Brazil / Ceará
Jericoacoara
Jericoacoara is a coastal resort area in Ceará, Brazil. Its longest mapped beach (Praia de Jericoacoara) stretches about 780 m. The sea averages 28.6 °C in April, its warmest month, and 26.8 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 9.6 m/s in September, the windiest month.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 103Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 1Public toilets
- –Showers
- 2Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 252Hotels & guesthouses
- 3Campsites
- 3Grocery shops
- 4Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 83 restaurants, 4 cafés, 12 bars and 4 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 252 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 Jericoacoara
Beach-day index 8.8/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.2 °C | 28.3 °C | 28.5 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.5 °C | 28.1 °C | 27.3 °C | 26.8 °C | 26.8 °C | 27.1 °C | 27.5 °C | 28.0 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° |
| Low °C | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Rain mm | 120 | 173 | 224 | 258 | 146 | 77 | 38 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 26 |
| Cloud % | 69 | 78 | 80 | 81 | 64 | 49 | 40 | 26 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 53 |
| Wind m/s | 6.7 | 6.2 | 5.7 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.5 | 9.4 | 9.6 | 9.1 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Daylight h | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.2 | 12.3 |
| Record high/low | 29°/25° | 29°/25° | 30°/26° | 30°/25° | 30°/26° | 29°/25° | 29°/25° | 28°/25° | 28°/25° | 28°/26° | 29°/26° | 29°/26° |
| Beach index | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 6.9 | 7.8 | 8.3 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.6 |
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 June–December; August scores 8.8/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 26.8 °C and 8 mm of rain.
In August 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 3.0 °C warmer than the Brazil median for April (25.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 27.8 °C, warmer than 89% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
April is the wettest month (258 mm) and September the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 1,080 mm.
Daylight runs from 12.0 hours in June to 12.3 hours in December; in mid-August the sun rises at 05:46 and sets at 17:47 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces west-north-west (300°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
The sun sets over the sea in every month; in mid-June it goes down at 17:40 local time on a bearing of 293°.
Straight out to the west-north-west 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 5 m deep and 7 m at 3 km, a shallow, gently shelving sea floor. Behind the beach the ground is about 9 m above sea level 500 m inland and 10 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 37% grassland, 29% built-up land and 28% bare ground, sand or rock (satellite land-cover map, 2021): a partly built-up setting. Water makes up 48% of that circle.
- Grass 37%
- Built 29%
- Bare 28%
- Tree 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport Cruz | JJD | 21.8 km | south-east |
| Parnaíba - Prefeito Doutor João Silva Filho International Airport Parnaíba | PHB | 135 km | west |
| Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza | FOR | 246 km | south-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 2 mapped car parks within 1 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 1 (about 20.1K).
Photos
From above
Reference
Jericoacoara is a virgin beach hidden behind the dunes of the west coast of Jijoca de Jericoacoara, Ceará, Brazil. Selected by The Washington Post as one of the Top 10 most beautiful beaches in the world, "Jeri" consists of blue lagoons, calm seas and huge dunes.
Wikidata item Q10352810.
Around the beach
Campsites
- Camping Natureza 460 m NE
- Camping Jeri 500 m E
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 6,993 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in October (776 views), 2.2× the quietest month.
Map
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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 22.4 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature w365384275; 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 S2A_24MUB_20190810_1_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.