Italy / Lombardy
Abbadia Lariana
Abbadia Lariana is a 99 m-long inland beach on Lake Como in Abbadia Lariana (Lombardy, Italy). Average daytime highs peak at 23 °C in July and drop to 2 °C in January.
Weather month by month
October at Abbadia Lariana
Beach-day index 3.2/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 2° | 3° | 8° | 12° | 17° | 21° | 23° | 22° | 18° | 13° | 8° | 3° |
| Low °C | -6° | -4° | -0° | 4° | 9° | 13° | 15° | 15° | 10° | 6° | 1° | -4° |
| Rain mm | 57 | 63 | 72 | 105 | 140 | 123 | 111 | 130 | 105 | 116 | 149 | 78 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 61 | 58 | 63 | 64 | 57 | 47 | 50 | 55 | 65 | 68 | 61 |
| Wind m/s | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.9 | 1.8 | 1.7 | 1.6 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 14.9 | 15.7 | 15.4 | 14.2 | 12.6 | 11.0 | 9.5 | 8.7 |
| Record high/low | 12°/-16° | 17°/-23° | 18°/-13° | 22°/-6° | 26°/-0° | 35°/1° | 28°/6° | 30°/5° | 27°/0° | 22°/-5° | 20°/-11° | 11°/-20° |
| Beach index | 3.9 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.3 | 3.0 | 5.5 | 7.0 | 6.4 | 4.2 | 3.2 | 2.8 | 3.7 |
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.
Orientation, sun and shore
Water surrounds this spot on about 94% of the horizon within 1.5 km: it sits on a spit, headland or islet rather than a straight shore.
The beach lies on Como, which covers about 148 km².
The sun sets over the lake in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 21:14 local time on a bearing of 306°.
Sunrise is over the lake in July–May.
Within 1 km, the land is 63% tree cover, 24% built-up land and 13% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 42% of that circle.
- Tree 63%
- Built 24%
- Grass 13%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation and lake size from Natural Earth lake polygons sampled in 36 directions.
This is not a sea beach, so no sea-temperature normals are shown.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Campeggio”, 490 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 11 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Excellent
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in July–August; July scores 7.0/10 with highs of 23 °C and 111 mm of rain.
In July that is 2.5 points below the median of the 925 beaches in Italy covered by this atlas.
November is the wettest month (149 mm) and January the driest (57 mm); the yearly total is about 1,250 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.7 hours in December to 15.7 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:45 and sets at 21:10 local time.
Facilities within 1 km
- 11Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 14Drinking water
- 29Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 8Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 1Grocery shops
- 9Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 9 restaurants, 1 bar and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 8 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.
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Civico museo setificio Monti museum 140 m W
Nature
- Monte di Borbino peak 800 m E
Campsites
- Camping Spiaggia 310 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lugano Airport Agno | LUG | 34.7 km | west |
| Il Caravaggio International Airport Orio al Serio (BG) | BGY | 38.8 km | south-east |
| Milano Linate Airport Segrate (MI) | LIN | 50.8 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 9 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Abbadia Lariana (480 m), rail station Mandello del Lario (1.9 km), ferry terminal Abbadia Lariana (270 m) and 29 mapped car parks within 1 km.
25 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 117.7K residents); within 30 km there are 370 (about 1.2M).
Map
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Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w1054879819; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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_32TNR_20230824_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT003097001001).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 1.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.