Italy / Sicily
Mondello
Mondello is a 1.5 km-long sandy beach facing east-north-east, 4.1 km east of Sferracavallo (Sicily, Italy). The sea averages 27.0 °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 Mondello
Beach-day index 7.5/10 · 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 | 14.6 °C | 15.8 °C | 18.6 °C | 22.4 °C | 25.8 °C | 27.0 °C | 25.3 °C | 22.6 °C | 19.6 °C | 16.7 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 23° | 26° | 27° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 13° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Rain mm | 110 | 94 | 78 | 61 | 25 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 70 | 97 | 91 | 105 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 67 | 59 | 53 | 44 | 29 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 51 | 62 | 69 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 3.5 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 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 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 18°/7° | 19°/7° | 23°/8° | 25°/11° | 28°/14° | 31°/17° | 31°/22° | 33°/23° | 30°/20° | 28°/15° | 25°/13° | 21°/7° |
| Beach index | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 8.6 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 4.9 | 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 25.8 °C and 9 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 1.2 °C warmer than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.8 °C, warmer than 62% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (110 mm) and July the driest (9 mm); the yearly total is about 780 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:54 and sets at 20:30 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (60°). Open water fills about 42% 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 241° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-north-east the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 25,087 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 20 m deep and 47 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 8 m above sea level 500 m inland and 17 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% built-up land, 35% tree cover and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Built 58%
- Tree 35%
- Grass 4%
- Bare 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 “Mondello - Spiaggia Libera”, 650 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 3 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Good
- 2018Good
- 2019Good
- 2020Good
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Good
- 2023Good
- 2024Sufficient
- 2025Good
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
- 88Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Drinking water
- 10Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 67Hotels & guesthouses
- 6Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 2Marinas & slipways
- 46Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 68 restaurants, 7 cafés, 9 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 67 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
Attractions & museums
- Toy Park Beach attraction 300 m NW
Marinas
- Euroyachting Sports 70 m N
- Porticciolo di Mondello 620 m N
Diving & boat hire
- Sicilia Gommoni 600 m N
- Il Clubino Del Mare 830 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falcone–Borsellino Airport Palermo | PMO | 21.1 km | west |
| Vincenzo Florio Airport Trapani-Birgi Trapani (TP) | TPS | 80.5 km | south-west |
| Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Catania | CTA | 173 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 46 bus stops within 1.5 km and 10 mapped car parks within 1 km.
4 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 672.9K residents); within 30 km there are 39 (about 997.3K).
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 9.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w73432596; 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 IT019082053006).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 40.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.