Italy / Liguria
Bonassola
Bonassola is a coastal resort area in Liguria, Italy. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 411 m and has a pebble surface. The sea averages 25.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–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
- 22Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 15Drinking water
- 43Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 14Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 1Water-sports spots
- 22Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 7Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 17 restaurants, 2 cafés and 3 bars. Accommodation: 14 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Lato Est”, 160 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.
Month by month
October at Bonassola
Beach-day index 4.6/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.1 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 15.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.1 °C | 23.1 °C | 20.4 °C | 17.8 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 6° | 7° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 26° | 29° | 29° | 23° | 18° | 11° | 7° |
| Low °C | -1° | -1° | 2° | 6° | 10° | 15° | 17° | 17° | 13° | 8° | 4° | 0° |
| Rain mm | 55 | 62 | 68 | 65 | 65 | 48 | 38 | 45 | 61 | 92 | 117 | 70 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 52 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 63 | 69 | 66 |
| Wind m/s | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.7 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-9° | 20°/-12° | 23°/-11° | 27°/-3° | 31°/2° | 38°/5° | 37°/11° | 38°/9° | 33°/5° | 28°/-0° | 21°/-4° | 15°/-12° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 5.3 | 8.7 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 4.6 | 3.2 | 3.0 |
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 9.3/10 with highs of 29 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 38 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.7 °C cooler than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.5 °C, cooler than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (117 mm) and July the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 790 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.9 hours in December to 15.5 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:51 and sets at 21:03 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-west (210°). Open water fills about 19% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
The sun sets over the sea in November–January; in mid-December it goes down at 16:43 local time on a bearing of 238°.
Straight out to the south-south-west about 800 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 38 m deep and 75 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 110 m above sea level 500 m inland and 395 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 69% tree cover, 21% shrubland and 7% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 22% of that circle.
- Tree 69%
- Shrub 21%
- Built 7%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport Genova (GE) | GOA | 64.3 km | north-west |
| Pisa International Airport Pisa (PI) | PSA | 85.4 km | south-east |
| Parma Airport Parma (PR) | PMF | 91.2 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 22 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Bonassola (140 m) and 43 mapped car parks within 1 km.
8 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 10.5K residents); within 30 km there are 59 (about 235.6K).
Photos
From above
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Castello 140 m NE
Nature
- Monte Grosso peak 700 m W
- Monte Pastorelli peak 800 m W
- Monte Brino peak 1.0 km N
- Monte la Guardia peak 1.3 km SE
Diving & boat hire
- Circolo Nautico Bonassola 30 m S
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 7.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w223837873; 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 S2B_32TNQ_20251024_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT007011005001).
- 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.