Austria · lake bathing waters
Lake swimming in Austria: 2025 water quality Austria reported 254 lake bathing waters for the 2025 season. 96.9% were classified Excellent — 0.4 points above the 96.5% for all 260 bathing waters in the country — and 1 was Poor. 211 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025. Among the 19 countries with at least 30 lake bathing waters, Austria ranks 1 by Excellent share.
Annual, not live: the 2025 class summarises several seasons of sampling. It does not show today’s pollution, algae or bans.
Season status: Today (6 November 2026) is outside the official bathing season (15 June – 31 August). Official monitoring is tied to the season (a first sample may be taken shortly before it opens), so there are no current official water-quality results now. The next season starts on 15 June 2027.
Where to check today's status in Austria
Federal health ministry with the provinces and AGES Official bathing season: 15 June – 31 August. AGES publishes per-province maps and a bathing-water app on behalf of the ministry.
Annual EEA classes on this site do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. Those are published by the competent authority. National information last checked 2026-11-01.
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Map of lake bathing waters 246 6 1 1
NEUFELDER SEE: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE FORCHTENSTEIN: Excellent (2025) LUNZER SEE, LUNZ: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH, HORN: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, RUST: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, BREITENBRUNN: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, MÖRBISCH: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, PODERSDORF: Excellent (2025) BADESEE, TRAISMAUER, SÜDUFER: Excellent (2025) AUBAD, TULLN: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH, GERASDORF: Excellent (2025) BADESEE NEUDÖRFL: Excellent (2025) BADESEE ANDAU: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE BURG, HANNERSDORF: Excellent (2025) RATZERSDORFER SEE, ST. PÖLTEN: Excellent (2025) WINDRADLTEICH, GUNTRAMSDORF: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL SÜD: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, HÖHE LOBGRUNDSTRAßE, LINKS: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH, ALLENTSTEIG: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL WEST: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, KAISERWASSER: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, UNTERE ALTE DONAU (BADESTEGE): Excellent (2025) KEUTSCHACHER SEE, KEUTSCHACH: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHERSEE, REIFNITZ: Excellent (2025) OSSIACHER SEE, ANNENHEIM: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHER SEE, VELDEN: Excellent (2025) BERGWERKSEE, LANGAU: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH, POYSDORF: Excellent (2025) KAHRTEICH, WR. NEUDORF: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, OBERHALB NORDBAHNBRÜCKE, LINKS: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHERSEE, MAIERNIGG: Excellent (2025) SILBERSEE, VILLACH: Excellent (2025) MILLSTÄTTER SEE, DÖBRIACH: Excellent (2025) MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SEEBODEN: Excellent (2025) WALDBAD, RAPPOTTENSTEIN: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH, HOHENAU/MARCH: Excellent (2025) OZEANTEICH, GUNTRAMSDORF: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, STRANDBAD ALTE DONAU: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, STROMAB