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Satellite view of Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse

ItalySardinia · Italy · Mediterranean Sea

39.9389, 9.7097 · Arbatax, 1 km

  • 26°Sea · August
  • 28°High · August
  • 12.4 hSunshine · July
The dot marks Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse in October

  • 22°CAir, daytime high20°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 6.7 hSunshine a day
  • 8 daysRainy days in the month56 mm in total
  • 17 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • ExcellentBathing water qualityOfficial EU classification, 2025 season
  • 35Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 95 kmAirport: Cagliari Elmas Airport (CAG)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: wheelchair access, lifeguards.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 23.0 °C — 1.2 °C above the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: +1.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 22.0 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaJuly and August26 °C
Most sunshineJune and July12 h of sun a day
Least rainJune and July6 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan14°4 h46 mm
  2. Feb14°6 h38 mm
  3. Mar14°7 h47 mm
  4. Apr15°9 h45 mm
  5. May18°10 h31 mm
  6. Jun22°12 h13 mm
  7. Jul25°12 h6 mm
  8. Aug26°11 h16 mm
  9. Sep24°8 h41 mm
  10. Oct22°7 h56 mm
  11. Nov19°5 h79 mm
  12. Dec16°4 h58 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 14°Feb: 14°Mar: 14°Apr: 15°May: 18°Jun: 22°Jul: 25°Aug: 26°Sep: 24°Oct: 22°Nov: 19°Dec: 16°14°26°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
10°15°20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 13 °C (High 14° / Low 11°)Feb: 12 °C (High 13° / Low 11°)Mar: 13 °C (High 15° / Low 12°)Apr: 15 °C (High 17° / Low 14°)May: 18 °C (High 20° / Low 17°)Jun: 23 °C (High 24° / Low 21°)Jul: 26 °C (High 27° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 25°)Sep: 24 °C (High 25° / Low 22°)Oct: 21 °C (High 22° / Low 20°)Nov: 17 °C (High 18° / Low 16°)Dec: 14 °C (High 15° / Low 13°)26°12°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm25 mm50 mm75 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 46 mmFeb: 38 mmMar: 47 mmApr: 45 mmMay: 31 mmJun: 13 mmJul: 6 mm6Aug: 16 mmSep: 41 mmOct: 56 mmNov: 79 mm79Dec: 58 mm

Sunshine

0 h5 h10 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.3 hFeb: 5.8 hMar: 7.1 hApr: 8.6 hMay: 10.2 hJun: 11.9 hJul: 12.4 h12.4Aug: 11.1 hSep: 8.5 hOct: 6.7 hNov: 4.6 hDec: 4.2 h4.2

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January1411144684.321
February1311143875.821
March1512144787.119
April1714154578.616
May20171831610.215
June24212213311.912
July2724256212.413
Augustwarmest sea28252616311.113
September2522244178.516
October2220225686.717
November18161979114.620
December15131658104.222

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse: Sardinia Arbatax Rocce rosse-1464
Photo: Isiwal · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse: Arbatax (granito) 1
Photo: Hans Hillewaert · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Spiaggia delle Rocce Rosse: Rocce Rosse Arbatax 02
Photo: Daniel Ventura · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER26 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.126 km away
Bathing water qualityEuropean Environment Agency0.4 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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