Italy / Sicily
Spiaggia della Giannella
Spiaggia della Giannella is a 1.5 km-long beach facing south, 3.3 km east of Licata (Sicily, Italy). The sea averages 25.5 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.9 °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 Spiaggia della Giannella
Beach-day index 7.9/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.4 °C | 14.9 °C | 14.9 °C | 15.7 °C | 17.9 °C | 21.2 °C | 23.9 °C | 25.5 °C | 24.4 °C | 22.4 °C | 19.7 °C | 16.9 °C |
| High °C | 12° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 25° | 31° | 36° | 35° | 28° | 23° | 17° | 13° |
| Low °C | 3° | 3° | 5° | 7° | 11° | 16° | 19° | 20° | 16° | 12° | 8° | 4° |
| Rain mm | 79 | 66 | 63 | 43 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 53 | 76 | 85 | 83 |
| Cloud % | 65 | 66 | 63 | 59 | 50 | 35 | 23 | 26 | 46 | 53 | 58 | 62 |
| Wind m/s | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.0 | 3.8 | 3.6 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 3.1 | 3.1 | 3.6 | 3.9 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.6 |
| Record high/low | 21°/-4° | 21°/-4° | 26°/-3° | 31°/1° | 37°/5° | 43°/7° | 44°/12° | 45°/15° | 40°/10° | 35°/5° | 26°/0° | 21°/-3° |
| Beach index | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.9 | 4.1 | 7.5 | 8.8 | 7.7 | 7.9 | 9.1 | 7.9 | 4.3 | 3.3 |
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 and September; September scores 9.1/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 24.4 °C and 53 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 19.4 °C, warmer than 59% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (85 mm) and July the driest (7 mm); the yearly total is about 600 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.6 hours in December to 14.7 hours in June; in mid-September the sun rises at 06:45 and sets at 19:13 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (175°). Open water fills about 44% 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 16:48 local time on a bearing of 241°.
Sunrise is over the sea in October–February.
Straight out to the south about 500 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build. The beach is on an island of about 25,837 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 8 m deep and 12 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 15 m above sea level 500 m inland and 38 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 48% grassland, 27% built-up land and 16% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 51% of that circle.
- Grass 48%
- Built 27%
- Crop 16%
- Bare 5%
- Tree 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 “Lido Ex E.c.a.”, 270 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.
Average daytime highs reach 36 °C in July.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 4Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 3Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 4Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 3 restaurants and 1 bar. Accommodation: 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comiso Airport Comiso | CIY | 57.5 km | east |
| Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Catania | CTA | 104 km | north-east |
| Falcone–Borsellino Airport Palermo | PMO | 142 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 3 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 36.5K residents); within 30 km there are 12 (about 205.4K).
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 9.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w478968140; 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_33SUB_20230621_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT019084021003).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 2.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.