Italy / Sardinia
Spiaggia del Poetto
Spiaggia del Poetto is a 4.6 km-long beach facing south-east, 4.9 km south of Quartucciu (Sardinia, Italy). The sea averages 25.6 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.9 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Poetto is the main beach of Cagliari in Sardinia, Italy. It stretches for about 8 km, from Sella del Diavolo ('Devil's Saddle') up to the coastline of Quartu Sant'Elena.
Wikidata item Q3393181 · classified as recreation area and quarter of Cagliari.
Month by month
October at Spiaggia del Poetto
Beach-day index 7.6/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.5 °C | 13.9 °C | 14.0 °C | 15.1 °C | 17.5 °C | 20.9 °C | 24.0 °C | 25.6 °C | 24.3 °C | 21.7 °C | 18.7 °C | 16.0 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 15° | 18° | 23° | 29° | 32° | 32° | 27° | 22° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 5° | 4° | 6° | 9° | 12° | 17° | 20° | 20° | 17° | 14° | 10° | 6° |
| Rain mm | 45 | 43 | 40 | 42 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 47 | 79 | 57 |
| Cloud % | 63 | 61 | 60 | 57 | 49 | 32 | 21 | 24 | 43 | 50 | 61 | 60 |
| Wind m/s | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.9 | 4.4 | 4.2 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
| Daylight h | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.1 | 9.4 |
| Record high/low | 19°/-1° | 22°/-2° | 27°/-2° | 27°/3° | 33°/5° | 38°/9° | 40°/13° | 41°/14° | 36°/10° | 32°/4° | 25°/1° | 20°/-2° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 3.7 | 6.5 | 8.9 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 9.3 | 7.6 | 3.8 | 3.1 |
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 June–September; July scores 9.3/10 with highs of 32 °C, sea at 24.0 °C and 3 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 (79 mm) and July the driest (3 mm); the yearly total is about 440 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.4 hours in December to 14.9 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:08 and sets at 20:49 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (135°). Open water fills about 56% of the horizon close by, which makes it an exposed spot with water on most sides.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 240° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the south-east about 1,200 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 24,502 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 15 m deep and 13 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 36% grassland, 29% built-up land and 29% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 81% of that circle.
- Grass 36%
- Built 29%
- Bare 29%
- Wetland 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Poetto Ospedale Marino”, 450 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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 22Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Drinking water
- 4Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 9Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 2Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 12 restaurants, 2 cafés, 7 bars and 1 fast-food outlet. Accommodation: 7 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
- Brucomela Poetto Cagliari attraction 1.0 km SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cagliari Elmas Airport Cagliari | CAG | 11.7 km | north-west |
| Alghero-Fertilia Airport Alghero | AHO | 176 km | north-west |
| Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia (SS) | OLB | 190 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 9 bus stops within 1.5 km and 4 mapped car parks within 1 km.
8 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 287.9K residents); within 30 km there are 33 (about 449.7K).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 7,117 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in September (1,029 views), 5.3× the quietest month.
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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 10.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r14404160; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_32SNJ_20250626_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT020092009003).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 70 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.