Italy / Liguria
Varazze
Varazze is a coastal resort area in Liguria, Italy. Its longest mapped beach stretches about 609 m and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.0 °C in August, its warmest month, and 13.4 °C in February; it is 21 °C or warmer in June–September.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 140Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 5Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Drinking water
- 44Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 54Hotels & guesthouses
- 18Grocery shops
- 5Water-sports spots
- 28Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 6Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
- 1Viewpoints
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 100 restaurants, 10 cafés, 28 bars and 2 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 54 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.
Bathing water quality
The official EU bathing-water site “Ponente Teiro”, 120 m from the beach centre, was rated Excellent for the 2025 season. It was Excellent in 9 of its 11 classified seasons since 2015.
- 2015Excellent
- 2016Excellent
- 2017Excellent
- 2018Excellent
- 2019Excellent
- 2020Excellent
- 2021Excellent
- 2022Excellent
- 2023Good
- 2024Good
- 2025Excellent
Source: European Environment Agency, EU Bathing Water Directive assessments · national site profile. Classes are based on four seasons of bacteriological sampling.
Month by month
October at Varazze
Beach-day index 4.8/10 · Italy median 6.5
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 14.0 °C | 13.4 °C | 13.6 °C | 14.9 °C | 18.0 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.3 °C | 25.0 °C | 22.8 °C | 20.3 °C | 17.8 °C | 15.6 °C |
| High °C | 7° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 20° | 25° | 28° | 28° | 24° | 18° | 12° | 8° |
| Low °C | 1° | 1° | 4° | 8° | 12° | 16° | 18° | 18° | 14° | 10° | 6° | 2° |
| Rain mm | 56 | 60 | 71 | 70 | 67 | 47 | 34 | 49 | 61 | 97 | 145 | 79 |
| Cloud % | 66 | 64 | 59 | 61 | 61 | 51 | 39 | 42 | 51 | 65 | 69 | 65 |
| Wind m/s | 2.9 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 2.8 |
| Daylight h | 9.2 | 10.4 | 11.8 | 13.4 | 14.8 | 15.5 | 15.2 | 14.1 | 12.6 | 11.1 | 9.7 | 8.9 |
| Record high/low | 20°/-5° | 18°/-10° | 22°/-6° | 27°/0° | 30°/3° | 37°/7° | 34°/12° | 37°/12° | 33°/6° | 28°/2° | 22°/-2° | 15°/-7° |
| Beach index | 2.9 | 2.9 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 5.1 | 8.6 | 9.3 | 9.2 | 8.3 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 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–August; July scores 9.3/10 with highs of 28 °C, sea at 24.3 °C and 34 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Italy in the same month.
At its warmest the water here is 0.8 °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 (145 mm) and July the driest (34 mm); the yearly total is about 840 mm.
Daylight runs from 8.9 hours in December to 15.5 hours in June; in mid-July the sun rises at 05:54 and sets at 21:08 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-east (150°). Open water fills about 31% 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 238° to 305°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in October–February.
Straight out to the south-south-east about 500 km of open sea lies before the next coast, enough for large swells to build.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 28 m deep and 71 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 46 m above sea level 500 m inland and 182 m at 1.5 km, with hills rising behind it.
Within 1 km, the land is 55% built-up land, 41% tree cover and 3% shrubland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 37% of that circle.
- Built 55%
- Tree 41%
- Shrub 3%
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.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Genoa Cristoforo Colombo Airport Genova (GE) | GOA | 21.9 km | east |
| Cuneo International Airport Levaldigi (CN) | CUF | 78.4 km | west |
| Turin Airport Caselle Torinese (TO) | TRN | 119 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 28 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Varazze (750 m) and 44 mapped car parks within 1 km.
9 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 111.6K residents); within 30 km there are 61 (about 779.6K).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Palazzo Jacopo da Varagine museum 70 m E
- Museo del Mare museum 840 m SW
Nature
- Bric Colla peak 1.1 km NW
- Bric della Crocetta peak 1.3 km NW
- Bric di Pelegia peak 1.5 km W
Diving & boat hire
- Havana Vela 280 m E
- Doria Ponteggi S.r.l 470 m N
- Le Vele Matte 840 m SW
- Noleggio Gommoni Marina di Varazze 850 m SW
- BAM Cicli 900 m SW
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 4.3 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w70602339; 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 S2A_32TMQ_20251024_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Bathing-water quality: European Environment Agency (site IT007009065001).
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 4.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.