Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Cabo Frio
Cabo Frio is a coastal resort area in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Its longest mapped beach (Praia do Forte) stretches about 2.0 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 25.1 °C in March, its warmest month, and 21.3 °C in September; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 248Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 11Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 107Hotels & guesthouses
- 32Grocery shops
- 1Marinas & slipways
- 10Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 40Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 176 restaurants, 26 cafés, 33 bars and 13 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 107 hotels and guesthouses.
Counted within 1 km of the beach (bus stops 1.5 km) from OpenStreetMap features and Overture Maps places, release of 2026-10. Unmapped does not mean absent.
Month by month
October at Cabo Frio
Beach-day index 8.0/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 24.0 °C | 24.4 °C | 25.1 °C | 24.9 °C | 23.7 °C | 22.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 21.5 °C | 21.3 °C | 21.8 °C | 22.6 °C | 23.8 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 25° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 28° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 23° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 173 | 99 | 130 | 70 | 67 | 37 | 39 | 35 | 54 | 97 | 176 | 198 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 60 | 64 | 55 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 57 | 69 | 78 | 73 |
| Wind m/s | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.8 | 3.9 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.5 | 4.9 | 5.2 | 5.0 | 4.6 | 4.2 |
| Daylight h | 13.4 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 13.2 | 13.5 |
| Record high/low | 37°/20° | 36°/21° | 36°/21° | 34°/19° | 32°/17° | 32°/16° | 34°/16° | 34°/15° | 38°/15° | 36°/16° | 39°/17° | 37°/19° |
| Beach index | 7.9 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 9.1 | 8.7 | 8.6 | 8.3 | 8.0 | 7.6 | 7.7 |
Long-term monthly averages: air from NASA POWER (2001–2020), sea from NOAA OISST (1991–2020); records are the extremes of 2001–2020. How the index works.
When to go
The beach-day index peaks in February and April–August; June scores 9.1/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 22.8 °C and 37 mm of rain.
In June that is 1.2 points above the median of the 659 beaches in Brazil covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.5 °C cooler than the Brazil median for March (26.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 23.2 °C, warmer than 71% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (198 mm) and August the driest (35 mm); the yearly total is about 1,180 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.7 hours in June to 13.5 hours in December; in mid-June the sun rises at 06:25 and sets at 17:10 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-east (145°). Open water fills about 17% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 244° to 295°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in December.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south-east, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 12 m deep and 23 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 14 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 82% built-up land, 9% tree cover and 4% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 22% of that circle.
- Built 82%
- Tree 9%
- Grass 4%
- Bare 4%
Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021 (10 m). Orientation from OpenStreetMap land polygons sampled in 36 directions; depths and heights from the GEBCO 2020 grid (about 450 m cells), indicative only.
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro | SDU | 117 km | west |
| Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport Rio De Janeiro | GIG | 127 km | west |
| Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport Campos dos Goytacazes | CAW | 151 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 10 bus stops within 1.5 km and 11 mapped car parks within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 381.9K residents); within 30 km there are 5 (about 453.9K).
From above
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Mirante do Morro Da Guia 470 m W
Attractions & museums
- Museu e Casa de Cultura José de Dome museum 300 m NE
- Museu de Arte Religiosa e Tradicional museum 350 m W
- Museu Internacional do Surf museum 460 m S
- Carlos Scliar Atelier House museum 530 m NE
- Alpha Dive attraction 780 m NW
- Bazinga Cabo Frio attraction 830 m S
Marinas
- Marina Club Puerto Cabo Frio 740 m NW
Map and nearby beaches
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- Arraial do Cabo9.6 km SCompare
Data on this page
- Air temperature, rain, cloud, wind, humidity: NASA POWER climatology 2001–2020, 0.5° grid.
- Sea temperature: NOAA OISST v2.1 monthly normals 1991–2020, nearest ocean cell 14.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w293327212; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Towns and time zone: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Airports: OurAirports (public domain). Sunrise and sunset: NOAA solar equations.
- Photos: Wikimedia Commons, author and licence under each image.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_23KRQ_20240315_0_L2A.
- Orientation: OpenStreetMap land polygons (ODbL). Depth and terrain: GEBCO 2020 grid.
- Settlements: GeoNames places with 1,000+ inhabitants.
- Land cover: ESA WorldCover 2021, 10 m (CC BY 4.0).
- Search popularity: about 12.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.