Brazil / Santa Catarina
Ubatuba
Ubatuba is a coastal resort area in Santa Catarina, Brazil. Its longest mapped beach (Praia de Ubatuba) stretches about 3.0 km and has a sand surface. The sea averages 26.8 °C in February, its warmest month, and 18.5 °C in August; it is 21 °C or warmer in October–May.
Average sea surface temperature by month. Current month outlined.
OpenStreetMap shows no lifeguard station within 1 km. Seasonal lifeguard posts are often unmapped, so check on site.
Services in the resort
- 4Restaurants, cafés & bars
- –Public toilets
- –Showers
- –Car parks
- –Lifeguard stations
- 1Campsites
- 2Grocery shops
- 12Bus stops (1.5 km)
- 1Pharmacies & clinics
Food and drink mapped within 1 km: 3 restaurants and 1 bar.
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 Ubatuba
Beach-day index 6.1/10 · Brazil median 8.1
| Measure | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sea °C | 26.5 °C | 26.8 °C | 26.3 °C | 24.9 °C | 22.5 °C | 20.4 °C | 18.8 °C | 18.5 °C | 19.6 °C | 21.2 °C | 23.1 °C | 25.1 °C |
| High °C | 26° | 27° | 26° | 25° | 22° | 20° | 19° | 19° | 20° | 22° | 23° | 25° |
| Low °C | 25° | 26° | 25° | 24° | 21° | 19° | 18° | 18° | 19° | 21° | 22° | 24° |
| Rain mm | 203 | 174 | 149 | 103 | 101 | 93 | 98 | 68 | 101 | 114 | 115 | 137 |
| Cloud % | 73 | 69 | 65 | 62 | 63 | 66 | 66 | 65 | 74 | 78 | 75 | 74 |
| Wind m/s | 4.8 | 4.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | 4.6 | 4.1 | 4.2 | 4.2 | 4.7 | 4.9 | 5.0 | 4.8 |
| Daylight h | 13.6 | 13.0 | 12.3 | 11.5 | 10.9 | 10.5 | 10.6 | 11.2 | 11.9 | 12.7 | 13.4 | 13.8 |
| Record high/low | 31°/21° | 30°/23° | 30°/21° | 29°/18° | 26°/14° | 25°/13° | 24°/10° | 24°/13° | 28°/13° | 27°/17° | 28°/19° | 30°/20° |
| Beach index | 7.5 | 7.8 | 8.1 | 8.3 | 7.0 | 5.8 | 4.7 | 4.8 | 5.1 | 6.1 | 7.3 | 7.9 |
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 February–April and December; April scores 8.3/10 with highs of 25 °C, sea at 24.9 °C and 103 mm of rain.
That matches the median for beaches in Brazil in the same month.
Across the year the sea averages 22.8 °C, warmer than 71% of the coastal beaches in the atlas.
January is the wettest month (203 mm) and August the driest (68 mm); the yearly total is about 1,460 mm.
Daylight runs from 10.5 hours in June to 13.8 hours in December; in mid-April the sun rises at 06:29 and sets at 17:59 local time.
Orientation, sun and shore
The shore faces east-north-east (65°). Open water fills about 44% 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 243° to 296°, behind the land.
Sunrise is over the sea in every month.
Straight out to the east-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 8 m deep and 13 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 9 m at 1.5 km, a flat coastal plain.
Within 1 km, the land is 57% built-up land, 21% tree cover and 14% grassland (satellite land-cover map, 2021): an urban beach. Water makes up 58% of that circle.
- Built 57%
- Tree 21%
- Grass 14%
- Bare 6%
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport Joinville | JOI | 27.4 km | west |
| Ministro Victor Konder International Airport Navegantes | NVT | 75.6 km | south |
| Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport Curitiba | CWB | 100 km | north-west |
Straight-line distances from the beach; road distance is usually 20–40% longer.
Local transport: 12 bus stops within 1.5 km.
No town of 1,000+ people lies within 10 km; within 30 km there are 5 (about 113.4K).
Around the beach
Nature
- Morro Ubatuba peak 470 m NE
Campsites
- Chácara do Gilberto 990 m W
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 17.5 km away.
- Beach outline, surface, rules and public facilities: OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), feature r6502155; 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_22JGS_20230628_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 49.5K Google searches a month for the name (KeywordTool, October 2026).
Data compiled 2026-10-13. Something wrong? Report a data error.