Brazil / Rio de Janeiro
Itacoatiara
Itacoatiara is a 1.0 km-long beach facing south, 12.4 km south-east of Niterói (Rio de Janeiro, Brazil). The sea averages 25.4 °C in March, its warmest month, and 21.3 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Month by month
October at Itacoatiara
Beach-day index 8.1/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 25.1 °C | 25.1 °C | 25.4 °C | 24.9 °C | 23.6 °C | 22.6 °C | 21.9 °C | 21.3 °C | 21.3 °C | 21.8 °C | 22.5 °C | 24.0 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 26° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 25° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 28° |
| Low °C | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 15° | 14° | 13° | 14° | 15° | 16° | 18° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 206 | 125 | 153 | 82 | 66 | 39 | 39 | 38 | 60 | 101 | 199 | 228 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 60 | 64 | 55 | 55 | 47 | 45 | 44 | 57 | 69 | 78 | 73 |
| Wind m/s | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 2.8 | 3.0 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.6 | 3.4 | 3.0 |
| 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 | 39°/15° | 37°/15° | 35°/15° | 33°/12° | 32°/9° | 31°/9° | 33°/9° | 36°/9° | 40°/8° | 41°/9° | 39°/12° | 38°/14° |
| Beach index | 7.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 8.8 | 8.4 | 8.5 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.4 | 8.1 | 7.5 | 7.4 |
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–September; April scores 8.8/10 with highs of 26 °C, sea at 24.9 °C and 82 mm of rain.
In April that is 0.5 points above the median of the 659 beaches in Brazil covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 1.2 °C cooler than the Brazil median for March (26.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 23.3 °C, warmer than 72% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
December is the wettest month (228 mm) and August the driest (38 mm); the yearly total is about 1,340 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.7 hours in June to 13.5 hours in December; in mid-April the sun rises at 06:04 and sets at 17:39 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south (190°). Open water fills about 31% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in December; in mid-December it goes down at 18:33 local time on a bearing of 244°.
Straight out to the south there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
About 1 km offshore the sea is roughly 26 m deep and 31 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 36 m above sea level 500 m inland and 11 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 59% tree cover, 20% built-up land and 17% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 37% of that circle.
- Tree 59%
- Built 20%
- Grass 17%
- 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.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 11Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 5Hotels & guesthouses
- 1Grocery shops
- 9Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 9Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 5 restaurants, 1 café and 5 bars. Accommodation: 5 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.
Around the beach
Viewpoints
- Camaleão 430 m E
- Costão 510 m SE
- Campo Escola Helmut Heske 810 m E
- Canyonsinho 840 m E
- Itaqua 870 m W
- Pedra do Choque 940 m W
Nature
- Costão de Itacoatiara peak 500 m SE
- Pedra Do Elefante peak 1.3 km E
Islands in view
- Ilha da Menina 2.3 km W
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santos Dumont Airport Rio de Janeiro | SDU | 15.0 km | north-west |
| Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport Rio De Janeiro | GIG | 28.7 km | north-west |
| Francisco de Assis Airport Juiz de Fora | JDF | 137 km | north |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 9 bus stops within 1.5 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 23 (about 8.3M).
Reference
Itacoatiara has an article on the PT Wikipedia: Praia de Itacoatiara.
Wikidata item Q22066762.
When people look it up
The PT Wikipedia article was read 2,388 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in December (325 views), 2.9× the quietest month.
Map and nearby beaches
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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 19.1 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w29148423; restaurants, cafés, bars and lodging: Overture Maps places (CDLA-Permissive-2.0).
- Water body, status and length: Wikidata (CC0).
- 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 S2C_23KPQ_20260721_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 6.6K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.