Spiaggia di Balestrate
Palermo, Sicily, Italy
Today at a glance
Best: 3 pm to sunset, sunset 6:20 pm5.6
7 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.2
6 km/h4 mph wind, Good
6.9
5 km/h3 mph wind, Good
7.8
2 km/h1 mph wind, Great
7.4
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
7.6
6 km/h4 mph wind, Great
7.4
9 km/h5 mph wind, Great
7.8
8 km/h5 mph wind, Great
8.5
8 km/h5 mph wind, Excellent
8.1
7 km/h4 mph wind, Great
8.3
5 km/h3 mph wind, Great
This page puts what matters first for today's conditions.
Best time to swim
Best: 3 pm to sunset. Beach score for daylight hours, with wind in km/hmph underneath.
- Air
- 16°C61°F
- Water
- 23°C74°F
- Wind
- 64 km/hmph S
- Gusts
- 149 km/hmph
- Waves
- 1.1 m4 ft
- UV
- 1 low
- Tide
- falling
- Rain
- 0%
- Sunset
- 6:20 pm
Tide, next 24 hours
- Low 1 pm, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 7 pm, -0.3 m1 ft
- Low 2 am, -0.6 m2 ft
- High 8 am, -0.3 m1 ft
Tide is modeled, not measured. Rip current and water quality data are not available for this beach yet.
Beach info
Lifeguards, parking and facilities before you head down.
Facilities
- Parking1 within 500 m0.3 miNearest 450 m0.3 mi. Fee not listed
- Food and drink3 within 1 km0.6 miNearest 710 m0.4 mi
Getting there
- Nearest town
- 1.7 km1.1 miBalestrate (village)
- Nearest airport
- 18 km11 miAeroporto di Palermo Falcone e Borsellino (PMO)
Facilities from OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL). Check posted signs; details change. Data sources
Nearby beaches
- Spiaggia di Sicciarotta0.5 km0.3 mi south-west away7.5 Great tomorrow
- Spaggia Forgia3.1 km1.9 mi north-east away6.7 Good
- Lido Squalo Beach4.5 km2.8 mi north-east away6.7 Good
- Spiaggia di Alcamo Marina5.0 km3.1 mi west away7.5 Great tomorrow
- Spiaggia Ciammarita7.2 km4.5 mi north-east away6.7 Good
Where to stay near the beach
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The days ahead
Best score each day, with the stretch to aim for.
- Sat7.7 GreatBest 4 pm to 7 pmWind up to 20 km/h12 mph, rain 75%
- Sun4.4 FairNo standout stretchWind up to 17 km/h11 mph, rain 86%
- Mon5.9 GoodBest 1 pm to 6 pmWind up to 11 km/h7 mph, rain 41%
- Tue9.5 ExcellentBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 14 km/h9 mph, rain 2%
- Wed8.7 ExcellentBest 9 am to 6 pmWind up to 16 km/h10 mph, rain 0%
- Thu6.4 GoodBest 7 am to 6 pmWind up to 12 km/h7 mph, rain 8%