Italy / Apulia
Alimini
Alimini is a 726 m-long sandy beach facing east-north-east, 6.4 km north of Otranto (Apulia, Italy). The sea averages 25.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Alimini
Beach-day index 5.9/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.1 °C | 13.9 °C | 14.1 °C | 15.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.9 °C | 24.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 24.0 °C | 21.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 15.5 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 11° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 99 | 90 | 82 | 56 | 48 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 85 | 106 | 125 | 119 |
| Cloud % | 71 | 69 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 38 | 24 | 26 | 48 | 58 | 70 | 70 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 17°/2° | 18°/1° | 17°/6° | 22°/7° | 24°/13° | 30°/16° | 33°/21° | 30°/22° | 29°/17° | 26°/13° | 22°/9° | 19°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
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 9.5/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 24.6 °C and 21 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 18.8 °C, warmer than 51% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (125 mm) and July the driest (21 mm); the yearly total is about 890 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 20:15 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (75°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 240° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-north-east the next coast is roughly 50 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 13 m deep and 38 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 6 m above sea level 500 m inland and 11 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 62% tree cover, 18% grassland and 12% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 53% of that circle.
- Tree 62%
- Grass 18%
- Crop 12%
- Bare 5%
- Built 3%
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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Foce Lago Alimini Grande”, 270 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.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Facilities within 1 km
- 5Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 3Hotels & guesthouses
- 4Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants and 3 bars. Accommodation: 3 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.
Around the beach
Nature
- Grotta Bosco cave entrance 1.4 km SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brindisi Airport Brindisi | BDS | 66.7 km | north-west |
| Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport Kerkyra (Corfu) | CFU | 141 km | south-east |
| Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Rinas | TIA | 172 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 4 bus stops within 1.5 km and 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 12.8K residents); within 30 km there are 67 (about 332K).
Map and nearby beaches
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| Beach | Distance | Warmest sea | Length | Surface |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alimini | – | 25.7 °C | 726 m | Sand |
| Otranto | 6.7 km SE | 25.7 °C | 279 m | Sand |
| Torre dell'Orso | 8.1 km N | 25.8 °C | 770 m | Sand |
- Otranto6.7 km SECompare
- Torre dell'Orso8.1 km NCompare
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 16.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w359667847; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_33TYE_20230827_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT016075057023).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 480 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.