Italy / Sardinia
Spiaggia di Maria Pia
Spiaggia di Maria Pia is a 2.6 km-long sandy beach facing south-west, 3.5 km north-west of Alghero (Sardinia, Italy). The sea averages 24.7 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.6 °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 Maria Pia
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 | 14.1 °C | 13.6 °C | 13.9 °C | 15.1 °C | 17.5 °C | 20.9 °C | 23.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 23.2 °C | 21.0 °C | 18.2 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 12° | 15° | 17° | 21° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 24° | 22° | 17° | 14° |
| Low °C | 9° | 8° | 10° | 12° | 15° | 19° | 22° | 22° | 20° | 17° | 13° | 10° |
| Rain mm | 64 | 54 | 48 | 47 | 42 | 18 | 6 | 12 | 48 | 63 | 96 | 73 |
| Cloud % | 62 | 59 | 54 | 51 | 45 | 28 | 17 | 20 | 37 | 44 | 56 | 58 |
| Wind m/s | 5.6 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 3.9 | 3.9 | 3.8 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.4 | 5.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.8 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 19°/4° | 20°/2° | 24°/4° | 28°/7° | 33°/10° | 35°/13° | 36°/17° | 37°/18° | 33°/15° | 30°/10° | 24°/7° | 19°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.6 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.1 | 5.5 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 9.7 | 8.9 | 6.9 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
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 9.8/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 23.6 °C and 6 mm of rain.
In July that is 0.3 points above the median of the 925 beaches in Italy covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.1 °C cooler than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 18.4 °C, cooler than 54% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (96 mm) and July the driest (6 mm); the yearly total is about 570 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 06:07 and sets at 20:57 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-west (215°). 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 August–April; in mid-December it goes down at 17:00 local time on a bearing of 240°.
Straight out to the south-west 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 23,536 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 10 m deep and 31 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 2 m above sea level 500 m inland and 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 50% grassland, 19% tree cover and 14% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a mixed, lightly developed setting. Water makes up 75% of that circle.
- Grass 50%
- Tree 19%
- Crop 14%
- Built 12%
- Bare 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 “Discesa A Mare Hotel Catalogna”, 350 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
- 8Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 3Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Drinking water
- 13Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 8Hotels & guesthouses
- 2Campsites
- 31Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 6 restaurants and 2 bars. Accommodation: 8 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
Islands in view
- La Maddalenetta 1.7 km S
Campsites
- La Mariposa 980 m SE
- Camping La Mariposa 980 m SE
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alghero-Fertilia Airport Alghero | AHO | 5.1 km | north |
| Olbia Costa Smeralda Airport Olbia (SS) | OLB | 108 km | east |
| Figari Sud-Corse Airport Figari | FSC | 122 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 31 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Alghero (1.9 km) and 13 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 37.9K residents); within 30 km there are 20 (about 239K).
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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 15.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w79193647; 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_32TMK_20250808_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT020090003012).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 3.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.