Bathing water quality in City of Zagreb, Croatia
City of Zagreb has 19 official bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season — all lake. 47.4% were classified Excellent — 38.8 points below the 86.2% across Croatia — and 0 were Poor.
Kakvoća vode za kupanje: Grad Zagreb
Od 19 službenih lokacija za kupanje EU (Grad Zagreb), 47,4 % imalo je 2025. ocjenu „izvrsna“; broj lokacija s ocjenom „nezadovoljavajuća“: 0.
official bathing waters
Excellent in 2025
Poor in 2025
Map of official bathing waters in City of Zagreb
Most consistent Excellent sites
Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025.
- Jarun, Otok Veslača 5 seasons
- Jarun, Malo jezero 5 4 seasons
- Bundek, Veliko jezero istok 3 seasons
- Bundek, Veliko jezero jug 3 seasons
- Bundek, Veliko jezero zapad 3 seasons
- Jarun, Malo jezero 3 3 seasons
- Jarun, Malo jezero 2 2 seasons
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 3 2 seasons
- Jarun, Malo jezero 4 1 season
Rated Poor in 2025
None of the 19 official bathing waters in City of Zagreb was classified Poor in 2025.
Changes from 2024 to 2025
Improved (1)
- Jarun, Malo jezero 4 Good → Excellent
Declined (3)
- Jarun, Otok Univerzijade 1 Good → Sufficient
- Jarun, Otok Univerzijade 2 Good → Sufficient
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 2 Excellent → Good
How City of Zagreb 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 | 19 | 9 | 47.4% | 0 |
| 2024 | 19 | 9 | 47.4% | 0 |
| 2023 | 19 | 6 | 31.6% | 0 |
| 2022 | 19 | 2 | 10.5% | 1 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 0 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1 | 5.3% | 0 |
| 2019 | 19 | 3 | 15.8% | 0 |
| 2018 | 19 | 8 | 42.1% | 0 |
| 2017 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | 0 | 0 | — | 0 |
All 19 official bathing waters in City of Zagreb
Grouped by water type, alphabetical within each group. Open a site for its 2015–2025 history, nearby alternatives, weather forecast and the national profile link.
Download all 19 sites as CSV (classes 2015–2025, coordinates, nearest place; EEA data, CC BY 4.0)
Lake 19 sites · 47.4% Excellent
- Bundek, Veliko jezero istok · Novi Zagreb Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
- Bundek, Veliko jezero jug · Novi Zagreb Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
- Bundek, Veliko jezero zapad · Novi Zagreb Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Malo jezero 1 · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Malo jezero 2 · Jankomir Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Malo jezero 3 · Jankomir Excellent Excellent 3 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Malo jezero 4 · Jankomir Excellent Good → Excellent since 2024
- Jarun, Malo jezero 5 · Jankomir Excellent Excellent 4 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Malo jezero 6 · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Otok Trešnjevka · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Otok Univerzijade 1 · Jankomir Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- Jarun, Otok Univerzijade 2 · Jankomir Sufficient Good → Sufficient since 2024
- Jarun, Otok Veslača · Jankomir Excellent Excellent 5 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 1 · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 2 · Jankomir Good Excellent → Good since 2024
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 3 · Jankomir Excellent Excellent 2 seasons in a row
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 4 · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 5 · Jankomir Good
- Jarun, Veliko jezero 6 · Jankomir Good
Compared with other counties in Croatia
| # | County | Sites | Excellent | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Šibenik-Knin | 100 | 99% | 0 |
| 2 | Lika-Senj | 26 | 96.2% | 0 |
| 3 | Istria County | 217 | 95.9% | 0 |
| 4 | Dubrovnik-Neretva | 120 | 94.2% | 1 |
| 5 | Primorje-Gorski Kotar | 274 | 93.4% | 0 |
| 6 | Split-Dalmatia | 178 | 85.4% | 0 |
| 7 | City of Zagreb | 19 | 47.4% | 0 |
| 8 | Zadar County | 91 | 30.8% | 0 |
Counties 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 City of Zagreb were rated Excellent in 2025?
- 9 of 19 (47.4%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 8 were Good, 2 Sufficient and 0 Poor. That ranks City of Zagreb 7 of 8 Croatia counties by Excellent share.
- Which beaches and lakes in City of Zagreb have the best long-term record?
- The longest current Excellent run is 5 seasons (Jarun, Otok Veslača).
- Were any bathing waters in City of Zagreb rated Poor?
- No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
- Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
- On Sea bathing-water quality (gov.hr → IZOR results) (Ministry of Environmental Protection and Green Transition). 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 Croatia, 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 Croatia. Counts, shares and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from the official records.