OSTBAHNBRÜCKE, LINKS: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHERSEE, PÖRTSCHACH: Excellent (2025) GRUNDLSEE NORD-WEST: Excellent (2025) LEOPOLDSTEINER SEE, EISENERZ: Excellent (2025) BADESEE WILDON, WILDON: Excellent (2025) MINING BADESEE: Excellent (2025) PICHLINGERSEE, LINZ: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, STROMAUF WASSERSKILIFT, LINKS: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, STROMAUF WEHR 2, LINKS: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHERSEE, KLAGENFURT: Excellent (2025) AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST: Excellent (2025) OSSIACHER SEE, BODENSDORF: Excellent (2025) LÄNGSEE, ST. GEORGEN: Excellent (2025) TURNERSEE, ST. PRIMUS: Excellent (2025) BADESEE WEIHERMÜHLE, GRATWEIN: Excellent (2025) ALTAUSSEERSEE NORD: Excellent (2025) GREIFENBURGER BADESEE, NORDWEST: Excellent (2025) KLOPEINER SEE, UNTERBURG: Excellent (2025) RÖCKSEE, GOSDORF: Excellent (2025) MÜHLHEIM BADESEE: Excellent (2025) MONDSEE, MONDSEE: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, SEEWALCHEN: Excellent (2025) BADESEE HOLLERSBACH: Excellent (2025) BADESEE NIEDERNSILL: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE RAUCHWART: Excellent (2025) AUSEE 1, BLINDENMARKT: Excellent (2025) AUSEE 3, BLINDENMARKT: Excellent (2025) BADETEICH SEESCHLACHT, LANGENZERSDORF: Excellent (2025) EHZ, OBERWALTERSDORF: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, HÖHE SEGELHAFEN, RECHTS: Excellent (2025) WÖRTHERSEE, SAAG: Excellent (2025) MATTSEE, MATTSEE: Excellent (2025) OBERTRUMER SEE, STAFFL: Excellent (2025) WOLFGANGSEE, ST. GILGEN: Excellent (2025) MIEMINGER BADESEE, NORD-WEST: Excellent (2025) BADESEE GOING, NORDBUCHT: Excellent (2025) HINTERSTEINER SEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) THIERSEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, STRANDBAD HARD: Excellent (2025) MILLSTÄTTER SEE, MILLSTATT: Excellent (2025) MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SÜD: Excellent (2025) PRESSEGGER SEE, NORDOST: Excellent (2025) KLOPEINER SEE, ST. KANZIAN: Excellent (2025) FREIZEITSEE AICH: Excellent (2025) PUTTERERSEE, AIGEN: Excellent (2025) GRUNDLSEE OST: Excellent (2025) BADESEE GROßSTEINBACH: Excellent (2025) STUBENBERGSEE: Excellent (2025) SONNENSEE RITZING: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, ANGELIBAD: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, STROMAB REICHSBRÜCKE, LINKS: Excellent (2025) FELDSEE, FELD AM SEE: Excellent (2025) WEIßENSEE, TECHENDORF SÜD: Excellent (2025) FREIZEITZENTRUM COPACABANA, KALSDORF: Excellent (2025) GRUNDLSEE NORD: Excellent (2025) FREIZEITSEE AU BEI TURNAU: Excellent (2025) GLEINKERSEE, SPITAL A. P.: Excellent (2025) HALLSTÄTTERSEE, UNTERSEE: Excellent (2025) HALLSTÄTTERSEE, KESSELGRABEN: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, STEINBACH: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, WEYREGG: Excellent (2025) ZELLER SEE, PRIELAU: Excellent (2025) WALDBAD ANIF: Excellent (2025) BÜRMOOSER SEE: Excellent (2025) WALLERSEE, HENNDORF: Excellent (2025) FREIZEITSEE WALD/SCHOBERPASS: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE SOBOTH: Excellent (2025) FREIZEITZENTRUM PIBERSTEIN: Excellent (2025) TRAUNSEE, TRAUNKIRCHEN: Excellent (2025) REGAU BADESEE: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, WEIßENBACH: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, UNTERACH: Excellent (2025) IRR- ODER ZELLERSEE, TIEFGRABEN: Excellent (2025) BÖNDLSEE, GOLDEGG: Excellent (2025) MATTSEE, LOCHEN/GEBERTSHAM: Excellent (2025) WOLFGANGSEE, ST. GILGEN - GAMSJAGA: