Broye – Water level, Discharge & Water temperature

Broye is measured at 3 measuring stations and touches Lake Neuchâtel.

Current situation

Broye at Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee) is currently flowing at 0.7 m³/s. Compared with yesterday’s daily average (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC): fallen; currently above the 30-day median.

Discharge0.7 m³/sOct 4, 2026, 3:20 AM

Water level440.01 m a.s.l.Oct 4, 2026, 3:20 AM

Water temperature16.8 °COct 4, 2026, 3:20 AM

Reference: 30 available daily means from the last 30 complete days (Coordinated Universal Time, UTC), compared with the current individual value. Being close to the median does not describe the spread of values. Gaps can affect daily means. This is neither a seasonal normal nor an official danger level.

How this assessment is made

Reading and sourceBundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) · 17 minutes ago

Basis of comparisonCurrent reading, previous day and available 30-day daily means from the same reference station.

CalculationSeepegel uses the highest-flowing current reference station; stations along a river are not added together.

Broye, Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee)

Inflow to the lake: this value describes the river, not the lake level.

Fliesst über den Murtensee und den Broye-Kanal in den Neuenburgersee (Station BAFU Nr. 2034)

Measurement time: Oct 4, 2026, 3:20 AM

Bundesamt für Umwelt (BAFU) ↗

Discharge over the last 30 days

One line per station. Differences are not a direct inflow balance: measurement times, travel times, storage, withdrawals and tributaries can affect the values.

Payerne (Zufluss, über Murtensee)

Water level, last 30 days

One line per station. Elevation levels and local centimetre gauges are shown separately.

Payerne (Zufluss, über Murtensee)

Water temperature, last 30 days

One line per station with a temperature probe.

Payerne, Caserne d'aviation (Temperatur)

FOEN forecast for the Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee) station. Not available for every station.

The forecast value is expected to remain stable across the 5 displayed forecast days.

Today10/040.7m³/s

Mon10/050.8m³/s

Tue10/060.9m³/s

Wed10/070.9m³/s

Thu10/081.0m³/s

Forecast

Source: FOEN forecast

Median
Min./Max.
Measured

The line shows the median of the FOEN model forecasts at each timestamp; the band shows their minimum and maximum. Daily cards average the available hourly medians, which is not a daily median. A wider band means greater spread between model paths, not guaranteed upper or lower limits. Partial days may contain fewer forecast values.

What has changed?

yesterday

↓Broye, Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee): reading fell by -0.07 m a.s.l.

yesterday

↓Broye, Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee): reading fell by -0.7 m³/s

2 days ago

↑Broye, Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee): reading rose by +0.9 m³/s

2 days ago

↑Broye, Payerne (inflow, über Murtensee): reading rose by +0.06 m a.s.l.

11 days ago

Broye, Payerne, Caserne d'aviation (temperature): new weekly low (14.5 °C)

11 days ago

Broye, Payerne, Caserne d'aviation (temperature): new weekly low (14.5 °C)

Readings and stations

All recorded quantities with measurement time, data quality and official source.

Stations on the map

Each marker opens the corresponding station details.

Connected lakes

Lake Neuchâtel

Water knowledge

Understanding Broye

The Broye enters Lake Morat at Salavaux, where its delta has been restored. A station above the lake measures river inflow, not lake level. Do not confuse it with the Broye Canal, which connects Lakes Morat and Neuchâtel.

This overview includes 3 monitoring stations for water level, discharge, and water temperature. Not every station provides every measurement. Track changes at the same station, checking the timestamp, unit and source notes. Related waters in this overview: Lake Neuchâtel.

Discharge in m³/s is a volume per second, not the speed of the current. Station comparisons must account for location, measurement time and water travel time. A higher reading is neither automatically a flood warning nor an indication that the river is navigable.

Sources and further reading