Italy / Sicily
Spiaggia Gallina
Spiaggia Gallina is a 516 m-long beach facing east-south-east, 4.5 km north-east of Avola (Sicily, Italy). The sea averages 26.3 °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 Gallina
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 | 15.0 °C | 16.0 °C | 18.3 °C | 21.8 °C | 24.8 °C | 26.3 °C | 24.9 °C | 22.6 °C | 19.8 °C | 17.0 °C |
| High °C | 15° | 15° | 16° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 26° | 23° | 20° | 17° |
| Low °C | 13° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 26° | 24° | 22° | 18° | 15° |
| Rain mm | 70 | 60 | 49 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 11 | 58 | 75 | 90 | 88 |
| Cloud % | 51 | 51 | 48 | 43 | 34 | 23 | 13 | 15 | 33 | 43 | 49 | 52 |
| Wind m/s | 6.2 | 6.2 | 5.5 | 4.8 | 4.0 | 3.3 | 3.2 | 3.3 | 4.1 | 4.5 | 5.6 | 6.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.9 | 10.8 | 11.9 | 13.1 | 14.1 | 14.7 | 14.5 | 13.6 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.2 | 9.7 |
| Record high/low | 19°/8° | 19°/8° | 21°/9° | 22°/11° | 25°/14° | 32°/17° | 32°/22° | 32°/23° | 30°/20° | 28°/16° | 24°/13° | 22°/8° |
| Beach index | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 5.8 | 8.8 | 9.8 | 9.8 | 9.2 | 7.9 | 5.2 | 3.0 |
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 24.8 °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 0.5 °C warmer than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 19.7 °C, warmer than 61% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (90 mm) and July the driest (6 mm); the yearly total is about 560 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.7 hours in December to 14.7 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:50 and sets at 20:19 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-south-east (115°). 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 241° to 300°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-south-east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 25,954 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 21 m deep and 80 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 18 m above sea level 500 m inland and 52 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 31% tree cover, 31% grassland and 22% cropland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 44% of that circle.
- Tree 31%
- Grass 31%
- Crop 22%
- Built 15%
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 “Chiuse Di Carlo -Camping Sabbiadoro”, 370 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.
Facilities within 1 km
- 2Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 10Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 2 restaurants. Accommodation: 10 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
- Saline Di Siracusa nature reserve 20 m NW
- Grotte degli scogli del Gelsomineto cave entrance 1.1 km NE
- Grotta del Gelsomineto cave entrance 1.4 km NE
Campsites
- Camping Paradiso del Mare 360 m N
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comiso Airport Comiso | CIY | 50.9 km | west |
| Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Catania | CTA | 59.9 km | north |
| Reggio Calabria Airport Reggio Calabria | REG | 133 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 33.2K residents); within 30 km there are 20 (about 315K).
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 8.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w517895151; 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 S2B_33SWA_20260801_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT019089002006).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 720 Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.