France / Corsica
Bonifacio
Bonifacio is a coastal resort area in Corsica, France. Its longest mapped beach (Fazzio) stretches about 135 m. The sea averages 24.9 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 76Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 11Drinking water
- 24Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 18Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 11Grocery shops
- 3Water-sports spots
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 3Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
- 17Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 62 restaurants, 4 cafés, 9 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 18 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Bonifacio
Beach-day index 6.1/10 · France median 4.9
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.9 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 14.7 °C | 17.3 °C | 20.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 24.9 °C | 23.2 °C | 20.6 °C | 17.9 °C | 15.3 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 14° | 16° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 10° | 9° | 11° | 13° | 16° | 20° | 23° | 23° | 21° | 18° | 14° | 11° |
| Rain mm | 69 | 57 | 55 | 47 | 48 | 20 | 7 | 15 | 50 | 71 | 99 | 72 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 58 | 55 | 51 | 46 | 31 | 19 | 23 | 38 | 48 | 59 | 59 |
| Wind m/s | 6.1 | 6.0 | 6.1 | 5.0 | 4.7 | 4.1 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 4.6 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.3 |
| Daylight h | 9.5 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.5 | 15.2 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 9.9 | 9.2 |
| Record high/low | 17°/4° | 18°/2° | 22°/3° | 22°/7° | 29°/10° | 31°/14° | 35°/19° | 36°/19° | 30°/14° | 27°/10° | 23°/7° | 18°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.5 | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 4.9 | 8.5 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 8.7 | 6.1 | 3.2 | 2.5 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; July scores 9.7/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.7 °C and 7 mm of rain.
In July that is 1.8 points above the median of the 625 beaches in France covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.8 °C warmer than the France median for August (22.1 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.3 °C, cooler than 56% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (99 mm) and July the driest (7 mm); the yearly total is about 610 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.2 hours in December to 15.2 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:02 and sets at 20:56 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-west (195°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in October–February; in mid-December it goes down at 16:54 local time on a bearing of 239°.
Straight out to the south-south-west the next coast is roughly 20 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 8,948 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 61 m deep and 59 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 34 m above sea level 500 m inland and 75 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 50% tree cover, 20% shrubland and 17% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Tree 50%
- Shrub 20%
- Built 17%
- Grass 10%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Figari Sud-Corse Airport Figari | FSC | 13.8 km | north |
| Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia (SS) | OLB | 62.1 km | south-east |
| Ajaccio Napoléon Bonaparte airport Ajaccio | AJA | 66.6 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 bus stops within 1.5 km, ferry terminal Promenade en mer (540 m) and 24 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 2.8K residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 36.2K).
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Micro-Folie Bonifacio museum 350 m W
- Le Grain de Sable attraction 380 m SE
Historic sites
- Bastion de l'Etendard monument 80 m E
Nature
- Grotte du Puits Saint Barthélémy cave entrance 480 m W
- Grotte de Saint-Antoine cave entrance 870 m W
- La Sdragonato cave entrance 1.4 km W
Islands in view
- Le Grain de Sable 380 m SE
- Île de Fazzio 2.3 km W
Lighthouses & piers
- A pier 270 m N
- N pier 280 m NE
- M pier 330 m E
- D pier 350 m NE
- L pier 370 m E
- E pier 370 m NE
Marinas
- Le Marina 330 m E
Diving & boat hire
- Extrême Sud Jet Bonifacio 270 m N
- Bonif Kayak 280 m W
- Bonifacio Marine 560 m NE
Campsites
- Sarl l'Araguina 740 m NE
- L'Araguina 760 m NE
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 3.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1422273323; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_32TNL_20230910_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.