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Lake Ohrid

693 m2,274 ft
Area
355 km²
Max depth
289 m
Tonight
9°CFair · Wind 4 km/h NW

Lake Ohrid is a lake at 693 m above sea level in Albania, 355 km² in area and 30.4 km long.

All facts
Surface elevation
693 m
Length
30.4 km
Shoreline
97.8 km
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3D map

Lake Ohrid 3D map

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Surface
Vertical scale
Topographic map

Lake Ohrid topographic map

50 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.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the centre

Lake Ohrid elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Lake

Lake Ohrid in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline
97.8 km
Weather

Lake Ohrid weather

Tonight · Fair · 9°C (48°F) · Wind 4 km/h NW

Lake Ohrid forecast for about 693 m.

  • Tonight9°–4 km/h NW
  • Today9°17°3.6 mm9 km/h SE
  • Sun9°14°0.7 mm9 km/h N
  • Mon7°15°–12 km/h SW
  • Tue5°13°–7 km/h N
  • Wed4°11°–10 km/h NE
  • Thu5°12°–7 km/h S
  • Fri7°12°0.1 mm4 km/h N
  • Sat7°12°6.3 mm5 km/h NW
  • Sun5°11°1.9 mm6 km/h N

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

Camping & parking near Lake Ohrid

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Lake Ohrid, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

  • Nearest parking

    6.5 km WNW

    +2 more within 6.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest caravan site

    Camping Beach Erlin

    6.6 km WNW · +1 more within 7.8 km

    DirectionsMap

  • Nearest campsite

    Camping Beach Erlin

    6.6 km WNW · +1 more within 7.5 km

    DirectionsMap
All mapped places 7
PlaceDistance
Parking6.5 km WNW
Camping Beach ErlinCaravan site6.6 km WNW
Parking6.6 km WNW
Camping Beach ErlinCampsite6.6 km WNW
Parking6.8 km W
Автокамп „Елешец“Campsite7.5 km E
Camping ReiCaravan site7.8 km WSW
Slope

Slope

Share of the 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 74% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°
73.5%
Moderate, 15–30°
21.8%
Steep, 30–45°
4.6%
Cliffs, 45° and over
0.0%
Steeper than 30°
4.6% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view
1,069 m low point 481 m
Land cover

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 53.9%Trees 23.3%Grassland 14.3%Shrubland 4.8%Cropland 2.3%Built-up 1.1%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 459 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6
  • Hermann's Tortoise49
  • Pale-shouldered Cloud33
  • Tessellated Water Snake20
  • Linaria peloponnesiaca17
  • Dasycorsa modesta16
  • Mediterranean Freshwater Crab15
Where it sits

Where Lake Ohrid sits

Region
Albania19North Macedonia9Europe2,143
Nearby

Nearby places

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Sources

Data sources

Terrain
Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © 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.
Imagery
Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-09-07)
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)
Sources
Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia