Italy / Sardinia
Cala Brandinchi
Cala Brandinchi is a 701 m-long sandy beach facing south-east, 6.9 km north of San Teodoro (Sardinia, Italy). The sea averages 25.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.5 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Cala Brandinchi
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 | 13.8 °C | 13.5 °C | 13.8 °C | 14.8 °C | 17.4 °C | 20.8 °C | 23.8 °C | 25.3 °C | 23.6 °C | 21.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 15.2 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 12° | 11° | 12° | 14° | 17° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 22° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 66 | 55 | 56 | 51 | 44 | 18 | 9 | 16 | 55 | 65 | 100 | 72 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 66 | 62 | 59 | 51 | 33 | 20 | 25 | 44 | 52 | 63 | 65 |
| Wind m/s | 6.6 | 6.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 | 5.0 | 4.3 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.3 | 6.2 | 6.7 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.9 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 18°/7° | 17°/6° | 23°/7° | 20°/10° | 25°/11° | 30°/15° | 31°/20° | 31°/20° | 30°/18° | 26°/13° | 22°/10° | 19°/7° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 7.7 | 9.6 | 9.5 | 8.4 | 6.4 | 3.4 | 2.4 |
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 9.6/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 23.8 °C and 9 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.5 °C cooler than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.4 °C, cooler than 55% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (100 mm) and July the driest (9 mm); the yearly total is about 610 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:01 and sets at 20:52 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (145°). Open water fills about 28% 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 239° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in October–February.
Straight out to the south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 23,361 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 11 m deep and 17 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 11 m above sea level 500 m inland and 34 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 35% shrubland, 31% grassland and 25% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 40% of that circle.
- Shrub 35%
- Grass 31%
- Tree 25%
- Wetland 5%
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 “Spiaggia Brandinchi 1”, 70 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
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Water-sports spots
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 bar. Accommodation: 1 hotel or guesthouse.
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
Islands in view
- Isola Rossa 2.0 km SE
Diving & boat hire
- Noleggio Gommoni Salina Bamba 960 m E
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia (SS) | OLB | 15.9 km | north-west |
| Figari Sud-Corse Airport Figari | FSC | 89.1 km | north-west |
| Alghero-Fertilia Airport Alghero | AHO | 120 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 6 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.9K residents); within 30 km there are 13 (about 87.6K).
Map and nearby beaches
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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 16.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w321807345; 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 S2B_32TNL_20240830_1_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT020104023016).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 12.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.