Bathing water quality in Carinthia, Austria

Carinthia has 32 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all lake. 100% were classified Excellent — 3.5 points above the 96.5% across Austria — and 0 were Poor. 32 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025.

Badegewässerqualität in Kärnten

Von 32 offiziellen EU-Badestellen in Kärnten waren 2025 100 % „ausgezeichnet“; Zahl der als „mangelhaft“ eingestuften Badestellen: 0.

Maria Wörth peninsula on Lake Wörthersee — Photo: Isiwal, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0

official bathing waters

100%

Excellent in 2025

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.

Before you swim in Carinthia

Federal health ministry with the provinces and AGES

Bathing season in Austria: 15 June – 31 August. AGES publishes per-province maps and a bathing-water app on behalf of the ministry.

Annual EEA classes do not show temporary bans, short-term pollution or algae alerts. National information last checked 2026-11-01.

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.

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Map of official bathing waters in Carinthia

Excellent 32Poor 0

How to read this map: Each dot is one official bathing water, coloured by its 2025 rating; select a dot to open that site. The white area is this region; neighbouring regions are shaded. 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.

Carinthia by area

Sites are placed in the Eurostat NUTS 3 areas that contain their reported coordinates.

2025 EEA classes by area
Area	Sites	Excellent
Klagenfurt-Villach	17	17 (100%)
Oberkärnten	11	11 (100%)
Unterkärnten	4	4 (100%)

Most consistent Excellent sites

32 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown and every site is in the full list below.

AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
AFRITZER SEE, SÜDWEST 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
FAAKER SEE, DROBOLLACH 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
FAAKER SEE, FAAK 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
FELDSEE, FELD AM SEE 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
GREIFENBURGER BADESEE, NORDWEST 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
KEUTSCHACHER SEE, KEUTSCHACH 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
KEUTSCHACHER SEE, SÜDWEST 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
KLOPEINER SEE, ST. KANZIAN 11 seasons · Unterkärnten
KLOPEINER SEE, UNTERBURG 11 seasons · Unterkärnten
LÄNGSEE, ST. GEORGEN 11 seasons · Unterkärnten
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, DÖBRIACH 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, MILLSTATT 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SEEBODEN 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SÜD 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
OSSIACHER SEE, ANNENHEIM 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
OSSIACHER SEE, BODENSDORF 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
OSSIACHER SEE, HEILIGENGESTADE 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
OSSIACHER SEE, OSSIACH 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
PRESSEGGER SEE, NORD 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
PRESSEGGER SEE, NORDOST 11 seasons · Oberkärnten
RAUSCHELESEE, NORD 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
SILBERSEE, VILLACH 11 seasons · Klagenfurt-Villach
TURNERSEE, ST. PRIMUS 11 seasons · Unterkärnten

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 32 official bathing waters in Carinthia was classified Poor in 2025.

How Carinthia 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
2025	32	32	100%
2024	32	32	100%
2023	32	32	100%
2022	32	32	100%
2021	32	32	100%
2020	32	32	100%
2019	32	32	100%
2018	32	32	100%
2017	32	32	100%
2016	32	32	100%
2015	32	32	100%

Places with the most bathing waters in Carinthia

Each site is matched to its nearest named place (GeoNames, within 8 km in a straight line), so beaches of one resort or lake shore can be compared together. Select a place to show only its sites in the full list.

Top 7 places by number of official bathing waters
Place	Area	Sites	Excellent
Keutschach am See	Klagenfurt-Villach	4	4 (100%)
Feld am See	Klagenfurt-Villach	3	3 (100%)
Faak am See	Klagenfurt-Villach	2	2 (100%)
Hermagor	Oberkärnten	2	2 (100%)
Kühnsdorf	Unterkärnten	2	2 (100%)
Millstatt	Oberkärnten	2	2 (100%)
Ossiach	Oberkärnten	2	2 (100%)

All 32 official bathing waters in Carinthia

Grouped by area, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.

