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Satellite view of Praia do Abricó; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Beach

Praia do Abricó

BrazilRio de Janeiro · Brazil · Atlantic Ocean

-23.0466, -43.5142 · Barra da Tijuca, 16 km

  • 26°Sea · March
  • 29°High · February
  • 7.4 hSunshine · February
The dot marks Praia do Abricó. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Praia do Abricó in October

  • 27°CAir, daytime high19°C at night
  • 22°CSea temperature
  • 5.6 hSunshine a day
  • 16 daysRainy days in the month117 mm in total
  • 13 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • No lifeguardLifeguardsUsually only in the bathing season · OpenStreetMap
  • 7Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap
  • 38 kmAirport: Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access.

October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 20.9 °C — 0.9 °C below the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.9 °C

1991–2020 average: 21.8 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: −0.4 °C

1991–2020 average: 26.7 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaFebruary and March26 °C
Most sunshineFebruary and August7 h of sun a day
Least rainJuly and August41 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan26°6 h213 mm
  2. Feb26°7 h177 mm
  3. Mar26°7 h183 mm
  4. Apr25°7 h109 mm
  5. May24°6 h70 mm
  6. Jun23°6 h48 mm
  7. Jul22°6 h45 mm
  8. Aug21°7 h41 mm
  9. Sep21°6 h72 mm
  10. Oct22°6 h117 mm
  11. Nov22°5 h217 mm
  12. Dec24°6 h231 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
22°24°26°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26°Feb: 26°Mar: 26°Apr: 25°May: 24°Jun: 23°Jul: 22°Aug: 21°Sep: 21°Oct: 22°Nov: 22°Dec: 24°26°21°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Feb: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 23°)Mar: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Apr: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)May: 22 °C (High 25° / Low 19°)Jun: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 18°)Jul: 21 °C (High 24° / Low 17°)Aug: 21 °C (High 25° / Low 17°)Sep: 22 °C (High 26° / Low 18°)Oct: 23 °C (High 27° / Low 19°)Nov: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 20°)Dec: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 22°)26°21°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm100 mm200 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 213 mmFeb: 177 mmMar: 183 mmApr: 109 mmMay: 70 mmJun: 48 mmJul: 45 mmAug: 41 mm41Sep: 72 mmOct: 117 mmNov: 217 mmDec: 231 mm231

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 6.5 hFeb: 7.4 h7.4Mar: 6.6 hApr: 6.7 hMay: 6.0 hJun: 6.3 hJul: 6.4 hAug: 6.7 hSep: 5.9 hOct: 5.6 hNov: 5.0 h5.0Dec: 5.9 h

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Praia do Abricó: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Praia do Abricó: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January292326213226.511
February292326177187.410
Marchwarmest sea282326183206.610
April272225109146.711
May25192470106.011
June2518234886.311
July2417224586.412
August2517214186.713
September26182172125.913
October271922117165.613
November272022217205.012
December282224231225.911

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Photos

Photos shared by their authors on Wikimedia Commons, with its colours adjusted.

Praia do Abricó: Abricó
Photo: Filipo Tardim · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 4.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Praia do Abricó: Nude man walking on the sand at Abrico Beach on a sunny day, with the ocean and coastal landscape in the background
Photo: N8kd · Wikimedia Commons · CC0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.
Praia do Abricó: GRUMARI BEACH - RJ - Parque Natural Municipal da Prainha - Pedra dos Cabritos - Brazil - panoramio
Photo: TMbux · Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0 · stylised; this version keeps the same licence.

About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER25 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202014 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.125 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

More about this place: Wikipedia See every data source →