Reservoir · Russia
Volgograd Reservoir
Reservoir in Volgograd and Saratov Oblasts, Russia
- Area
- 2,613km²
- Max depth
- 10m
- Average depth
- 12m
- Elevation
- 8m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 2,560km
- Volume
- 31.5km³
Volgograd Reservoir is a reservoir in Russia. It covers 2,613 km². On average it is 12 m deep, and 10 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 8 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Volgograd Reservoir?
The water is warmest in July, around 24 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 0 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from July to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 102 days a year, from around 16 December to 27 March.
On the shore, afternoons reach 32 °C on average in July and -5 °C in January. The driest month is August (14 mm of rain), the wettest May (43 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (142 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 | -12 | 34 | 9 | 2.4 | 18 |
| February | Ice | — | -4 | -11 | 29 | 7 | 4.9 | 19 |
| March | Ice | — | 5 | -4 | 34 | 8 | 6.0 | 19 |
| April | 4 | 8 | 15 | 3 | 28 | 7 | 7.1 | 17 |
| May | 12 | 16 | 24 | 11 | 43 | 8 | 9.2 | 15 |
| June | 20 | 22 | 29 | 16 | 30 | 7 | 10.3 | 15 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 32 | 19 | 33 | 6 | 10.0 | 14 |
| August | 24 | 24 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 9.4 | 14 |
| September | 20 | 22 | 23 | 11 | 32 | 6 | 7.4 | 16 |
| October | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 34 | 7 | 4.4 | 16 |
| November | 6 | 9 | 4 | -3 | 26 | 7 | 1.9 | 16 |
| December | Ice | — | -3 | -8 | 34 | 8 | 1.1 | 17 |
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 44 days before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,359,295 km² of land.
- About 8,230 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
- Its shoreline is 14.1 times longer than a circle of the same area: plenty of bays and inlets.
Around the shore
What's around Volgograd Reservoir
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 78beaches and swimming spots
- 42campsites
Politechnik, pereval, №2, №3, №5 and 37 more
- 1boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 69marinas and slipways
Edelweiss, Crosswind and 67 more
- 24ferry piers
Saratov and 23 more
- 17viewpoints
- 143hotels, B&Bs and chalets
- —fishing spots
- 278restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Engels196,011 people
- Kamyshin128,626 people
- Marks32,929 people
- Privolzhskiy31,849 people
- Nikolayevsk16,044 people
- Dubovka15,217 people
- Bykovo8,268 people
- Yërzovka6,161 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Volgograd International Airport (VOG), 59 km in a straight line.
OpenStreetMap is built by volunteers: when a number is low, it may just mean nobody has mapped it yet.
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 | -5.1 | -3.6 | 4.8 | 15.1 | 23.6 | 28.8 | 31.8 | 31.0 | 22.9 | 13.2 | 4.0 | -2.6 |
| 2020 | +4.8 | +4.6 | +5.9 | −1.7 | −2.7 | +2.3 | +2.6 | −1.9 | +0.6 | +3.7 | −0.8 | −3.1 |
| 2021 | +2.1 | +0.1 | −2.3 | ±0.0 | +1.0 | −0.1 | +2.3 | +3.4 | −3.1 | ±0.0 | +1.6 | +1.8 |
| 2022 | +3.1 | +4.4 | −1.4 | +2.6 | −4.6 | +0.9 | −1.4 | +4.1 | −1.5 | +0.6 | +1.0 | +0.1 |
| 2023 | +0.7 | +1.7 | +6.2 | +2.7 | −0.2 | −1.0 | −1.1 | +1.9 | +1.2 | +1.0 | +3.4 | +1.7 |
| 2024 | +1.3 | +2.5 | +0.7 | +6.5 | −2.3 | +1.4 | +1.9 | +0.1 | +2.9 | +1.0 | +1.1 | +1.6 |
| 2025 | +6.4 | +0.7 | +5.5 | +3.6 | +1.2 | −1.1 | +2.2 | +0.1 | +0.9 | +1.1 | +4.7 | +2.2 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
KazakhstanAbout 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 (Q1500709) · 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.
