Brazil / Paraíba
Praia de Tambaú
Praia de Tambaú is a 963 m-long beach facing east, 4.5 km east of João Pessoa (Paraíba, Brazil). The sea averages 28.7 °C in March, its warmest month, and 26.2 °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 Praia de Tambaú
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 | 27.9 °C | 28.4 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.7 °C | 28.2 °C | 27.3 °C | 26.6 °C | 26.2 °C | 26.3 °C | 26.7 °C | 27.2 °C | 27.6 °C |
| High °C | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Low °C | 27° | 27° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 26° | 27° |
| Rain mm | 76 | 87 | 127 | 175 | 182 | 224 | 165 | 79 | 38 | 25 | 17 | 29 |
| Cloud % | 49 | 52 | 50 | 49 | 46 | 49 | 46 | 38 | 35 | 37 | 36 | 40 |
| Wind m/s | 6.3 | 6.2 | 5.9 | 6.0 | 6.5 | 7.5 | 7.9 | 8.0 | 7.7 | 7.2 | 6.9 | 6.7 |
| Daylight h | 12.5 | 12.3 | 12.2 | 12.0 | 11.8 | 11.7 | 11.7 | 11.9 | 12.1 | 12.3 | 12.4 | 12.5 |
| Record high/low | 28°/26° | 29°/26° | 29°/25° | 30°/26° | 29°/26° | 29°/25° | 28°/25° | 27°/25° | 27°/25° | 28°/25° | 28°/26° | 28°/26° |
| Beach index | 8.5 | 8.4 | 8.2 | 7.8 | 7.7 | 7.1 | 7.6 | 8.3 | 8.7 | 8.9 | 9.0 | 8.9 |
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 September–February; November scores 9.0/10 with highs of 27 °C, sea at 27.2 °C and 17 mm of rain.
In November that is 1.4 points above the median of the 659 beaches in Brazil covered by this atlas.
At its warmest the water here is 2.1 °C warmer than the Brazil median for March (26.6 °C).
Across the year the sea averages 27.5 °C, warmer than 84% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
June is the wettest month (224 mm) and November the driest (17 mm); the yearly total is about 1,220 mm.
Daylight runs from 11.7 hours in June to 12.5 hours in December; in mid-November the sun rises at 04:51 and sets at 17:17 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east (80°). 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 246° to 293°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east there is open water for more than 2,000 km, so the beach is exposed to long ocean swell.
Within 1 km, the land is 85% built-up land, 7% bare ground, sand or rock and 5% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 52% of that circle.
- Built 85%
- Bare 7%
- Grass 5%
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 8.0 m/s in August, the windiest month.
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
- 222Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 12Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 70Hotels & guesthouses
- 31Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 47Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 20Pharmacies & clinics
- 2Bike rental
- 1Historic sites
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 159 restaurants, 19 cafés, 33 bars and 11 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 70 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
Attractions & museums
- Museu Cabo Branco museum 600 m SW
Historic sites
- Busto de Tamandaré monument 460 m S
Nature
- Tacís de Tambaú reef 1.4 km NE
Diving & boat hire
- TriHappy 700 m S
Getting there
| Airport | Code | Distance | Direction |
|---|---|---|---|
| Presidente Castro Pinto International Airport João Pessoa | JPA | 14.6 km | west |
| Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre International Airport Recife | REC | 113 km | south |
| Presidente João Suassuna Airport Campina Grande | CPV | 120 km | west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 47 bus stops within 1.5 km and 12 mapped car parks within 1 km.
1 town or village of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 817.5K residents); within 30 km there are 7 (about 1.2M).
Reference
Praia de Tambaú has an article on the PT Wikipedia: Tambaú (praia).
Wikidata item Q10352907.
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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 21.8 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r456939; 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_25MBN_20210626_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 8.1K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.