Excellent (2025) HEITERWANGER SEE, CAMPINGPLATZ: Excellent (2025) URISEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) NATTERER SEE, NORD: Excellent (2025) LAUCHSEE, STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025) BERGLSTEINER SEE, WEST: Excellent (2025) BADESEE KIRCHBICHL, HAUPTBADEBUCHT: Excellent (2025) STIMMERSEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) NATUBADESEE KÖNIGSDORF: Excellent (2025) STEINBRUNNER SEE: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, WEIDEN: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE RECHNITZ: Excellent (2025) AUSEE 2, BLINDENMARKT: Excellent (2025) GRABENSEE, PERWANG: Excellent (2025) WALLERSEE, NEUMARKT: Excellent (2025) HARRBERGSEE, FREIZEITANLAGE: Excellent (2025) WALLERSEE, SEEKIRCHEN: Excellent (2025) PLANSEE, HOTEL SEESPITZ: Excellent (2025) BADESEE ROSSAU, WEST: Excellent (2025) REINTALER SEE, NORD-OST: Excellent (2025) WALCHSEE, CAMPING: Excellent (2025) RIEDSEE, LAUTERACH: Excellent (2025) HERÄTINGERSEE, IBM: Excellent (2025) PRAMET BADESEE: Excellent (2025) OFFENSEE, EBENSEE: Excellent (2025) MONDSEE, LOIBICHL: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, LITZLBERG: Excellent (2025) IRR- ODER ZELLERSEE, LAITER: Excellent (2025) BADESEE GASTEIN, BAD HOFGASTEIN: Excellent (2025) GOLDEGGER SEE: Excellent (2025) RITZENSEE, SAALFELDEN: Excellent (2025) ACHENSEE, SÜD: Excellent (2025) WEISSLAHN, OST: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, SEECAMPING BREGENZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, WOCHERHAFEN BREGENZ: Excellent (2025) ALTER RHEIN, LUSTENAU: Excellent (2025) BADESEE KUMBERG: Excellent (2025) ERLAUFSEE, ST. SEBASTIAN: Excellent (2025) GRASLUPPTEICH, ZEUTSCHACH: Excellent (2025) BADESEE STEYREGG: Excellent (2025) AUSEE HOHENLOHE, LUFTENBERG: Excellent (2025) MITTERKIRCHEN BADESEE: Excellent (2025) TRAUNSSEE, ALTMÜNSTER: Excellent (2025) TRAUNSEE, GMUNDEN: Excellent (2025) BRUGGERLOCH, HÖCHST: Excellent (2025) SILBERSEE: Excellent (2025) WILDENAU BADESEE: Excellent (2025) HÖLLERERSEE, ST. PANTALEON: Excellent (2025) WOLFGANGSEE, APPESBACH: Excellent (2025) REITECKSEE, FLACHAU: Excellent (2025) WINKLERSEE, FLACHAU: Excellent (2025) FUSCHLSEE, HOF: Excellent (2025) WOLFGANGSEE, STROBL: Excellent (2025) BADESEE ROSSAU, OST: Excellent (2025) ZELLER SEE, THUMERSBACH: Excellent (2025) WOLFGANGSEE, ST. GILGEN-RIED: Excellent (2025) HALDENSEE, STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025) REITHER SEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, SPORTHAFEN BREGENZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, MILITÄRBAD LOCHAU: Excellent (2025) MONDSEE, ST. LORENZ: Excellent (2025) IRR- ODER ZELLERSEE, ZELL AM MOOS: Excellent (2025) PREBERSEE, TAMSWEG: Excellent (2025) ZELLER SEE, SCHÜTTDORF: Excellent (2025) ZELLER SEE, ZELL AM SEE: Excellent (2025) LIEFERINGER BADESEE, SALZBURG: Excellent (2025) WALLERSEE, ZELL: Excellent (2025) BADESEE KIRCHBERG, SÜD-WEST: Excellent (2025) EBERSDORFER SEE, OBERGRAFENDORF: Excellent (2025) HERRENTEICH, LITSCHAU: Excellent (2025) ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL OST: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, STROMAB STEINSPORNBRÜCKE, LINKS: Excellent (2025) RAUSCHELESEE, NORD: Excellent (2025) WEIßENSEE, STOCKENBOI: Excellent (2025) SCHWARZL FREIZEITZENTRUM, UNTERPREMSTÄTT: Excellent (2025) ALTAUSSEERSEE SÜD: Excellent (2025) ÖDENSEE, KAINISCH: Excellent (2025) HECHTSEE, STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025) ACHENSEE, NORD: Excellent (2025) BAGGERSEE PASPELS, RANKWEIL: