Italy / Liguria
Rapallo
Rapallo is a coastal resort area in Liguria, Italy. Its longest mapped beach (Spiaggia pubblica Rapallo) stretches about 34 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
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
- 190Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 6Public toilets
- –Showers
- 6Drinking water
- 38Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 58Hotels & guesthouses
- 38Grocery shops
- 6Water-sports spots
- 4Marinas & slipways
- 96Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 12Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 2Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 121 restaurants, 22 cafés, 43 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 58 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 “Castello Rapallo”, 590 m from the beach centre, was rated Good for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 3 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Sufficient
- 2016Sufficient
- 2017Sufficient
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Good
- 2021Sufficient
- 2022Sufficient
- 2023Sufficient
- 2024Excellent
- 2025Good
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 Rapallo
Beach-day index 4.5/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.0 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.7 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.1 °C | 22.9 °C | 20.4 °C | 17.8 °C | 15.5 °C |
| High °C | 7° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 19° | 24° | 28° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 12° | 8° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 4° | 7° | 11° | 15° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 58 | 62 | 71 | 69 | 67 | 47 | 36 | 47 | 61 | 97 | 131 | 75 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 63 | 52 | 38 | 41 | 50 | 63 | 69 | 66 |
| Wind m/s | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.2 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.4 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.4 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 3.0 |
| Daylight h | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| Record high/low | 18°/-7° | 18°/-10° | 21°/-9° | 25°/-1° | 29°/2° | 36°/6° | 34°/12° | 37°/10° | 32°/6° | 27°/1° | 21°/-2° | 15°/-9° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 4.7 | 8.3 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.0 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 2.9 |
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 9.3/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 24.3 °C and 36 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.7 °C cooler than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.5 °C, cooler than 54% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (131 mm) and July the driest (36 mm); the yearly total is about 820 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.9 hours in December to 15.5 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:52 and sets at 21:05 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (160°). 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 238° to 305°, behind the land.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south-south-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 14 m deep and 41 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 14 m above sea level 500 m inland and 84 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 54% built-up land and 45% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 23% of that circle.
- Built 54%
- Tree 45%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport Genova (GE) | GOA | 31.7 km | west |
| Parma Airport Parma (PR) | PMF | 99.9 km | north-east |
| Pisa International Airport Pisa (PI) | PSA | 119 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 96 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Rapallo (230 m), rail station Santa Margherita Ligure - Portofino (1.8 km) and 38 mapped car parks within 1 km.
19 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 93.6K residents); within 30 km there are 61 (about 764.8K).
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Rotonda Gianfranco Gazzana Priaroggia 650 m SE
Attractions & museums
- Shark-Land Gonfiabili e sala Giochi attraction 320 m SW
- Museum of merletto museum 670 m SE
Historic sites
- Pieve di Santo Stefano monument 60 m N
Nature
- Cinque Terre nature reserve 730 m S
- Grotta Valdettaro cave entrance 770 m W
Lighthouses & piers
- Molo Bruno di Lorenzi pier 110 m S
Marinas
- Cinque Terre - Genova, Italy 70 m SW
- Porto di Rapallo 170 m W
- Porto Carlo Riva 600 m S
Diving & boat hire
- Tricoli Charter 350 m S
- Agenzia Motonautica Ligure 390 m SW
- Stella di Mare Vela 580 m S
- Giorgio Gnecco Nautica 590 m S
- The Green Boat 720 m S
- My Rapallo 770 m S
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 8.9 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w772016295; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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_32TNQ_20230824_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT007010046003).
- 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.