Italy / Apulia
Punta Prosciutto
Punta Prosciutto is a 702 m-long sandy beach facing south, 6.4 km south of Avetrana (Apulia, Italy). The sea averages 26.3 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °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 Punta Prosciutto
Beach-day index 6.9/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.9 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.8 °C | 15.0 °C | 18.2 °C | 22.3 °C | 25.1 °C | 26.3 °C | 24.7 °C | 21.6 °C | 18.2 °C | 15.5 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 30° | 26° | 22° | 18° | 14° |
| Low °C | 9° | 9° | 10° | 13° | 16° | 21° | 24° | 24° | 21° | 17° | 14° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 68 | 62 | 66 | 50 | 40 | 29 | 25 | 23 | 68 | 84 | 93 | 83 |
| Cloud % | 60 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 56 |
| Wind m/s | 6.0 | 6.2 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 4.6 | 4.4 | 4.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.7 | 6.0 |
| 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 | 18°/1° | 19°/0° | 23°/4° | 26°/5° | 30°/12° | 37°/15° | 40°/20° | 38°/20° | 35°/14° | 29°/11° | 24°/7° | 19°/2° |
| Beach index | 2.5 | 2.5 | 2.6 | 3.3 | 6.4 | 9.2 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 6.9 | 3.7 | 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 June–September; August scores 9.6/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 26.3 °C and 23 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 warmer than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.0 °C, warmer than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (93 mm) and August the driest (23 mm); the yearly total is about 690 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.0 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:59 and sets at 19:48 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (185°). Open water fills about 39% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in November–February; in mid-December it goes down at 16:23 local time on a bearing of 240°.
Sunrise is over the sea in December–January.
Straight out to the south 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 14 m deep and 29 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 6 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 30% grassland, 21% wetland and 19% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 42% of that circle.
- Grass 30%
- Wetland 21%
- Tree 19%
- Shrub 13%
- Crop 11%
- Built 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 3Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 5 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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brindisi Airport Brindisi | BDS | 43.1 km | north |
| Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport Bari | BRI | 126 km | north-west |
| Crotone Sant'Anna Pythagoras Airport Isola di Capo Rizzuto (KR) | CRV | 156 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 6.8K residents); within 30 km there are 34 (about 402.3K).
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 21.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w472093450; 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_33TYE_20230827_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 14.8K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.