Download all 32 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)

Klagenfurt-Villach 17 sites · 100% Excellent

AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST · Feld am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
AFRITZER SEE, SÜDWEST · Feld am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
FAAKER SEE, DROBOLLACH · Faak am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
FAAKER SEE, FAAK · Faak am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
FELDSEE, FELD AM SEE Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
KEUTSCHACHER SEE, KEUTSCHACH · Keutschach am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
KEUTSCHACHER SEE, SÜDWEST · Keutschach am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
OSSIACHER SEE, ANNENHEIM · Landskron Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
OSSIACHER SEE, HEILIGENGESTADE · Schleben Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
RAUSCHELESEE, NORD · Keutschach am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
SILBERSEE, VILLACH · Wernberg Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHER SEE, VELDEN · Velden am Wörther See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHERSEE, KLAGENFURT · Sankt Martin Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHERSEE, MAIERNIGG · Krumpendorf Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHERSEE, PÖRTSCHACH · Pörtschach am Wörthersee Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHERSEE, REIFNITZ · Keutschach am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WÖRTHERSEE, SAAG · Schiefling am See Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row

Oberkärnten 11 sites · 100% Excellent

GREIFENBURGER BADESEE, NORDWEST · Greifenburg Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, DÖBRIACH Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, MILLSTATT Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SEEBODEN Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
MILLSTÄTTER SEE, SÜD · Millstatt Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
OSSIACHER SEE, BODENSDORF · Ossiach Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
OSSIACHER SEE, OSSIACH Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PRESSEGGER SEE, NORD · Hermagor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
PRESSEGGER SEE, NORDOST · Hermagor Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WEIßENSEE, STOCKENBOI Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
WEIßENSEE, TECHENDORF SÜD · Steinfeld Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row

Unterkärnten 4 sites · 100% Excellent

KLOPEINER SEE, ST. KANZIAN · Kühnsdorf Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
KLOPEINER SEE, UNTERBURG · Kühnsdorf Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
LÄNGSEE, ST. GEORGEN · St. Georgen am Längsee Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row
TURNERSEE, ST. PRIMUS · Sittersdorf Excellent Excellent 11 seasons in a row

Compared with other states in Austria

#	State	Sites	Excellent	Poor
1	Carinthia	32	100%	0
2	Vienna	17	100%	0
3	Vorarlberg	16	100%	0
4	Salzburg	36	97.2%	0
5	Tyrol	35	97.1%	0
6	Styria	31	96.8%	0
7	Upper Austria	44	95.5%	1
8	Burgenland	19	94.7%	0
9	Lower Austria	30	90%	0

States with at least 15 official bathing waters. Size, water type and how densely sites are designated differ, so the table is context rather than a verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters in Carinthia were rated Excellent in 2025?: 32 of 32 (100%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 0 were Good, 0 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks Carinthia 1 of 9 Austria states by Excellent share.
Which area of Carinthia has the highest share of Excellent sites?: Klagenfurt-Villach: 100% of its 17 sites were Excellent in 2025. Only areas with at least five sites are compared; see the full table.
Which beaches and lakes in Carinthia have the best long-term record?: 32 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example AFRITZER SEE, SÜDOST, AFRITZER SEE, SÜDWEST, FAAKER SEE, DROBOLLACH. See the ranking.
Which places in Carinthia have the most official bathing waters?: Keutschach am See (4, 100% Excellent), Feld am See (3, 100% Excellent), Faak am See (2, 100% Excellent). See the place table; places are the nearest named settlement to each site.
Were any bathing waters in Carinthia rated Poor?: No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?: On AGES bathing-water database (Federal health ministry with the provinces and AGES). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the water, not in the annual EEA class.

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Sources and method

Bathing-water records: European Environment Agency (EEA), data and coordinates reported by Austria, licensed CC BY 4.0. Region and area boundaries: Eurostat NUTS 2024 (© EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries). Place names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). A site belongs to the area that contains its reported coordinates; a site up to 10 km off the generalised coastline is placed in the nearest area of Austria. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.