Brazil / São Paulo
Santos
Santos is a coastal resort area in São Paulo, Brazil. Its longest mapped beach (Praia do Gonzaga) stretches about 1.1 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 27.0 °C in February, its warmest month, and 20.2 °C in August; it is 21 °C or warmer in October–June.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
The beach is tagged as supervised.
Services in the resort
- 224Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- 1Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 7Hotels & guesthouses
- 39Grocery shops
- 1Water-sports spots
- 58Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 36Pharmacies & clinics
- 1Cash machines
- 1Bike rental
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 183 restaurants, 12 cafés, 26 bars and 3 fast-food outlets. Accommodation: 7 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 Santos
Beach-day index 8.2/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.5 °C | 27.0 °C | 26.6 °C | 25.7 °C | 23.6 °C | 21.9 °C | 20.7 °C | 20.2 °C | 20.9 °C | 22.2 °C | 23.3 °C | 25.1 °C |
| High °C | 27° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 24° | 26° | 27° | 26° | 27° |
| Low °C | 19° | 19° | 18° | 16° | 13° | 12° | 11° | 12° | 13° | 15° | 16° | 18° |
| Rain mm | 228 | 178 | 153 | 91 | 68 | 55 | 62 | 37 | 68 | 106 | 151 | 184 |
| Cloud % | 78 | 69 | 65 | 57 | 57 | 53 | 48 | 47 | 59 | 71 | 75 | 77 |
| Wind m/s | 3.2 | 3.0 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.3 | 3.4 | 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | 3.5 |
| Daylight h | 13.5 | 12.9 | 12.3 | 11.6 | 11.0 | 10.7 | 10.8 | 11.3 | 11.9 | 12.6 | 13.3 | 13.6 |
| Record high/low | 35°/13° | 37°/14° | 33°/14° | 32°/10° | 30°/6° | 29°/3° | 31°/5° | 33°/4° | 38°/4° | 39°/9° | 36°/10° | 34°/12° |
| Beach index | 7.4 | 7.9 | 8.1 | 8.6 | 7.7 | 7.4 | 7.0 | 7.8 | 8.2 | 8.2 | 8.0 | 7.8 |
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 March–April and September–November; April scores 8.6/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 25.7 °C and 91 mm of rain.
In April that is 0.3 points above the median of the 659 beaches in Brazil covered by this atlas.
Across the year the sea averages 23.6 °C, warmer than 73% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (228 mm) and August the driest (37 mm); the yearly total is about 1,380 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.7 hours in June to 13.6 hours in December; in mid-April the sun rises at 06:18 and sets at 17:52 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces south-south-west (205°). Open water fills about 22% of the horizon close by, which makes it a sheltered cove or bay.
The sun sets over the sea in December; in mid-December it goes down at 18:48 local time on a bearing of 244°.
The opposite shore is only about 500 m away to the south-south-west, which keeps the water sheltered from big waves.
The sea floor is still within the shallow coastal margin 1 km out; 3 km offshore the depth is about 8 m. Behind the beach the ground is about 7 m above sea level 500 m inland and 0 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 98% built-up land (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach.
- Built 98%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport São Paulo | CGH | 50.6 km | north-west |
| São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport São Paulo | GRU | 60.9 km | north |
| Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport São José Dos Campos | SJK | 93.7 km | north-east |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 58 bus stops within 1.5 km, rail station Terminal Porto (540 m), rail station Conselheiro Nébias (810 m) and 1 mapped car park within 1 km.
3 towns and villages of 1,000+ people lie within 10 km (about 1.1M residents); within 30 km there are 8 (about 1.8M).
Around the beach
Attractions & museums
- Studio Lumina Style museum 640 m NW
- Museu do Porto de Santos museum 700 m NE
- Instituto Histórico e Geográfico de Santos museum 820 m SW
Diving & boat hire
- Divers University Esporte Aquático 760 m NW
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 19.2 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r5353928; 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.
- Satellite view: Copernicus Sentinel-2 (ESA), scene S2B_23KLP_20260719_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.