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Lake Balaton swimming: 2025 bathing-water quality

Lake Balaton has 148 official lake bathing waters in the EEA dataset for the 2025 season. 85.1% were classified Excellent — 21.1 points above the 64% across all of Hungary — and 0 were Poor. 83 sites have been Excellent in every season from 2015 to 2025. By area, the Excellent share is highest around Siófok (100% of 13) and lowest around Badacsony (70.6% of 17).

Shallow shore of Lake Balaton at Keszthely
Photo: Victor Belousov, Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0
148

official lake bathing waters

85.1%

Excellent in 2025

0

Poor in 2025

Not live: these are annual official classifications. Check the competent authority for today’s notices before swimming.
Before you swim at Lake Balaton

National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK) and county government offices

Bathing season in Hungary: Set for each designated site. All Hungarian bathing waters are inland; they are sampled before the season and at least monthly during it.

Annual EEA classes 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.

Bathing-water quality map (NNGYK) →

About Lake Balaton

Lake Balaton in western Hungary is the largest lake in Central Europe. It is shallow, so it warms quickly in summer; the northern shore is hilly with the Badacsony and Tihany area, while the southern shore has long, gently shelving beaches.

How this page is defined: official EEA bathing waters reported by Hungary (lake waters) whose coordinates fall inside a boundary drawn around Lake Balaton. Coordinates are reported by the national authority.

Map of official lake bathing waters

Excellent 126Good 11Sufficient 1Poor 0Not classified 10
BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO KOZSEGI FIZETOS STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO ORHAZ UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD VAROSI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP HUSZKA UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK SOSTOI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA BEZEREDI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI HOTEL NEREUS: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI WESSELENYI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED HOTEL FURED: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED CLUB HOTEL FURED -VOLT MKB STRAND-: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEPEZD SZEPEZDFURDOI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON REVFULOP CSASZTAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON REVFULOP SZIGETI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR PLATAN STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFENYVES CSALOGANY UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR KELETI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZARSZO BENDEGUZ TERI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEMES VADVIRAG KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD-BELATELEP BELATELEPI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK EZUSTPART: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK PETOFI SZALLODASOR: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA HONVED STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED KISFALUDY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONUDVARI KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONVILAGOS CLUB ALIGA STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ORVENYESI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON KOVAGOORS-PALKOVE STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON REVFULOP NAPFENY KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON SZIGLIGET KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY HAJOALLOMASI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY HELIKON STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY VAROSI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFENYVES ISTVAN KIRALY UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR HOTEL RIVIERA: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZARSZO MIKSZATH KALMAN UTCAI STRAND -NAGY STRAND-: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP BATHORI UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD-ALSOBELATELEP NAPSUGAR KEMPING ES UDULOFALU: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYODLIGET ERZSEBET TABOR: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK GAMASZAI STRANDFURDO: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK NAGY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ZAMARDI MIRABELLA KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON SZANTOD JUHASZ GYULA UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK BIMBO UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFUZFO FOVENYFURDO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONKENESE VAK BOTTYAN STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON CSOPAK KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY HOTEL CLUB TIHANY: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY BALATONI LIMNOLOGIAI INTEZET BLI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR KODALY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SELLO KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONLELLE KELETI FELTOLTES + NYUGATI FELTOLTES -NAGY STRAND-: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONLELLE SZIROM KOZI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO HAJOALLOMASI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BADACSONY STRANDFURDO: Excellent (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BANYASZ STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ TOMAJ KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFUZFO TOBRUKI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONKENESE HOTEL MARINA-PORT: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA GUMIRADLI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI BUDATAVA STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONGYOROK KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON GYENESDIAS ALSOGYENES GYENESI LIDO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON GYENESDIAS DIASI JATEKSTRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY LIBAS STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON VONYARCVASHEGY LIDO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBERENY FIZETOS STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONLELLE NAPFENY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO OZ UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYODLIGET ARPADPART: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK UJHELYI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ZAMARDI JEGENYE TERI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON SZANTOD RIGO UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEMES HULLAM STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ABRAHAMHEGY KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ALSOORS RIVIERA STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONUDVARI FOVENYESI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONVILAGOS VILAGOS HOTEL FURDOHELYE: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONVILAGOS KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY UVAPART STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY TIHANY PLAGE 18: Excellent (2025)BALATON ZANKA KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY HOTEL PANORAMA: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBERENY NATURISTA STRAND ES KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR JANKOVICHTELEP-BOLYA KOZI PARTSZAKASZ: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFENYVES POZSONYI UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR NYUGATI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO HULLAM UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZARSZO MORICZ ZSIGMOND UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEMES BERZSENYI UTCAI KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK ARANYPART: Excellent (2025)BALATON SIOFOK HOTEL MOLO: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONOSZOD HULLAM UDULOPARK: Excellent (2025)BALATONFURED HOTEL FLAMINGO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONVILAGOS CSOKONAI UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY GODROS STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON TIHANY SAJKODI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR FIUMEI UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SZIGET STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFENYVES BALATONPART UTCAI KOZPONTI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO SZABADSAG UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYODLIGET FURDO UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ZAMARDI NAGY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ALSOORS PELSO KEMPING -VOLT EUROPA KEMPING-: Excellent (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BADACSONY KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ CLUB HOTEL STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKALI KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA LIDO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI YACHT KEMPING: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED SZECHENYI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEPEZD KOZPONTI -KOZSEGI- STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI-KAPTALANFURED KOCSAG UTCAI NAGY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON ZANKAFURDO GYIC ERZSEBET STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFENYVES-ALSOI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONLELLE CSOPI KOZI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO POLGAR UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMARIAFURDO BARDOS UTCAI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONOSZOD KOZSEGI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON FONYOD PANORAMA STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEMES VIGADO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA BERCSENYI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED ESTERHAZY STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONKENESE KIKOKO UTCA 138. ELOTTI VIZTERULET: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONKENESE ALSORETI STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONMADI-KAPTALANFURED JOZSEFVAROSI GYERMEKUDULO FURDOHELYE: Excellent (2025)BALATON REVFULOP MATHIAS CORVINUS COLLEGIUM VITORL?SKIKOTO FURDOHELYE: Excellent (2025)BALATON BALATONGYOROK SZEPKILATO STRAND: Excellent (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY SIRIUS STRAND: Not classified (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY ROYAL HOMES EXCLUSIVE MAGANSTRAND: Not classified (2025)BALATON BALATONAKALI LEVENDULA KEMPING: Not classified (2025)BALATON TIHANY PARKKERT STRAND: Not classified (2025)BALATON KESZTHELY HOTEL HELIKON: Not classified (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED HOTEL UNI: Not classified (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED ARANYHID STRAND: Not classified (2025)BALATON BADACSONYLABDIHEGY MH 1. SZ. KIKEPZO OKTATASI ES REGENERALO KOZPONT ELOTTI VIZTERULET: Not classified (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED BRAZAY STRAND: Not classified (2025)BALATON LUA RESORT STRANDFURDO: Not classified (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED KOLOSKA MARINA STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONAKALI STRAND HOLIDAY KEMPING: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONEDERICS KOZSEGI STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONKENESE BAY GARDEN: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONSZEPEZD VIRIUSZ STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI-KAPTALANFURED SIRALY UTCAI KIS STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BADACSONYLABDIHEGY ELDORADO KEMPING: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONFURED HOTEL MARINA: Good (2025)BALATON BADACSONYLABDIHEGY HERCZEG FERENC STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ VAROSI STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON BALATONALMADI HOTEL RAMADA - BAL RESORT STRAND: Good (2025)BALATON TIHANY SOMOSI STRAND: Sufficient (2025)VeszprémSomogyZalaTolnaVasFejér
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.

Lake Balaton by area

Each official site is grouped under the nearest of 7 reference towns, measured in a straight line from its reported coordinates. This is an orientation aid, not a municipal boundary.

2025 EEA classes by area (nearest reference town)
AreaSitesExcellentGoodSufficientPoorNot classified
Keszthely1613 (81.3%)0003
Badacsony1712 (70.6%)4001
Balatonfüred / Tihany3728 (75.7%)3105
Balatonalmádi2219 (86.4%)3000
Siófok1313 (100%)0000
Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár2826 (92.9%)1001
Fonyód1515 (100%)0000

Most consistent Excellent sites

83 sites were Excellent in all eleven seasons. Ordered by the length of the unbroken Excellent run ending in 2025; the first 24 are shown, the rest are in the area lists above.

