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LakeTaipalsaari, South Karelia
Saimaa
Lake76 m elevationBest Jun–Aug
Elevation76 mabove sea level
Area4,400 km²surface
Nearest townTaipalsaari15 km
61.25° N, 28.25° EElevation 76 mUTC+3 · Eastern European Summer Time
When to goTaipalsaari · weather score
Best timeJun–Aug
October: high / low7° / 2°
Lake
Saimaa in brief
Saimaa is a lake in Taipalsaari, South Karelia, Finland.
It lies at 76 m above sea level and covers about 4,400 km².
The nearest town in the atlas is Taipalsaari, 15 km to the SW, where the weather is best in June, July and August.
Weather nearby now
Forecast for Taipalsaari9°
Partly cloudy now
Today
22 Oct
10°
3°
Fri
23 Oct
9°
4°
Sat
24 Oct
11°
6°
3 mm
Sun
25 Oct
11°
5°
Mon
26 Oct
11°
6°
6 mm
Model run 00:00 UTCRefreshed several times a day
The lake's water
Surface, average depth and volume of the lake, and the length of its shore.Surface4,400 km²
Average depth8 m
Volume36.0 km³
Shoreline9,572 km
When to go
Climate of TaipalsaariThe best months around Saimaa
Month score in Taipalsaari
Comfort, dry days and sunshine · out of 10010
Jan
16
Feb
21
Mar
20
Apr
48
May
64
Jun
65
Jul
63
Aug
44
Sep
14
Oct
8
Nov
8
Dec
Map
Saimaa from above
Nature nearbyAll of Finland
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Stay nearby
Towns close by
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Laihia
South Karelia · 19 km S
7°Oct high
14wet days
15score
Around here
Taipalsaari and around
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Kotajärvi, South Karelia
Lake · 78 m
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Ruoholampi
Lake · 76 m
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Kaitalampi, South Karelia
Lake · 89 m
Heritage
St. Mary's Church of Lappee
Cultural Heritage Site of National Significance · 1792
Museums
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Karelia Aviation Museum
Aviation museum
