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Lake swimming in Hungary: 2025 water quality
Hungary reported 247 lake bathing waters for the 2025 season. 69.6% were classified Excellent — 5.6 points above the 64% for all 292 bathing waters in the country — and 3 were Poor. 98 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025. Among the 19 countries with at least 30 lake bathing waters, Hungary ranks 17 by Excellent share.
247
lake bathing waters
69.6%
Excellent in 2025
3
Poor in 2025
Annual, not live: the 2025 class summarises several seasons of sampling. It does not show today’s pollution, algae or bans.
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Map of lake bathing waters
Excellent 172Good 42Sufficient 5Poor 3Not classified 25
How lake bathing waters in Hungary 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 | 222 | 172 | 77.5% | 3 |
| 2024 | 218 | 173 | 79.4% | 4 |
| 2023 | 217 | 166 | 76.5% | 4 |
| 2022 | 212 | 164 | 77.4% | 1 |
| 2021 | 206 | 154 | 74.8% | 2 |
| 2020 | 207 | 176 | 85% | 3 |
| 2019 | 205 | 175 | 85.4% | 2 |
| 2018 | 196 | 174 | 88.8% | 2 |
| 2017 | 192 | 168 | 87.5% | 1 |
| 2016 | 180 | 163 | 90.6% | 0 |
| 2015 | 172 | 151 | 87.8% | 0 |
Most consistent Excellent lakes
98 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 60 are shown.
- BALATON ABRAHAMHEGY KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON ALSOORS PELSO KEMPING -VOLT EUROPA KEMPING- 11 seasons
- BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BADACSONY STRANDFURDO 11 seasons
- BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BANYASZ STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONAKALI KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA BEZEREDI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA LIDO STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONALMADI BUDATAVA STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONALMADI HOTEL NEREUS 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONALMADI WESSELENYI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONALMADI-KAPTALANFURED KOCSAG UTCAI NAGY STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR FIUMEI UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR JANKOVICHTELEP-BOLYA KOZI PARTSZAKASZ 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR KODALY STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR PLATAN STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SELLO KEMPING 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SZIGET STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFENYVES BALATONPART UTCAI KOZPONTI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFENYVES CSALOGANY UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFENYVES ISTVAN KIRALY UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFENYVES POZSONYI UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFENYVES-ALSOI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR HOTEL RIVIERA 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR KELETI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR NYUGATI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFURED CLUB HOTEL FURED -VOLT MKB STRAND- 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFURED ESTERHAZY STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFURED KISFALUDY STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFUZFO FOVENYFURDO STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONFUZFO TOBRUKI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONKENESE ALSORETI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONKENESE HOTEL MARINA-PORT 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONLELLE CSOPI KOZI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONLELLE KELETI FELTOLTES + NYUGATI FELTOLTES -NAGY STRAND- 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONLELLE NAPFENY STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONLELLE SZIROM KOZI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONMADI-KAPTALANFURED JOZSEFVAROSI GYERMEKUDULO FURDOHELYE 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZARSZO BENDEGUZ TERI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZARSZO MIKSZATH KALMAN UTCAI STRAND -NAGY STRAND- 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZARSZO MORICZ ZSIGMOND UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZEMES BERZSENYI UTCAI KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZEPEZD KOZPONTI -KOZSEGI- STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONSZEPEZD SZEPEZDFURDOI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONUDVARI KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONVILAGOS CLUB ALIGA STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON BALATONVILAGOS VILAGOS HOTEL FURDOHELYE 11 seasons
