Italy / Sicily
Spiaggia La Cinta
Spiaggia La Cinta is a 71 m-long pebble beach facing east, 1.9 km south of Lipari (Sicily, Italy). The sea averages 27.1 °C in August, its warmest month, and 14.4 °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 La Cinta
Beach-day index 7.5/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 15.2 °C | 14.4 °C | 14.7 °C | 15.9 °C | 18.8 °C | 22.8 °C | 25.9 °C | 27.1 °C | 25.3 °C | 22.7 °C | 19.8 °C | 17.0 °C |
| High °C | 14° | 14° | 15° | 17° | 20° | 24° | 27° | 28° | 25° | 22° | 19° | 16° |
| Low °C | 12° | 11° | 13° | 15° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 20° | 17° | 14° |
| Rain mm | 99 | 85 | 75 | 58 | 28 | 24 | 14 | 21 | 74 | 87 | 104 | 106 |
| Cloud % | 68 | 67 | 59 | 53 | 45 | 30 | 16 | 20 | 45 | 51 | 62 | 68 |
| Wind m/s | 6.0 | 6.0 | 5.6 | 4.8 | 4.5 | 3.8 | 3.8 | 3.5 | 4.0 | 4.3 | 5.4 | 6.2 |
| Daylight h | 9.8 | 10.7 | 11.9 | 13.2 | 14.2 | 14.8 | 14.6 | 13.7 | 12.5 | 11.3 | 10.1 | 9.5 |
| Record high/low | 19°/6° | 21°/6° | 26°/7° | 24°/9° | 29°/14° | 36°/16° | 33°/21° | 35°/22° | 31°/19° | 30°/14° | 25°/11° | 21°/6° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 3.2 | 5.8 | 9.1 | 9.7 | 9.6 | 9.0 | 7.5 | 4.7 | 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 June–August; July scores 9.7/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 25.9 °C and 14 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 1.3 °C warmer than the Italy median for August (25.8 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 20.0 °C, warmer than 62% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (106 mm) and July the driest (14 mm); the yearly total is about 780 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.5 hours in December to 14.8 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:47 and sets at 20:24 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (90°). Open water fills about 58% 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 241° to 301°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east the next coast is roughly 80 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell. The beach is on an island of about 38 km².
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 376 m deep and 722 m at 3 km, so deep water starts close to shore. Behind the beach the ground is about 122 m above sea level 500 m inland and 186 m at 1.5 km, so the beach is backed by steep slopes or cliffs.
Within 1 km, the land is 60% tree cover, 16% shrubland and 12% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a largely natural setting. Water makes up 57% of that circle.
- Tree 60%
- Shrub 16%
- Grass 12%
- Built 11%
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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Facilities within 1 km
- 1Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Campsites
- 1Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 1 restaurant. 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
Nature
- Monte Guardia peak 1.4 km W
Islands in view
- Scoglio della Secca 450 m S
- Scoglio Quadrato di San Giuseppe 1.2 km S
- Pietra Lunga 2.0 km SW
- Le Formiche 2.0 km SW
- Faraglioni di Lipari 2.1 km SW
- Pietra Menalda 2.1 km SW
Campsites
- Eden Park 660 m W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reggio Calabria Airport Reggio Calabria | REG | 73.6 km | south-east |
| Catania-Fontanarossa Airport Catania | CTA | 110 km | south |
| Lamezia Terme Sant'Eufemia International Airport Lamezia Terme (CZ) | SUF | 123 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 1 bus stop within 1.5 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 7.4K residents); within 30 km there are 6 (about 9.3K).
Map and nearby beaches
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- Spiaggia Bianca5.3 km NCompare
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 11.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w239195655; 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_33SVC_20230621_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 49.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.