Praia da Urca
Photo: Sergio Ricardo Ribeiro, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- May–Sep
- best months
Praia da Urca is a sandy beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It runs for about 400 ft (122 m) along the shore. Trails within about a mile include Trilha Do Morro Da Urca, Official Trail and Pista Cláudio Coutinho. The nearest town is Rio de Janeiro, about 3.9 miles southeast of the beach. Peaks within about 3 miles include Morro da Urca, Pão de Açúcar and Morro da Babilônia. For camping, AP do Rio de Janeiro is within about 6 miles. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Praia VermelhaBeach · Next doorPhoto: Mx. Granger, CC0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia de BotafogoBeach · ~2 min drivePhoto: Daniel Torres Bonatto from Porto Alegre, Brasil, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia do LemeBeach · ~2 min drivePhoto: tommyk_421, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia do FlamengoBeach · ~2 min drivePhoto: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia de CopacabanaBeach · ~4 min drivePhoto: Gustavo Facci from Argentina, CC BY-SA 2.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia da EvaBeach · ~5 min drivePhoto: Marcio Sette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia de AdãoBeach · ~5 min drivePhoto: Marcio Sette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia do ForteBeach · ~5 min drivePhoto: Núcleo de digitalização / IMS, Public domain (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia de JurujubaBeach · ~5 min drivePhoto: Marcio Sette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
Praia do CantoBeach · ~5 min drivePhoto: Marcio Sette, CC BY-SA 3.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)
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Best time to visit Praia da Urca
Best months: May–September. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
85° / 75°
21 wet
Feb
86° / 75°
15 wet
Mar
84° / 74°
16 wet
Apr
82° / 72°
15 wet
May
78° / 68°
12 wet
Jun
77° / 65°
9 wet
Jul
76° / 64°
9 wet
Aug
77° / 65°
9 wet
Sep
78° / 66°
12 wet
Oct
80° / 68°
17 wet
Nov
81° / 71°
19 wet
Dec
83° / 73°
22 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 3 ft), not measured at a weather station. We don't have this place's elevation, so higher spots nearby can run cooler. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at Praia da Urca for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