- BALATON CSOPAK KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD PANORAMA STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD VAROSI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP BATHORI UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP HUSZKA UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP NAPSUGAR KEMPING ES UDULOFALU 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYOD-BELATELEP BELATELEPI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYODLIGET ARPADPART 11 seasons
- BALATON FONYODLIGET ERZSEBET TABOR 11 seasons
- BALATON KESZTHELY LIBAS STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON KOVAGOORS-PALKOVE STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON REVFULOP CSASZTAI STRAND 11 seasons
- BALATON REVFULOP NAPFENY KEMPING 11 seasons
- BALATON REVFULOP SZIGETI STRAND 11 seasons
Lakes rated Poor in 2025
- FADDI HOLT-DUNA DOMBORI UDULOTELEP II. STRAND Poor in 1 of 11 classified seasons
- KAPOSVAR-TOPONAR DESEDA VIZTAROZO Poor in 1 of 11 classified seasons
- SANDORFALVA ORCHIDEAS TAVAK NADASTO SZABADIDOPARK Poor in 2 of 11 classified seasons
Changes from 2024 to 2025
Improved (10)
- BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA HONVED STRAND Good → Excellent
- BALATON BALATONKENESE KIKOKO UTCA 138. ELOTTI VIZTERULET Good → Excellent
- BALATON BALATONSZEMES VADVIRAG KEMPING Good → Excellent
- DOMONYVOLGYI VIZTAROZO D-BEACH STRAND Good → Excellent
- KEK HORGASZTO DUNAHARASZTI KEK HORGASZTO ES STRAND Good → Excellent
- NAGYTEVELI VIZTAROZO FENYVES STRAND Good → Excellent
- VADNAI-TO VADNA-PARK 1. STRAND Poor → Sufficient
- VADNAI-TO VADNA-PARK 2. STRAND Poor → Sufficient
Declined (17)
- FADDI HOLT-DUNA DOMBORI UDULOTELEP II. STRAND Good → Poor
- KAPOSVAR-TOPONAR DESEDA VIZTAROZO Good → Poor
- TISZA-TO TISZANANA-DINNYESHATI STRAND Excellent → Sufficient
- BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ VAROSI STRAND Excellent → Good
- BALATON BALATONALMADI HOTEL RAMADA - BAL RESORT STRAND Excellent → Good
- BALATON BALATONEDERICS KOZSEGI STRAND Excellent → Good
- DELEGYHAZA IV. TO DELI OLDAL TAVIROZSA KEMPING Excellent → Good
- FADD-DOMBORI FADDI HOLT-DUNA DONAUTICA HOTEL Excellent → Good
Lake bathing waters by county
Counties 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:
- Budapest 35 lake bathing waters within 60 km
- Vienna 1 lake bathing waters within 60 km
- Bratislava 1 lake bathing waters within 60 km
Lakes compared across Europe
| # | Country | Sites | Excellent | Poor |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Austria | 254 | 96.9% | 1 |
| 2 | Finland | 211 | 95.7% | 0 |
| 3 | Denmark | 123 | 94.3% | 0 |
| 4 | Germany | 1,893 | 91.8% | 3 |
| 5 | Lithuania | 80 | 91.3% | 0 |
| 6 | Czechia | 62 | 90.3% | 0 |
| 7 | Portugal | 49 | 89.8% | 1 |
| 8 | Italy | 673 | 88.4% | 5 |
| 9 | France | 845 | 86.7% | 15 |
| 10 | Switzerland | 135 | 86.7% | 4 |
| 11 | Sweden | 210 | 82.4% | 6 |
| 12 | Estonia | 30 | 80% | 0 |
| 13 | Spain | 109 | 79.8% | 4 |
| 14 | Belgium | 77 | 79.2% | 1 |
| 15 | Netherlands | 587 | 70.5% | 26 |
| 16 | Slovakia | 40 | 70% | 0 |
| 17 | Hungary | 247 | 69.6% | 3 |
| 18 | Croatia | 34 | 67.6% | 0 |
| 19 | Poland | 489 | 60.1% | 5 |
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 Hungary are rated Excellent?
- 172 of 247 (69.6%) in the 2025 EEA classification.
- Which lakes in Hungary have the best long-term record?
- 98 sites were Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025, for example BALATON ABRAHAMHEGY KOZSEGI STRAND, BALATON ALSOORS PELSO KEMPING -VOLT EUROPA KEMPING-, BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BADACSONY STRANDFURDO. See the full list.
- Can I check current conditions?
- The annual class is not a live status. Current results and bans are published on Bathing-water quality map (NNGYK). Each site page on BathingWaterFinder also shows a weather forecast, including heavy-rain warnings.
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