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Gozo

66.0 km² of land in the Mediterranean Sea.

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Gozo seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
VictoriaNadurXagħraXewkijaGħajnsielemQalaŻebbuġ
N 2 km

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

In numbers

66.0km²

Area

54km

Coastline

195m

Highest point

Ta' Dbieġi

31,446

People

26°C

Warmest sea

August

240km

To the mainland

When to go to Gozo

Best for the beach from July to August.

The sea is warmest in August (26 °C) and coolest in February (15 °C). Comfortable swimming (21 °C or more): from June to November.

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 of the Maltese archipelago in the Mediterranean Sea

Gozo is an island in Malta. It belongs to Maltese Islands. It covers 66.0 km², with 54 km of coastline. Its highest point, Ta' Dbieġi, rises to 195 m. About 31,446 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 240 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Malta International Airport (MLA)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 30 km in a straight lineCar hire at MLA airport (Valletta)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesSliema - Buġibba (Saint Paul's Bay) - Blue Lagoon (Comino) - Mġarr (Gozo), Ħondoq Bay (Gozo) - Blue Lagoon (Comino), Ċirkewwa (Malta) - Mġarr (Gozo), Mġarr (Gozo) - Valletta Lascaris
  • 240 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From July to Augustbest 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 Gozo.

  • 14beachesXwejni Bay, Ħondoq ir-Rummien, San Blas and 11 more
  • 42viewpointsLunzjata Valley Belvedere Viewpoint, Sannat Cliffs, Tal-Mixta Cave and 39 more
  • 2lighthousesĠordan Lighthouse
  • 8ferry terminalsMġarr, Ħondoq Bay and 6 more
  • 1marinas
  • 12named peaksTa’ Dbieġi, Ta’ Għammar, Ta’ Kuljat and 9 more
  • 8castles and fortsBelancourt Battery, Fort Chambray, Iċ-Ċittadella and 5 more
  • 18ruins and archaeological sitesWardija Punic Temple, Fougasse, Ramla Bay Roman Villa and 15 more
  • 12dive centresExtra Divers Gozo, Calypso Diving, Utina and 9 more
  • 10waymarked walking routesGozo Coastal Walk, Ramla Walk, Ħondoq ir-Rummien Walk and 7 more
  • 3campsitesWild Camp, Ruby's Camping
  • 124hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 213restaurants, 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.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Gozo in our other atlases

Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Gozo, each with its own numbers.

  • 14beaches and covesCoastya
  • 6mountainsPeakyas

  • Highest point

    186m

    Ta’ Għammar

    according to Peakyas

  • Beach with the warmest sea

    26.4°C

    Qbajjar Bay

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

14 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Qbajjar Baycove26.4°C
  2. Ir-Ramla ta’ Marsalforncove26.4°C
  3. Ix-Xtajta26.4°C
  4. Daħlet Qorrotcove26.4°C
  5. Ramla taż-Żewwieqa26.4°C
  6. Xatt l-Aħmarcove26.4°C
  7. Il-Qala tax-Xwienicove26.3°C
  8. Il-Qala ta’ San Blascove26.4°C

6 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

6 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

  1. Ta’ Għammar186m
  2. Ta' Dbieġi177m
  3. Il-Gelmus133m
  4. Tas-Salvatur Hill69m
  5. Qolla s-Safra37m
  6. Qolla l-Bajda11m

Open Peakyas ↗

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 85 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 18 %0–50 m
  • 82 %50–200 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.

Gozo66 km²
Santorini76 km²
Manhattan54 km²

10 km

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

Towns on the island

  • Victoria6,596 people
  • Nadur3,933 people
  • Xagħra3,680 people
  • Xewkija3,303 people
  • Għajnsielem2,931 people
  • Mġarr2,868 people
  • Qala1,929 people
  • Żebbuġ1,770 people
  • Munxar1,707 people
  • Sannat1,681 people
  • Kerċem1,627 people
  • Għarb1,298 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)151515172024272826232017
Night low (°C)141314161822252624221916
Sea (°C)161515161822252626242118
Rain (mm)74655133171141063829582
Wet days11108632038101212
Sun h/day5.26.17.58.910.611.912.411.08.76.85.34.9
Wind (km/h)252524211915141417182326

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+0.4+0.7+0.1+0.7+1.1±0.0+0.8+1.1+1.8+0.9+0.3+1.0
2021+0.5+0.7+0.5±0.0+0.3+0.7+0.6+1.5+1.8+0.9+0.8−0.2
2022±0.0+0.1−0.4−0.4+0.6+1.5+2.4+1.5+1.8+1.1+1.3+1.2
2023+1.5+0.7+0.5+0.1−0.6±0.0+2.2+0.5+1.1+2.0+2.2+1.5
2024+1.2+1.0+0.9+0.9+0.4+1.2+1.5+2.1+0.8+1.0+2.1+1.9
2025+1.4+1.2+0.8+0.5+1.0+2.5+1.8+0.2+1.6+0.4+0.9+0.7

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Bahía Rocosa, San Lawrenz, isla de Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-22, DD 59
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Azure Window, Gozo, South view 20110428 1
DXR · CC BY-SA 4.0
Catedral de la Asunción, Ciudadela, Victoria, isla de Gozo, Malta, 2021-08-22, DD 19
Diego Delso · CC BY-SA 4.0
Otok Gozo 2025
August Dominus · CC0

Nearby

More islands nearby.

MaltaMaltaMalta247 km²253 m25 km awayCominoMaltaMalta2.8 km²75 m8 km awayCominottoMaltaMalta0.10 km²17 m7 km awayFungus RockMaltaMalta0.01 km²16 m6 km awaySt Paul's IslandMaltaMalta0.10 km²25 m16 km awayFilflaMaltaMalta0.04 km²60 m32 km awayManoel IslandMaltaMalta0.31 km²17 m27 km awaySicilyItalyItaly25,662 km²3,357 m169 km away

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q170488) · 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
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

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

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