Lake · Central Finland

Päijänne

77 m253 ft

Area: 1,068 km²
Max depth: 95 m
Tonight: 9°CRain · Wind 16 km/h SE

Päijänne is a lake at 77 m above sea level in Central Finland, Finland, 1,068 km² in area and 119.6 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 77 m
Length: 119.6 km
Shoreline: 2,567.1 km

Open the 3D view

Lake

Päijänne in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 2,567.1 km

3D map

Päijänne 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 20 × 20 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Päijänne terrain and contours

5 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 25 mShowing west → east through the centre

Päijänne elevation profile

West → east through the centre

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Weather

Päijänne weather

Tonight · Rain · 9°C (48°F) · 1.5 mm · Wind 16 km/h SE

Päijänne forecast for about 77 m.

Tonight9°1.5 mm16 km/h SE
Today9°10°0.6 mm27 km/h SE
Sun9°10°2.2 mm35 km/h SE
Mon10°10°0.6 mm33 km/h S
Tue9°11°2.3 mm35 km/h S
Wed10°10°–35 km/h S
Thu7°9°–18 km/h S
Fri6°8°–16 km/h N
Sat6°7°–15 km/h SE
Sun6°7°–16 km/h S
Mon5°6°–15 km/h W

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, 00:30 UTC.

Slope

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

Mostly gentle: 99% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

98.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.3%

Steep, 30–45°

0.0%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.0% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 129 m low point 74 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 60.6%Trees 36.3%Grassland 1.9%Cropland 1.0%

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; 118 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Marsh marigold3
Lingonberry3
Scots pine3
Wood crane's-bill3
Common polypody3
Ash-black Slug3

Where it sits

Where Päijänne sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

Päijänne downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGPäijänne satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-27.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

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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 2026-09-27)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia