Lake Constance
- Area
- 527 km²
- Max depth
- 251 m
- Tonight
- 6°CHeavy rain · Wind 30 km/h SW
Lake Constance is a lake at 394 m above sea level in Canton of Schaffhausen, Switzerland, 527 km² in area and 68.9 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 394 m
- Length
- 68.9 km
- Shoreline
- 349.3 km
Lake Constance 3D map
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Lake Constance topographic map
20 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.
Lake Constance elevation profile
West → east through the centre
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Lake Constance in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 349.3 km
Lake Constance weather
Tonight · Heavy rain · 6°C (43°F) · 2.9 mm · Wind 30 km/h SW
Lake Constance forecast for about 394 m.
- Tonight6°2.9 mm30 km/h SW
- Today6°9°7.3 mm32 km/h SW
- Sun7°12°7.3 mm39 km/h W
- Mon6°12°–13 km/h SW
- Tue9°16°0.2 mm6 km/h W
- Wed8°12°3.5 mm8 km/h NE
- Thu5°13°–14 km/h NE
- Fri4°10°–5 km/h N
- Sat4°10°0.3 mm6 km/h N
- Sun6°9°3.6 mm21 km/h SW
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 24, 01:17 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Constance
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Constance, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest parking
Yachthafen Schloss Kirchberg
Nearest campsite
Campingplatz Schloss Kirchberg
Nearest caravan site
Wohnmobil Stellplatz Alte Brennerei
All mapped places 9
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Yachthafen Schloss KirchbergParking | 2.4 km NE |
| Yachthafen Schloss KirchbergParking | 2.4 km NNE |
| Campingplatz Schloss KirchbergCampsite | 2.4 km NNE |
| Parking | 2.5 km NNE |
| Campingplatz AlpenblickCampsite | 2.6 km NNE |
| Campingplatz HaltnauCampsite | 4.5 km NNW |
| Wohnmobil Stellplatz Alte BrennereiCaravan site | 5.0 km NNW |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz am HundweilerhofCaravan site | 5.1 km NNE |
| Wohnmobilstellplatz WeingartenhofCaravan site | 5.3 km NNE |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 95% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.3% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 388 m low point 393 m
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 1,008 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Eurasian Blackbird70
- Red-crested Pochard69
- Great Cormorant65
- Mute Swan62
- Common Coot58
- Mallard58
Where Lake Constance sits
- Region
- Switzerland432Austria205Germany118Europe2,143
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-07-24)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking, Geometry
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)