The Aeolian Islands offer some of Italy’s finest boat trips: Panarea and its coves, Salina green with vineyards and Stromboli erupting in front of you at dusk. Here are the trips from Lipari side by side, what they cost, the hydrofoils for getting around on your own and the hour-by-hour weather and wind.
Budget option → · Lipari, Aeolian Islands
Weather at 2:00 PM. Boat trips start from 09:00.
| Tour | From | Duration | What you see | Languages | Cancellation | Departure |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Our pickMotorboatGetYourGuide | €67 | 8 h | Panarea, Stromboli, Sciara del Fuoco | Host IT (EN key info only) | Free up to 24 h before | Lipari, Via S. Giuseppe 9 |
| MotorboatGetYourGuide | €81 | 11 h | Vulcano, Panarea, Stromboli | Host IT | Free up to 24 h before | Lipari, Via S. Giuseppe 9 |
| MotorboatGetYourGuide | €51 | 7 h | Lipari coast, Salina | Host IT | Free up to 24 h before | Lipari, Via S. Giuseppe 9 |
Our pick: Panarea and Stromboli into the evening, from €67. You leave Lipari in the afternoon, land on Panarea and Stromboli and after dark the boat stops in front of the Sciara del Fuoco, where with some luck you see the volcano’s explosions. Rated 4.4 from 356 reviews, free cancellation up to 24 hours before.
Language: these trips run in Italian; in English you only get key information. On Tiqets the Aeolian offer is hydrofoils only, handy for getting around by yourself.
8 h · 4.4 from 356 GetYourGuide reviews
11 h · 4.5 from 259 GetYourGuide reviews
7 h · 4.6 from 102 GetYourGuide reviews
Indicative prices, checked on November 8, 2026: they may change: the final price is the one shown by the seller.
Liberty Lines hydrofoils link the islands all year and can be booked online.
The best months are May to September: highs of 23–31 °C and calmer seas more often.
| Month | Average high | Rainy days |
|---|---|---|
| Jan | 15° | 11 |
| Feb | 15° | 10 |
| Mar | 17° | 9 |
| Apr | 19° | 7 |
| MayBest | 23° | 4 |
| JunBest | 28° | 3 |
| JulBest | 31° | 2 |
| AugBest | 31° | 2 |
| SepBest | 28° | 7 |
| Oct | 24° | 8 |
| Nov | 20° | 11 |
| Dec | 16° | 12 |
Messina 1991–2020 averages, the nearest station with published data (NOAA): mean daily high and days with at least 1 mm of rain. Source: table on Wikipedia (“Messina”).
Perfect day
Perfect day: clear, 21 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 13 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 14:00 | Mostly sunny | 22° | – | 11 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 12 km/h |
| 16:00 | Clear | 22° | – | 11 km/h |
| 17:00 | Clear | 22° | – | 12 km/h |
| 18:00 | Clear | 21° | – | 13 km/h |
| 19:00 | Mostly sunny | 21° | – | 12 km/h |
| 20:00 | Clear | 21° | – | 9 km/h |
| 21:00 | Clear | 21° | – | 5 km/h |
Perfect day
Perfect day: partly cloudy, 21 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 19 km/h.
| Time | Sky | Temperature | Rain | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 09:00 | Mostly sunny | 21° | – | 7 km/h |
| 10:00 | Clear | 21° | – | 7 km/h |
| 11:00 | Clear | 21° | – | 7 km/h |
| 12:00 | Mostly sunny | 22° | – | 6 km/h |
| 13:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 5 km/h |
| 14:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 7 km/h |
| 15:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 10 km/h |
| 16:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 13 km/h |
| 17:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 15 km/h |
| 18:00 | Partly cloudy | 22° | – | 15 km/h |
| 19:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 15 km/h |
| 20:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 18 km/h |
| 21:00 | Partly cloudy | 21° | – | 19 km/h |
The best days for a boat trip are Tuesday, November 10, Wednesday, November 11 and Sunday, November 15. The rating only looks at rain and wind during tour hours.
Today and tomorrow are accurate hour by hour; up to day seven the trend is reliable; the last days give a rough idea. Above 30 km/h the water gets choppy and small boats may postpone departures. Updated every hour.
In summer it barely rains: 2–3 days a month from June to August; 10–12 in winter.
To Lipari: Liberty Lines hydrofoil from Milazzo, from €16.39 one way. Milazzo is reached from Messina or Catania airport.
From Lipari: Salina from €51, Panarea and Stromboli from €67, Vulcano, Panarea and Stromboli from €81. The hydrofoil to Vulcano costs from €5.20.
Yes, evening trips stop after dark in front of the Sciara del Fuoco; the volcano’s activity varies from day to day.
No, they run in Italian; in English you only get the key information.
Yes, with Liberty Lines hydrofoils: Lipari–Vulcano, for example, from €5.20.
Perfect day: clear, 21 to 22 °C, no rain, wind up to 13 km/h.
Saturday, November 14: Good: clear, 20 to 21 °C, no rain, wind up to 25 km/h. Sunday, November 15: Perfect day: mostly sunny, 20 to 21 °C, no rain, wind up to 10 km/h.
Reliable forecasts go about 10 days ahead: here you get the next 10, hour by hour (with wind) for today and tomorrow and as a trend after that. To choose the month, see the climate month by month.
Forecasts come from MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates and updated every hour during the day and every 3 hours at night. Tour prices and conditions are checked on the sellers’ pages, with the date.
Panarea and Stromboli, into the evening · from €67
Forecast by MET Norway, the Norwegian Meteorological Institute, calculated for the tour area’s coordinates. Forecast: MET Norway (CC BY 4.0), updated every hour. Updated: November 8, 2026.