Brazil / Ceará
Praia de Iracema
Praia de Iracema is a 977 m-long sandy beach facing north-north-east, 3.9 km east of Fortaleza (Ceará, Brazil). The sea averages 28.7 °C in April, its warmest month, and 26.6 °C in August; it stays at 21 °C or above all year.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
Reference
Praia de Iracema is a beach and a neighborhood located in the Brazilian city of Fortaleza in the state of Ceará. Its name comes from the character Iracema that gives name to a famous novel by the cearense writer José de Alencar.
Wikidata item Q7237777 · classified as neighborhood in Fortaleza.
Month by month
October at Praia de Iracema
Beach-day index 8.9/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 28.1 °C | 28.3 °C | 28.6 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.5 °C | 27.9 °C | 27.1 °C | 26.6 °C | 26.6 °C | 26.9 °C | 27.4 °C | 27.8 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° |
| Low °C | 27° | 27° | 27° | 27° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° |
| Rain mm | 109 | 137 | 190 | 228 | 144 | 89 | 41 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 18 |
| Cloud % | 67 | 72 | 74 | 78 | 61 | 52 | 44 | 31 | 28 | 38 | 45 | 52 |
| Wind m/s | 6.5 | 6.0 | 5.5 | 5.5 | 6.4 | 7.5 | 8.4 | 9.1 | 9.1 | 8.5 | 8.0 | 7.4 |
| Daylight h | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.1 | 12.0 | 12.0 | 11.9 | 11.9 | 12.0 | 12.1 | 12.2 | 12.3 | 12.3 |
| Record high/low | 29°/25° | 29°/25° | 30°/25° | 30°/25° | 30°/25° | 29°/25° | 29°/25° | 28°/25° | 27°/25° | 28°/25° | 28°/26° | 28°/26° |
| Beach index | 8.0 | 7.9 | 7.5 | 7.1 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.9 | 8.9 | 8.8 | 8.8 |
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 July–December; September scores 8.9/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 26.6 °C and 2 mm of rain.
In September that is 0.6 points above the median of the 659 beaches in Brazil covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 3.1 °C warmer than the Brazil median for April (25.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 27.7 °C, warmer than 87% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
April is the wettest month (228 mm) and September the driest (2 mm); the yearly total is about 970 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.9 hours in June to 12.3 hours in December; in mid-September the sun rises at 05:26 and sets at 17:31 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces north-north-east (20°). Open water fills about 47% of the horizon close by, which makes it an open stretch of shore.
At no time of year does the sun set over the sea here: sunset bearings run from 247° to 293°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in February–October.
Straight out to the north-north-east 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 13 m deep and 13 m at 3 km. Behind the beach the ground is about 0 m above sea level 500 m inland and 30 m at 1.5 km.
Within 1 km, the land is 74% built-up land, 20% bare ground, sand or rock and 4% tree cover (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 50% of that circle.
- Built 74%
- Bare 20%
- 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.
Average wind speed at 10 m reaches 9.1 m/s in August, the windiest month.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Photos
From above
Facilities within 1 km
- 151Restaurants, cafés & bars
- 2Public toilets
- –Showers
- 62Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 113Hotels & guesthouses
- 11Grocery shops
- 4Water-sports spots
- 26Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 17Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 6Bike rental
- 1Viewpoints
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 102 restaurants, 14 cafés, 30 bars and 5 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 113 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
- Ponte dos Ingleses 980 m W
Attractions & museums
- Píer Ideal attraction 470 m E
- Museu da Imagem e do Som do Ceará museum 870 m SE
Lighthouses & piers
- Ponte dos Ingleses pier 980 m NW
Diving & boat hire
- Bicicletar - Estação Aterro Praia de Iracema 450 m SE
- Nocrazy Paddle Escola de Surf 520 m W
- Bicicletar - Estação Moreira da Rocha 750 m S
- Bicicletar - Estação Monsenhor Tabosa 800 m SW
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pinto Martins International Airport Fortaleza | FOR | 6.7 km | south-west |
| Dix-Sept Rosado Airport Mossoró | MVF | 208 km | south-east |
| Comandante Ariston Pessoa Airport Cruz | JJD | 224 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 26 bus stops within 1.5 km and 62 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 2.4M residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 3.3M).
When people look it up
The EN Wikipedia article was read 1,603 times in the 12 months to August 2026. Interest peaks in January (179 views), 1.7× the quietest month.
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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 16.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r5891637; 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 S2B_24MWA_20240825_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 5.4K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.