Lake · Austria
Wolfgangsee
Lake in the Salzkammergut in Upper Austria and Salzburg
- Area
- 11.8km²
- Max depth
- 114m
- Average depth
- 29m
- Elevation
- 534m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 27km
- Volume
- 0.346km³
Wolfgangsee is a lake in Austria. It covers 11.8 km². On average it is 29 m deep, and 114 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 534 m above sea level.
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Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Wolfgangsee?
The water is warmest in July, around 23 °C at the surface, and coldest in January, around 2 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 20 °C on average in July and -2 °C in January. The driest month is February (67 mm of rain), the wettest July (177 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (132 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 | 2 | 2 | -2 | -9 | 82 | 14 | 3.0 | 8 |
| February | 2 | 3 | -1 | -8 | 67 | 13 | 4.5 | 8 |
| March | 5 | 8 | 4 | -5 | 81 | 16 | 5.2 | 7 |
| April | 10 | 13 | 10 | -1 | 75 | 15 | 5.7 | 7 |
| May | 16 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 140 | 20 | 5.5 | 6 |
| June | 21 | 22 | 18 | 8 | 166 | 21 | 6.4 | 6 |
| July | 23 | 23 | 20 | 10 | 177 | 22 | 7.0 | 5 |
| August | 22 | 23 | 19 | 9 | 175 | 19 | 6.5 | 5 |
| September | 19 | 21 | 14 | 5 | 132 | 15 | 5.1 | 5 |
| October | 14 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 96 | 14 | 4.5 | 6 |
| November | 9 | 12 | 4 | -3 | 73 | 14 | 2.8 | 7 |
| December | 4 | 6 | 0 | -7 | 76 | 15 | 2.4 | 8 |
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 2.9 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 131 km² of land.
- About 3.8 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Wolfgangsee
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 14beaches and swimming spots
Öffentlicher Badeplatz St. Wolfgang, Badzone Gamsjaga, Strand Seehotel Huber, Liegewiese Oppenauerplatz and 10 more
- 15campsites
Berau, Seecamping Appesbach, Seeterrassencamping Ried, Campingplatz Weidingerbauer, Camping Wolfgangblick and 10 more
- 7boat hire and water-sport clubs
Wolfgangsee - Franzosenschanze/Parkplatz Abersee, Wolfgangsee - Fürbergbucht/Falkensteinwand, Eisboot, Wolfgangsee, Sport Girbl and 2 more
- 2marinas and slipways
- 9ferry piers
Gschwendt, St. Wolfgang Markt, Schafbergbahn, Ried-Falkenstein, Fürberg and 4 more
- 25viewpoints
Scheffelblick, Aberseeblick, Seeterrasse "Zum weissen Hirschen", Kalvarienberg, Vitz Sparber and 20 more
- 86hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Gasthof zur Post, Jausenstation Dornerhof, Mozartblick, Hotel Peter, Ferienappartement Wolfgangsee and 81 more
- —fishing spots
- 62restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Sankt Wolfgang im Salzkammergut2,770 people
- Strobl1,393 people
- Sankt Gilgen1,113 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Salzburg Airport (SZG), 34 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 | -1.7 | -0.7 | 3.7 | 9.7 | 14.1 | 17.8 | 19.5 | 19.2 | 14.4 | 10.3 | 4.5 | -0.3 |
| 2020 | +2.5 | +3.4 | +0.4 | +2.1 | −1.5 | −1.3 | −0.4 | +1.2 | +1.4 | −2.0 | +2.1 | +0.8 |
| 2021 | −1.1 | +3.8 | −0.4 | −3.4 | −3.2 | +2.7 | +0.9 | −1.5 | +2.3 | −0.4 | −0.1 | −0.5 |
| 2022 | +0.7 | +1.2 | +2.3 | −1.1 | +2.2 | +2.8 | +1.3 | +0.7 | −0.9 | +4.3 | +1.0 | +1.1 |
| 2023 | +1.5 | +0.6 | +1.9 | −3.7 | −0.2 | +1.1 | +1.3 | +1.1 | +4.7 | +3.4 | −1.5 | +1.5 |
| 2024 | +0.8 | +5.7 | +3.8 | +1.4 | +0.9 | +1.0 | +2.2 | +3.6 | −0.3 | +2.6 | +0.8 | +0.6 |
| 2025 | +2.8 | +3.8 | +3.1 | +1.7 | −1.2 | +4.0 | −0.6 | +1.0 | +2.1 | −1.7 | −0.1 | +2.5 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
GermanyAbout 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 (Q871584) · 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.
