Italy / Apulia
Torre Guaceto
Torre Guaceto is a 414 m-long beach facing north-north-east, 9.1 km north-east of San Vito dei Normanni (Apulia, Italy). The sea averages 25.8 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.5 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Torre Guaceto
Beach-day index 5.8/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 13.7 °C | 13.5 °C | 13.8 °C | 14.9 °C | 17.9 °C | 22.0 °C | 24.7 °C | 25.8 °C | 23.7 °C | 20.3 °C | 17.2 °C | 14.8 °C |
| High °C | 13° | 13° | 14° | 16° | 19° | 23° | 26° | 26° | 24° | 20° | 17° | 14° |
| Low °C | 11° | 11° | 13° | 14° | 18° | 22° | 25° | 25° | 23° | 19° | 16° | 13° |
| Rain mm | 87 | 78 | 78 | 57 | 46 | 34 | 25 | 27 | 80 | 92 | 112 | 100 |
| Cloud % | 60 | 60 | 55 | 50 | 43 | 30 | 17 | 18 | 37 | 44 | 54 | 56 |
| Wind m/s | 6.4 | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.2 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 5.1 | 6.0 | 6.5 |
| Daylight h | 9.6 | 10.6 | 11.9 | 13.3 | 14.4 | 15.1 | 14.8 | 13.9 | 12.5 | 11.2 | 10.0 | 9.3 |
| Record high/low | 17°/3° | 17°/2° | 18°/6° | 21°/7° | 25°/13° | 32°/16° | 33°/21° | 30°/21° | 30°/17° | 26°/13° | 22°/9° | 18°/4° |
| Beach index | 2.3 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 4.9 | 8.2 | 9.5 | 9.6 | 8.4 | 5.8 | 3.0 | 2.2 |
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; August scores 9.6/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 25.8 °C and 27 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 18.5 °C, cooler than 53% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
November is the wettest month (112 mm) and July the driest (25 mm); the yearly total is about 820 mm.
Daylight runs from 9.3 hours in December to 15.1 hours in June; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:58 and sets at 19:49 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (15°). 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 May–July; in mid-June it goes down at 20:21 local time on a bearing of 302°.
Sunrise is over the sea in March–September.
Straight out to the north-north-east the next coast is roughly 200 km away, so waves are mostly wind-driven sea rather than ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 9 m deep and 39 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 5 m above sea level 500 m inland and 15 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 40% cropland, 31% tree cover and 20% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a rural setting among farmland. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Crop 40%
- Tree 31%
- Grass 20%
- Built 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 “Punta Penna Grossa (Ospedale Di Summa)”, 80 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.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- –Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Drinking water
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 2Bus stops (1.5 km)
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.
Nearest services
The nearest place to eat or drink is 1.0 km north-west (PortoGuaceto), the nearest grocery shop is 3.5 km north-west (Supermercato Massaro), the nearest fuel station is 4.5 km west (Tamoil) and the nearest pharmacy or clinic is 9.0 km south-west (Farmacia Laboratorio De Vito).
| Service | Nearest mapped | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Food and drink | PortoGuaceto | 1.0 km | north-west |
| Groceries | Supermercato Massaro | 3.5 km | north-west |
| Accommodation | Masseria Scianolecchia | 1.2 km | south |
| Pharmacy or clinic | Farmacia Laboratorio De Vito | 9.0 km | south-west |
| Fuel station | Tamoil | 4.5 km | west |
| Car park | Parcheggio Porta della Riserva di Torre Guaceto | 1.2 km | west |
| Public toilets | — | 0 m | south-west |
| Bus stop | Servizio Navetta Parcheggio | 100 m | west |
Straight-line distance to the nearest feature within 20 km, from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places. A category is missing when nothing is mapped within 20 km.
Around the beach
Nature
- Riserva Naturale Torre Guaceto Oasi WWF nature reserve 10 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brindisi Airport Brindisi | BDS | 16.1 km | south-east |
| Bari Karol Wojtyła International Airport Bari | BRI | 97.1 km | north-west |
| Tirana International Airport Mother Teresa Rinas | TIA | 180 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 bus stops within 1.5 km.
2 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 31.7K residents); within 30 km there are 18 (about 287.3K).
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 19.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w371484129; 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.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2C_33TYF_20260806_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT016074002009).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Nearest services: OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps places within 20 km.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 9.9K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.