Excellent (2025) BADESEE STEINER, KRAUBATH/MUR: Excellent (2025) BADESEE MÖNICHWALD: Excellent (2025) SULMSEE: Excellent (2025) KLAFFER BADESEE: Excellent (2025) ELISABETHSEE, KLAUS: Excellent (2025) TRAUNSEE, RINDBACH: Excellent (2025) ATTERSEE, ATTERSEE: Excellent (2025) ZELLER SEE, ERLBERG: Excellent (2025) HINTERSEE: Excellent (2025) LANSER SEE, NORD: Excellent (2025) SEEFELDER SEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) RIEDER BADESEE, NORD-OST: Excellent (2025) THIERSEE, CAMPINGPLATZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, HÖRNLEDAMM FUßACH: Excellent (2025) RHEINAUEN, HOHENEMS: Excellent (2025) PIBURGER SEE, STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025) WALCHSEE, UFERPROMENADE: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, STRANDBAD BREGENZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, STRANDBAD LOCHAU: Excellent (2025) UNTERE AU, FRASTANZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, FKK HARD: Excellent (2025) RÖMERSEE WIESEN: Excellent (2025) BADESEE APETLON: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, NEUSIEDL: Excellent (2025) STAUSEE NEUSTIFT/LAFNITZ: Excellent (2025) NEUE DONAU, HÖHE GRUNDWASSERWERK, RECHTS: Excellent (2025) FAAKER SEE, DROBOLLACH: Excellent (2025) OSSIACHER SEE, HEILIGENGESTADE: Excellent (2025) KEUTSCHACHER SEE, SÜDWEST: Excellent (2025) AFRITZER SEE, SÜDWEST: Excellent (2025) FAAKER SEE, FAAK: Excellent (2025) PRESSEGGER SEE, NORD: Excellent (2025) OSSIACHER SEE, OSSIACH: Excellent (2025) ALTAUSSEERSEE WEST: Excellent (2025) GRUNDLSEE SÜD: Excellent (2025) FURTNERTEICH, MARIAHOF: Excellent (2025) BADESEE MÜHLEN: Excellent (2025) HOLZÖSTERSEE, FRANKING: Excellent (2025) TRAUN-OEDT BADESEE: Excellent (2025) FELDKIRCHEN-BADESEE (N-O): Excellent (2025) WALDHAUSEN BADESEE: Excellent (2025) HALLSTÄTTERSEE, HALLSTATT: Excellent (2025) HALLSTÄTTERSEE, OBERTRAUN: Excellent (2025) BADESEE UTTENDORF: Excellent (2025) BÜRGERAUSEE, KUCHL: Excellent (2025) FUSCHLSEE, FUSCHL: Excellent (2025) OBERTRUMER SEE, SEEHAM: Excellent (2025) PLANSEE, CAMPINGPLATZ: Excellent (2025) TRISTACHER SEE, BADEANSTALT: Excellent (2025) SCHWARZSEE, STRANDBAD: Excellent (2025) BADESEE KRUMMSEE, SÜD: Excellent (2025) REINTALER SEE, CAMPINGPLATZ: Excellent (2025) BODENSEE, ROHRSPITZ FUßACH: Excellent (2025) NEUSIEDLERSEE, ILLMITZ: Good (2025) EDLERSEETEICH, GERAS: Good (2025) ACHENSEE, STRANDBAD BUCHAU: Good (2025) ZENZSEE, TRAGÖß: Good (2025) WEIKERLSEE, LINZ: Good (2025) SEEWALDSEE, ST. KOLOMANN: Good (2025) FRAUENWIESERTEICH, LANGSCHLAG: Sufficient (2025) PLESCHINGERSEE, STEYREGG: Poor (2025) Upper Austria Salzburg Tyrol Carinthia Styria Lower Austria Burgenland Vorarlberg How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. Coloured areas are the regions; region names link to their pages. Sea and large lakes are blue, neighbouring countries grey. Positions: official EEA coordinates. Boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024, generalised (© EuroGeographics); lakes: Natural Earth. Outlines are simplified, so a few shoreline dots can sit just offshore. How lake bathing waters in Austria rated since 2015 Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.
Season Classified Excellent Excellent share Poor 2025 254 246 96.9% 1 2024 253 245 96.8% 1 2023 254 247 97.2% 0 2022 253 246 97.2% 0 2021 253 248 98% 0 2020 253 248 98% 0 2019 252 249 98.8% 0 2018 252 247 98% 0 2017 252 242 96% 0 2016 252 242 96% 0 2015 252 231 91.7% 0
Most consistent Excellent lakes 211 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 60 are shown.
