.7 | ±0.0 | +2.2 | −1.5 | +0.9 | +3.3 | −1.6 | −2.8 | −4.0 |
| 2024 | −3.2 | +0.4 | +2.1 | −2.2 | +3.4 | +2.4 | +0.2 | +1.2 | +3.8 | +2.4 | +1.5 | +2.3 |
| 2025 | +3.7 | +2.2 | +4.1 | +0.9 | −1.7 | −0.9 | +2.3 | −1.2 | +2.1 | +1.3 | +2.7 | +3.3 |
+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 (Q1784076) · 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.