  1. BALATON ABRAHAMHEGY KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons · around Badacsony
  2. BALATON ALSOORS PELSO KEMPING -VOLT EUROPA KEMPING- 11 seasons · around Balatonfüred / Tihany
  3. BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BADACSONY STRANDFURDO 11 seasons · around Badacsony
  4. BALATON BADACSONYTOMAJ BANYASZ STRAND 11 seasons · around Badacsony
  5. BALATON BALATONAKALI KOZSEGI STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  6. BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA BEZEREDI STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  7. BALATON BALATONAKARATTYA LIDO STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  8. BALATON BALATONALMADI BUDATAVA STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  9. BALATON BALATONALMADI HOTEL NEREUS 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  10. BALATON BALATONALMADI WESSELENYI STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  11. BALATON BALATONALMADI-KAPTALANFURED KOCSAG UTCAI NAGY STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonalmádi
  12. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR FIUMEI UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  13. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR JANKOVICHTELEP-BOLYA KOZI PARTSZAKASZ 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  14. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR KODALY STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  15. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR PLATAN STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  16. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SELLO KEMPING 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  17. BALATON BALATONBOGLAR SZIGET STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár
  18. BALATON BALATONFENYVES BALATONPART UTCAI KOZPONTI STRAND 11 seasons · around Fonyód
  19. BALATON BALATONFENYVES CSALOGANY UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons · around Fonyód
  20. BALATON BALATONFENYVES ISTVAN KIRALY UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons · around Fonyód
  21. BALATON BALATONFENYVES POZSONYI UTCAI STRAND 11 seasons · around Fonyód
  22. BALATON BALATONFENYVES-ALSOI STRAND 11 seasons · around Fonyód
  23. BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR HOTEL RIVIERA 11 seasons · around Balatonfüred / Tihany
  24. BALATON BALATONFOLDVAR KELETI STRAND 11 seasons · around Balatonfüred / Tihany

Rated Poor in 2025

None of the 148 official lake bathing waters at Lake Balaton was classified Poor in 2025.

Changes from 2024 to 2025

How Lake Balaton rated since 2015

Counts for the sites in today’s 2025 inventory; the Excellent share is calculated over classified sites only.

SeasonClassifiedExcellentExcellent sharePoor
202513812691.3%0
202413612491.2%0
202313512592.6%0
202213311788%0
202113111688.5%0
202013313198.5%0
201913012495.4%0
201812712699.2%0
201712512297.6%0
201612011696.7%0
201511911395%0

All 148 official bathing waters at Lake Balaton

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

Around Keszthely 16 sites · 81.3% Excellent
Around Badacsony 17 sites · 70.6% Excellent
Around Balatonfüred / Tihany 37 sites · 75.7% Excellent
Around Balatonalmádi 22 sites · 86.4% Excellent
Around Siófok 13 sites · 100% Excellent
Around Balatonlelle / Balatonboglár 28 sites · 92.9% Excellent
Around Fonyód 15 sites · 100% Excellent

Compared with other destinations

#DestinationCountrySitesExcellentPoor
1CorfuGreece66100%0
2Lake GardaItaly12899.2%0
3CreteGreece17798.9%0
4HalkidikiGreece9098.9%0
5SardiniaItaly66496.8%1
6Istria (Croatia)Croatia21795.9%0
7Costa BravaSpain8694.2%1
8Algarve coastPortugal10693.4%0
9Lake BalatonHungary14885.1%0
10MenorcaSpain3080%0
11CorsicaFrance22375.8%20
12RhodesGreece5275%0
13MallorcaSpain11368.1%3
14Ibiza & FormenteraSpain4866.7%0
15French Riviera (Alpes-Maritimes)France15163.6%3

Destinations differ in size, water type and how densely sites are designated, so the table gives context rather than a quality verdict.

Quick answers

How many bathing waters at Lake Balaton were rated Excellent in 2025?
126 of 148 (85.1%) in the official EEA 2025 classification; 11 were Good, 1 Sufficient and 0 Poor, and 10 had no class.
Which beaches at Lake Balaton have the best long-term record?
83 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 ranking.
Were any bathing waters at Lake Balaton rated Poor?
No. None was classified Poor in 2025.
Where do I check whether swimming is allowed today?
On Bathing-water quality map (NNGYK) (National Center for Public Health and Pharmacy (NNGYK) and county government offices). Temporary bans, pollution alerts and closures are published there and on signs at the beach, not in the annual EEA class. Each site page here also shows a weather forecast with heavy-rain context.

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Source

European Environment Agency (EEA), bathing-water data and coordinates reported by Hungary, licensed CC BY 4.0. Areas, counts and rankings are calculated by BathingWaterFinder from those official records.