Lake Magadi
- Area
- 80 km²
- Max depth
- 1 m
- Tonight
- 26°CFair · Wind 14 km/h SE
Lake Magadi is a lake at 602 m above sea level in Kajiado County, Kenya, 80 km² in area and 22.5 km long.
All facts
- Surface elevation
- 602 m
- Length
- 22.5 km
- Shoreline
- 129.6 km
Lake Magadi 3D map
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Lake Magadi 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 Magadi elevation profile
West → east through the centre
Lake Magadi downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Lake Magadi in numbers
Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.
- Shoreline
- 129.6 km
Lake Magadi weather
Tonight · Fair · 26°C (79°F) · Wind 14 km/h SE
Lake Magadi forecast for about 602 m.
- Tonight26°–14 km/h SE
- Today26°39°–33 km/h NE
- Sun26°38°–42 km/h E
- Mon22°36°23.6 mm17 km/h E
- Tue22°31°13.2 mm11 km/h NW
- Wed23°31°4.7 mm6 km/h N
- Thu23°30°8.5 mm6 km/h SW
- Fri22°30°13.2 mm9 km/h SW
- Sat22°30°13.8 mm6 km/h W
- Sun21°30°14.0 mm7 km/h S
Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:19 UTC.
Camping & parking near Lake Magadi
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Magadi, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Mokoko Campsite
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Mokoko CampsiteCampsite | 5.7 km WNW |
Slope
Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mostly gentle: 96% of the view is under 15°.
- Steeper than 30°
- 0.7% of the 400 km² view
- Relief in view
- 311 m low point 595 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; 58 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Lesser Flamingo6
- Black-winged Stilt5
- Yellow-billed Stork4
- African Spoonbill3
- Gray-capped Social-Weaver3
- Heart-nosed bat3
Where Lake Magadi sits
Nearby places
Data sources
- Terrain
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- Imagery
- Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-11)
- 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)
- Wildlife
- iNaturalist community observations, counts only
- Panorama
- Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
- Forecast
- Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)