Italy / Sicily
Macari
Macari is an 119 m-long pebble beach facing west, 3.7 km south of San Vito Lo Capo (Sicily, Italy). The sea averages 26.4 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.4 °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 Macari
Beach-day index 7.3/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.0 °C | 14.4 °C | 14.5 °C | 15.6 °C | 18.1 °C | 21.8 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.4 °C | 24.8 °C | 22.3 °C | 19.3 °C | 16.5 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 12° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 21° | 17° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 101 | 91 | 73 | 58 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 67 | 94 | 88 | 100 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 66 | 58 | 52 | 44 | 29 | 16 | 19 | 43 | 50 | 62 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.3 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 5.7 | 6.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 18°/7° | 19°/7° | 21°/7° | 23°/10° | 27°/13° | 31°/17° | 32°/21° | 33°/22° | 30°/19° | 28°/14° | 24°/12° | 20°/6° |
| Beach index | 2.2 | 2.2 | 2.6 | 3.1 | 5.4 | 8.5 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.3 | 4.6 | 2.6 |
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 9.8/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 25.1 °C and 8 mm of rain.
In July that is 0.3 points above the median of the 925 beaches in Italy covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 0.6 °C warmer than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.5 °C, warmer than 60% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (101 mm) and July the driest (8 mm); the yearly total is about 740 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:57 and sets at 20:32 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west (280°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 20:33 local time on a bearing of 301°.
Straight out to the west about 800 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 25,129 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 38 m deep and 92 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 112 m above sea level 500 m inland and 484 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 73% grassland, 15% tree cover and 6% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 31% of that circle.
- Grass 73%
- Tree 15%
- Built 6%
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 “Villaggio Turistico-Zona Isolotto-Makari”, 430 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
- 4Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 32Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 3 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 32 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
Viewpoints
- Belvedere Macari 900 m N
Nature
- Pizzo Castelluzzo peak 580 m S
- Grotta Perciata cave entrance 720 m SW
- Monte Sauci peak 1.5 km E
Islands in view
- Isolidda 1.4 km N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcone–Borsellino Airport Palermo | PMO | 31.1 km | east |
| Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi Trapani (TP) | TPS | 33.6 km | south-west |
| Pantelleria Airport Pantelleria (TP) | PNL | 162 km | south-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 7.7K residents); within 30 km there are 20 (about 196.7K).
Map and nearby beaches
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- San Vito Lo Capo4.3 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 10.0 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w369371142; 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_33SUC_20230706_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT019081020004).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.