Italy / Sardinia
Spiaggia di Maladroxia
Spiaggia di Maladroxia is a 359 m-long sandy beach facing east, 7.9 km south of Sant'Antioco (Sardinia, Italy). The sea averages 25.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.1 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in July–October.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Spiaggia di Maladroxia
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 | 14.6 °C | 14.1 °C | 14.3 °C | 15.3 °C | 17.5 °C | 20.8 °C | 23.6 °C | 25.1 °C | 23.9 °C | 21.5 °C | 18.6 °C | 15.9 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 16° | 18° | 22° | 27° | 30° | 31° | 27° | 23° | 18° | 15° |
| Low °C | 8° | 8° | 9° | 11° | 14° | 18° | 21° | 22° | 19° | 17° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 42 | 40 | 44 | 39 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 11 | 34 | 46 | 79 | 56 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 64 | 62 | 58 | 51 | 35 | 25 | 28 | 47 | 56 | 68 | 67 |
| Wind m/s | 5.4 | 5.5 | 5.4 | 5.0 | 4.8 | 4.3 | 4.4 | 4.1 | 4.4 | 4.7 | 5.3 | 5.4 |
| Daylight h | 9.7 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.3 | 14.9 | 14.7 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 19°/2° | 23°/3° | 24°/2° | 25°/5° | 31°/9° | 36°/12° | 37°/16° | 38°/17° | 35°/13° | 29°/10° | 25°/5° | 20°/3° |
| Beach index | 2.8 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 6.1 | 8.8 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.2 | 7.6 | 4.1 | 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–September; July scores 9.7/10 with highs of 30 °C, sea at 23.6 °C and 3 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 18.8 °C, warmer than 50% 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 430 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.9 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:12 and sets at 20:51 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (85°). Open water fills about 44% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
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.
The opposite shore is only about 8.0 km away to the east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves. The beach is on an island of about 111 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 14 m deep and 18 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 31 m above sea level 500 m inland and 45 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 58% shrubland, 20% tree cover and 15% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 43% of that circle.
- Shrub 58%
- Tree 20%
- Grass 15%
- 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Maladroxia I”, 190 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.
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 2Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 4Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 3Hotels & guesthouses
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants. Accommodation: 3 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
Nature
- Monte S'Arraigraxiu peak 1.1 km NW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cagliari Elmas Airport Cagliari | CAG | 59.3 km | north-east |
| Alghero-Fertilia Airport Alghero | AHO | 182 km | north |
| Tabarka-Aïn Draham International Airport Tabarka | TBJ | 228 km | south |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 4 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 11K residents); within 30 km there are 19 (about 71K).
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 15.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w135734631; 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 S2C_32SMJ_20260410_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT020107020002).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.