Italy / Apulia
Otranto
Otranto is a coastal resort area in Apulia, Italy. Its longest mapped beach (Spiaggia dei Gradoni) stretches about 279 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–October.
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
- 140Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 7Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Drinking water
- 30Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 107Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Campsites
- 12Grocery shops
- 2Water-sports spots
- 3Marinas & slipways
- 8Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 5Pharmacies & clinics
- 3Cash machines
- 4Viewpoints
- 3Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 106 restaurants, 9 cafés, 22 bars and 3 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 107 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 “Baia-Vicino Canale Idro”, 310 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 10 of its 10 classified seasons since 2016.
- 2015Not classified
- 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 Otranto
Beach-day index 5.9/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.1 °C | 13.9 °C | 14.1 °C | 15.2 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.9 °C | 24.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 24.0 °C | 21.0 °C | 18.0 °C | 15.5 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 21° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 11° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 99 | 90 | 82 | 56 | 48 | 31 | 21 | 24 | 85 | 106 | 125 | 119 |
| Cloud % | 71 | 69 | 65 | 61 | 53 | 38 | 24 | 26 | 48 | 58 | 70 | 70 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.6 | 6.1 | 5.1 | 4.5 | 4.4 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.4 | 15.0 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 17°/2° | 18°/1° | 17°/6° | 22°/7° | 24°/13° | 30°/16° | 33°/21° | 30°/22° | 29°/17° | 26°/13° | 22°/9° | 19°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.1 | 2.2 | 2.3 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 8.0 | 9.5 | 9.5 | 8.2 | 5.9 | 3.2 | 2.1 |
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 July–August; July scores 9.5/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 24.6 °C and 21 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 18.8 °C, warmer than 51% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (125 mm) and July the driest (21 mm); the yearly total is about 890 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:28 and sets at 20:15 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (30°). Open water fills about 19% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 240° to 302°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in May–July.
Straight out to the north-north-east the next coast is roughly 120 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 14 m deep and 59 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 24 m above sea level 500 m inland and 33 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 44% built-up land, 29% grassland and 21% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 25% of that circle.
- Built 44%
- Grass 29%
- Tree 21%
- 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brindisi Airport Brindisi | BDS | 73.2 km | north-west |
| Corfu Ioannis Kapodistrias International Airport Kerkyra (Corfu) | CFU | 136 km | south-east |
| Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Rinas | TIA | 175 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 8 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Otranto (930 m) and 30 mapped car parks within 1 km.
6 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 14.9K residents); within 30 km there are 65 (about 241.6K).
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Lungomare degli eroi 130 m NE
- Torre Matta 220 m E
Attractions & museums
- Lega Navale Italiana Sezione di Otranto attraction 460 m E
- L'Isola che non c'è - Il tuo parco divertimenti a Otranto attraction 970 m N
Historic sites
- Monumento agli Eroi e Martiri del 14 Agosto 1480 monument 120 m N
- Torre S.Emiliano monument 410 m NW
- Masseria Cippano, Otranto monument 410 m NW
Nature
- Deposito ipogeo 2 ingressi cave entrance 320 m W
- Grotta del Padre Eterno (PU CA 973) cave entrance 330 m S
- Ipogeo Park Catona cave entrance 390 m SW
- Ipogeo del Parcheggio cave entrance 410 m W
- Ipogeo Zaccaro Tarantino cave entrance 460 m SW
- Ipogeo Zia Pippi cave entrance 480 m W
Lighthouses & piers
- Faro Di Punta Cràulo lighthouse 850 m N
Marinas
- Molo 120 m NE
- Baie del Salento - Otranto 230 m NW
- Faro Della Palacia 390 m SW
Diving & boat hire
- BB's Bike 440 m NW
- Asd Salento Vela Maestra 440 m E
Campsites
- Baia dei Micenei Camping Resort 480 m SE
- Área Sosta Oasy Park 800 m S
- Oasy Park Oasi Camper Campeggio 840 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 11.6 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w148894770; 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_33TYE_20230827_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT016075057025).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 4.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.