Is the water temperature comfortable for swimming in May in Monterosso (Cinque terre)?
by comfortable, I mean above 70 degrees at least.
Packing VERY light, even a bathing suit counts at my level of lightness!
Posted by
Used to be Steilacoom, now it’s Las Vegas
2324 posts
When in May and how many days are you going to be there? When we were there in Mid-May it was more "standing up to knees" rather than "swimming" temps.
Posted by
US Pacific Northwest
10344 posts
What Patty said.
Not as warm as you'd like.
Posted by
San Francisco Bay Area (USA)
16243 posts
Even in a Southern Italy it might be too cool for my taste. Not as cold as we have here in the Pacific Ocean where you freeze even in Summer, but it's not as warm as the Caribbean Sea either.
After June it gets better.
Posted by
Firenze
500 posts
As a general rule, the swimming season in Italian seas is June to early September.
Posted by
Calgary
2297 posts
Unless you are there at the very end of May, I'd say you can leave your swim suit at home. Check out this website:
http://www.seatemperature.org/europe/italy/monterosso-al-mare-may.htm
Posted by
Northamptonshire, England
34357 posts
It will be cold enough that I wouldn't want to swim.
Posted by
OP
Washington, Nc, US
167 posts
Will be there May 9-15. Sounds like it will too cold for me.
Thanks for all the great responses.