ACHENSEE, NORD 11 seasons ACHENSEE, SÜD 11 seasons AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST 11 seasons AFRITZER SEE, SÜDWEST 11 seasons ALTAUSSEERSEE NORD 11 seasons ALTAUSSEERSEE SÜD 11 seasons ALTAUSSEERSEE WEST 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL OST 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL SÜD 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, GÄNSEHÄUFEL WEST 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, KAISERWASSER 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, STRANDBAD ALTE DONAU 11 seasons ALTE DONAU, UNTERE ALTE DONAU (BADESTEGE) 11 seasons ALTER RHEIN, LUSTENAU 11 seasons ATTERSEE, ATTERSEE 11 seasons ATTERSEE, LITZLBERG 11 seasons ATTERSEE, SEEWALCHEN 11 seasons ATTERSEE, STEINBACH 11 seasons ATTERSEE, UNTERACH 11 seasons ATTERSEE, WEIßENBACH 11 seasons ATTERSEE, WEYREGG 11 seasons AUBAD, TULLN 11 seasons AUSEE 1, BLINDENMARKT 11 seasons AUSEE 2, BLINDENMARKT 11 seasons AUSEE 3, BLINDENMARKT 11 seasons AUSEE HOHENLOHE, LUFTENBERG 11 seasons BADESEE ANDAU 11 seasons BADESEE APETLON 11 seasons BADESEE GASTEIN, BAD HOFGASTEIN 11 seasons BADESEE GOING, NORDBUCHT 11 seasons BADESEE GROßSTEINBACH 11 seasons BADESEE HOLLERSBACH 11 seasons BADESEE KIRCHBERG, SÜD-WEST 11 seasons BADESEE KIRCHBICHL, HAUPTBADEBUCHT 11 seasons BADESEE KRUMMSEE, SÜD 11 seasons BADESEE KUMBERG 11 seasons BADESEE MÖNICHWALD 11 seasons BADESEE MÜHLEN 11 seasons BADESEE NEUDÖRFL 11 seasons BADESEE NIEDERNSILL 11 seasons BADESEE ROSSAU, WEST 11 seasons BADESEE STEINER, KRAUBATH/MUR 11 seasons BADESEE STEYREGG 11 seasons BADESEE UTTENDORF 11 seasons BADESEE WEIHERMÜHLE, GRATWEIN 11 seasons BADESEE, TRAISMAUER, SÜDUFER 11 seasons BADETEICH, HORN 11 seasons BERGWERKSEE, LANGAU 11 seasons BODENSEE, FKK HARD 11 seasons BODENSEE, MILITÄRBAD LOCHAU 11 seasons BODENSEE, ROHRSPITZ FUßACH 11 seasons BODENSEE, SEECAMPING BREGENZ 11 seasons BODENSEE, SPORTHAFEN BREGENZ 11 seasons BODENSEE, STRANDBAD BREGENZ 11 seasons BODENSEE, STRANDBAD HARD 11 seasons BODENSEE, STRANDBAD LOCHAU 11 seasons BÖNDLSEE, GOLDEGG 11 seasons BRUGGERLOCH, HÖCHST 11 seasons BÜRGERAUSEE, KUCHL 11 seasons EHZ, OBERWALTERSDORF 11 seasons Lakes rated Poor in 2025 Changes from 2024 to 2025 Lake bathing waters by state States with at least three lake bathing waters; counts include only this water type.
Near which major cities? Sites within 60 km (straight line) of a major city covered by our city guides:
Vienna 31 lake bathing waters within 60 km Bratislava 11 lake bathing waters within 60 km Ljubljana 1 lake bathing waters within 60 km Lakes compared across Europe Countries with at least 30 lake bathing waters. Networks differ in size and in how sites are designated, so this is a descriptive comparison, not a safety ranking.
Quick answers How many lake bathing waters in Austria are rated Excellent? 246 of 254 (96.9%) in the 2025 EEA classification. Which lakes in Austria have the best long-term record? 211 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example ACHENSEE, NORD , ACHENSEE, SÜD , AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST . See the full list . Can I check current conditions? The annual class is not a live status. Current results and bans are published on AGES bathing-water database . Each site page on BathingWaterFinder also shows a weather forecast, including heavy-rain warnings. ← Austria overview · All Austria bathing waters · How the classes work