Italy / Tuscany
Baratti
Baratti is a 1.4 km-long sandy beach facing north-west, 7.9 km north of Piombino (Tuscany, Italy). The sea averages 25.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.7 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Baratti
Beach-day index 6.4/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.4 °C | 13.7 °C | 13.8 °C | 15.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.5 °C | 24.2 °C | 25.0 °C | 23.0 °C | 20.8 °C | 18.4 °C | 16.0 °C |
| High °C | 11° | 12° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 25° | 21° | 16° | 12° |
| Low °C | 6° | 6° | 8° | 11° | 14° | 19° | 21° | 21° | 18° | 15° | 11° | 8° |
| Rain mm | 55 | 57 | 58 | 45 | 47 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 64 | 82 | 104 | 74 |
| Cloud % | 58 | 53 | 51 | 48 | 46 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 47 | 57 | 54 |
| Wind m/s | 4.2 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.1 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.2 | 3.7 | 4.2 | 4.3 |
| Daylight h | 9.3 | 10.5 | 11.9 | 13.4 | 14.6 | 15.3 | 15.1 | 14.0 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.8 | 9.0 |
| Record high/low | 17°/-1° | 18°/-2° | 22°/-2° | 25°/2° | 29°/8° | 35°/12° | 36°/16° | 37°/16° | 32°/12° | 28°/7° | 25°/3° | 18°/-0° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 3.0 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 6.1 | 9.0 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 9.1 | 6.4 | 3.6 | 3.1 |
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 June–September; July scores 9.6/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 24.2 °C and 23 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.8 °C cooler than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.7 °C, cooler than 52% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (104 mm) and July the driest (23 mm); the yearly total is about 670 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.0 hours in December to 15.3 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:51 and sets at 20:55 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-west (310°). Open water fills about 25% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in March–September; in mid-June it goes down at 20:58 local time on a bearing of 304°.
Straight out to the north-west the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 16 m deep and 45 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 11 m above sea level 500 m inland and 23 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 54% grassland, 40% tree cover and 4% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Grass 54%
- Tree 40%
- Crop 4%
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 “Baratti Est”, 520 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 9Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 10Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 6Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 1Water-sports spots
- 8Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Bike rental
- 4Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 7 restaurants and 2 bars. Accommodation: 6 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
Historic sites
- Casa Esagono monument 200 m NE
Nature
- Poggio delle Granate peak 470 m E
- Poggio Grattalocchio peak 640 m E
- Poggio Piovanello peak 1.0 km SE
- Poggio al Lupo peak 1.2 km NE
- Poggio al Finocchio peak 1.3 km S
- Poggio Felciaione peak 1.3 km SE
Diving & boat hire
- Centro Velico Piombinese 770 m SW
Campsites
- Agricampeggio La Rosa Dei Venti 680 m S
- Agricampeggio Podere Etrusco 690 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Marina di Campo Airport Campo nell'Elba (LI) | EBA | 34.2 km | south-west |
| Pisa International Airport Pisa (PI) | PSA | 77.2 km | north |
| Bastia-Poretta International airport Bastia | BIA | 97.3 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 8 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Populonia (2.0 km) and 10 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 43K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 99.7K).
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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 16.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r15882500; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2A_32TPN_20230910_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT009049012001).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.