Lake · Paraguay
Ypacaraí Lake
Lake in Paraguay
- Area
- 57.8km²
- Max depth
- 3m
- Average depth
- 8.4m
- Elevation
- 60m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 40km
- Volume
- 0.488km³
Ypacaraí Lake is a lake in Paraguay. It covers 57.8 km². On average it is 8.4 m deep, and 3 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 60 m above sea level.
Plan your visit
Stay, sail and get there
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The water
How warm is Ypacaraí Lake?
The water is warmest in January, around 29 °C at the surface, and coldest in July, around 18 °C. The surface averages 20 °C or more from September to May: comfortable for most swimmers.
It does not normally freeze in winter.
On the shore, afternoons reach 34 °C on average in January and 22 °C in July. The driest month is August (38 mm of rain), the wettest November (190 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (97 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 | 29 | 29 | 34 | 23 | 126 | 13 | 8.7 | 12 |
| February | 28 | 29 | 33 | 22 | 139 | 12 | 8.1 | 12 |
| March | 27 | 28 | 32 | 21 | 136 | 11 | 7.6 | 12 |
| April | 24 | 26 | 29 | 18 | 149 | 10 | 7.0 | 12 |
| May | 22 | 23 | 24 | 14 | 143 | 10 | 5.6 | 13 |
| June | 20 | 20 | 22 | 12 | 74 | 8 | 4.8 | 14 |
| July | 18 | 19 | 22 | 11 | 63 | 7 | 5.7 | 15 |
| August | 19 | 20 | 25 | 12 | 38 | 6 | 6.3 | 16 |
| September | 21 | 23 | 28 | 14 | 73 | 9 | 6.3 | 16 |
| October | 24 | 26 | 31 | 18 | 163 | 13 | 7.0 | 16 |
| November | 27 | 28 | 31 | 19 | 190 | 12 | 8.2 | 14 |
| December | 29 | 29 | 32 | 22 | 179 | 13 | 8.6 | 13 |
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 3.3 years before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 525 km² of land.
- About 4.7 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Ypacaraí Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 19beaches and swimming spots
- 2campsites
Campo Recreativo Moroni
- —boat hire and water-sport clubs
- 4marinas and slipways
- 1ferry piers
Sightseeing tours
- 2viewpoints
Mirador Bella Vista
- 35hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Hotel Acuario, Hotel Los Alpes, Hostel América Latina, Canarias Posada Sanber (correct location), Casa de Melon and 30 more
- —fishing spots
- 29restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Areguá11,222 people
- San Bernardino4,651 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Silvio Pettirossi International Airport (ASU), 19 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 | 33.8 | 33.4 | 32.4 | 29.0 | 23.8 | 22.1 | 21.9 | 24.7 | 27.8 | 30.7 | 31.4 | 32.5 |
| 2020 | +0.4 | +0.5 | +3.8 | +1.3 | +1.8 | +2.1 | +0.8 | +2.4 | +2.5 | +4.5 | +2.2 | −1.1 |
| 2021 | −2.3 | −2.5 | −1.2 | −0.7 | +1.0 | +0.5 | +1.9 | +2.7 | +4.6 | −0.2 | +1.1 | +4.4 |
| 2022 | +5.2 | +3.6 | −0.5 | −2.0 | −2.4 | −1.8 | +4.2 | +0.6 | −2.1 | −2.7 | −2.4 | +2.5 |
| 2023 | +2.1 | +1.0 | +0.9 | −0.9 | +0.7 | +1.8 | +3.3 | +4.2 | +2.9 | +2.3 | +0.5 | −0.6 |
| 2024 | −0.3 | +2.0 | +3.6 | +1.2 | −2.1 | +2.2 | −1.2 | −1.0 | +0.7 | +0.5 | +3.1 | +0.3 |
| 2025 | +4.7 | +4.9 | +2.7 | ±0.0 | +3.2 | −2.4 | +0.1 | −1.8 | −1.2 | −2.8 | ±0.0 | +0.8 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
BrazilAbout 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 (Q2571350) · 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.
