Lake · Östergötland County

Vättern

88 m289 ft

Area: 1,858 km²
Max depth: 128 m
Tonight: 5°CCloudy · Wind 22 km/h E

Vättern is a lake at 88 m above sea level in Östergötland County, Sweden, 1,858 km² in area and 129.2 km long.

All facts

Surface elevation: 88 m
Length: 129.2 km
Shoreline: 717.3 km

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Lake

Vättern in numbers

Shoreline from OpenStreetMap.

Shoreline: 717.3 km

3D map

Vättern 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

Vättern terrain and contours

10 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 50 mShowing west → east through the centre

Vättern elevation profile

West → east through the centre

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Vättern weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 5°C (41°F) · Wind 22 km/h E

Vättern forecast for about 88 m.

Tonight5°–22 km/h E
Today7°11°–33 km/h SE
Sun7°8°4.0 mm44 km/h SW
Mon9°11°–48 km/h S
Tue9°11°2.0 mm42 km/h S
Wed8°11°–37 km/h SW
Thu8°10°–18 km/h W
Fri7°9°–14 km/h N
Sat7°9°–15 km/h E
Sun7°8°–15 km/h E
Mon6°8°–15 km/h NE

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Vättern

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

Nearest parking
5.0 km SE
+2 more within 5.2 km
Directions Map

All mapped places 3

Place	Distance
Parking	5.0 km SE
Parking	5.0 km SE
Parking	5.2 km ESE

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°

98.9%

Moderate, 15–30°

1.0%

Steep, 30–45°

0.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 0.1% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 179 m low point 85 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Water 62.7%Cropland 21.3%Trees 8.0%Grassland 4.7%Wetland 3.2%

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

Where it sits

Where Vättern sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

BrunnsvikenLake226 km ENE

Downloads

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

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Print & wall

JPGVättern satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-09-22.

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 2026-09-22)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · GeoNames · Wikipedia

Vättern

West → east through the centre

Nearest parking