Reservoir · Poland
Żywiec Lake
Lake in Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
- Area
- 7.5km²
- Max depth
- 20m
- Average depth
- 14m
- Elevation
- 337m a.s.l.
- Shoreline
- 19km
- Volume
- 0.103km³
Żywiec Lake is a reservoir in Poland. It covers 7.5 km². On average it is 14 m deep, and 20 m at its deepest point. Its surface lies 337 m above sea level.
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The water
How warm is Żywiec Lake?
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 June to August: comfortable for most swimmers.
The lake usually freezes over for about 38 days a year, from around 2 January to 8 February.
On the shore, afternoons reach 22 °C on average in August and -2 °C in January. The driest month is December (58 mm of rain), the wettest July (129 mm).
Average surface temperature measured by the Landsat 8 satellite between 2013 and 2021 at the point furthest from the shore (91 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 | — | -2 | -8 | 63 | 14 | 1.6 | 13 |
| February | 1 | 2 | 0 | -7 | 58 | 13 | 2.7 | 13 |
| March | 5 | 8 | 4 | -4 | 64 | 14 | 4.2 | 12 |
| April | 11 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 63 | 13 | 5.7 | 10 |
| May | 17 | 20 | 16 | 7 | 114 | 18 | 6.0 | 9 |
| June | 22 | 23 | 20 | 11 | 118 | 17 | 6.4 | 9 |
| July | 24 | 24 | 22 | 12 | 129 | 18 | 6.7 | 8 |
| August | 22 | 23 | 22 | 12 | 94 | 14 | 6.6 | 8 |
| September | 19 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 92 | 13 | 4.8 | 9 |
| October | 13 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 72 | 12 | 3.3 | 10 |
| November | 7 | 10 | 6 | -1 | 60 | 12 | 1.6 | 11 |
| December | 2 | 4 | 0 | -6 | 58 | 14 | 1.2 | 12 |
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 months before flowing out.
- Its catchment drains 1,047 km² of land.
- About 14 m³ of water flow out every second, on average.
Around the shore
What's around Żywiec Lake
Counted within 1.5 km of the shoreline in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit.
- 5beaches and swimming spots
- 10campsites
Cest La Vie, Kran and 8 more
- 2boat hire and water-sport clubs
Klub Żeglarski Halny
- 6marinas and slipways
Yacht Klub Polski Bielsko, Klub Żeglarski Halny and 4 more
- 1ferry piers
Przystań na Zaporze
- 2viewpoints
- 48hotels, B&Bs and chalets
Corner Hostel, Centrum Wypoczynku "Odys", ComfortExpress, Apartmenty Maria, Dom Wypoczynkowy Agat and 43 more
- 1fishing spots
Łowisko Wędkarskie Żywiec Moszczanica
- 34restaurants and cafés
Towns on the shore
- Żywiec32,132 people
- Pietrzykowice4,339 people
- Łękawica2,169 people
- Zarzecze1,121 people
- Czernichów1,021 people
Nearest airport with scheduled flights: Kraków John Paul II International Airport (KRK), 58 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 | -1.8 | -0.2 | 4.5 | 11.7 | 16.5 | 20.0 | 22.2 | 22.4 | 17.1 | 11.3 | 5.6 | -0.2 |
| 2020 | +1.7 | +3.5 | +1.7 | +0.9 | −3.5 | −0.1 | −0.9 | +0.5 | +1.3 | −0.5 | ±0.0 | +2.1 |
| 2021 | +0.5 | +0.6 | −0.5 | −4.7 | −2.4 | +2.4 | +1.4 | −2.5 | +0.2 | ±0.0 | +0.2 | −0.7 |
| 2022 | +1.4 | +1.9 | +1.3 | −3.0 | +1.1 | +3.1 | +1.3 | +1.9 | −1.9 | +3.0 | +0.5 | +0.5 |
| 2023 | +3.5 | +0.7 | +2.0 | −2.5 | −0.6 | ±0.0 | +0.8 | +0.8 | +4.5 | +3.0 | −0.9 | +0.9 |
| 2024 | +1.8 | +6.5 | +4.4 | +1.2 | +2.6 | +1.6 | +2.2 | +3.6 | +3.0 | +1.6 | −0.8 | +1.8 |
| 2025 | +3.9 | +1.6 | +4.2 | +1.9 | −2.3 | +2.5 | +0.6 | +1.3 | +2.0 | −1.6 | −0.1 | +2.4 |
+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual
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| Outline, area, depth, volume | HydroLAKES v1.0 (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0 |
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| 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 (Q393265) · 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.
