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Burano

0.22 km² of land in the Adriatic Sea.

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Burano seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Burano
N 0.1 km

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

0.22km²

Area

2km

Coastline

1m

Highest point

2,762

People

26°C

Warmest sea

August

1km

To the mainland

When to go to Burano

Best for the beach from June to September.

The sea is warmest in August (26 °C) and coolest in February (9 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to September.

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Venetian Lagoon, Italy

Burano is an island in Italy. It covers 0.22 km², with 2 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 1 m. About 2,762 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Venice Marco Polo Airport (VCE)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 6 km in a straight lineCar hire at VCE airport (Venezia)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesBurano - Treporti, Mazzorbo - Burano, Punta Vela - Mazzorbo, Burano - Torcello
  • 1 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From June to Septemberbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Burano.

  • 1viewpointsPonte dei Tre Ponti
  • 5ferry terminalsBurano (C), Burano (B), Burano (A) and 2 more
  • 2hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 39restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 3 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 100 %0–50 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Burano0 km²
Alcatraz Island0 km²

0.2 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Towns on the island

  • Burano2,658 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)781217212629292419139
Night low (°C)3461115202222181395
Sea (°C)10910141823252623191613
Rain (mm)5373717193726680958710577
Wet days77811121211111110119
Sun h/day2.64.15.77.28.59.910.69.47.04.62.62.5
Wind (km/h)121313121110101012121312

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+1.4+1.4+0.7−0.3−0.3−0.6±0.0+1.3+1.5−0.4+0.2+0.3
2021+0.1+0.6+0.5−0.5−1.9+0.8+0.5+0.2+0.4+0.3−0.3−0.4
2022−1.1−0.8−0.4−0.6+1.6+1.5+1.7+0.8+1.1+1.3+2.1+0.4
2023+0.3−0.1+0.8−0.3−0.7+0.2+1.1+0.8+1.8+2.8+0.2−0.9
2024±0.0+0.6+2.4+1.8+0.7+0.7+2.2+2.8+1.7−0.1+0.7−0.8
2025−0.6+0.5+1.5+1.4+0.2+2.2+1.4+0.4+2.0+0.3±0.0−1.3

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

0 Burano, Fondamenta di Cao Moleca, Rio San Mauro et Fondamenta Cavanella (1)
Jean-Pol GRANDMONT · CC BY 4.0
Burano, fondamenta di terranova 02
Sailko · CC BY 3.0
Burano Venice 14
kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0
Burano Venice 17
kallerna · CC BY-SA 4.0

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q52439) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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