Paraná · Brazil
Paranaguá travel guide
Paranaguá is a city in Paraná, Brazil, home to about 150,000 people.
- Best months
- August
- Nearest airport
- CWB67 km · Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Paranaguá
Paranaguá means "big round sea" in the Tupi language, a reference to the wide bay that affords the city optimal conditions to function as an important port. The city was founded somewhere around 1550 on the island of Cotinga, and later expanded onto the mainland.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Paranaguá
See
- Beach road
- Church of Nossa Senhora das Mercês
- Church of Nossa Senhora do Rosário
- Church of São Benedito
- Elfrida Lobo House
- Mathias Böhn Palace
- Museum of the Historical and Geographic Institute of Paranaguá
- Old Fountain
- Padroeira do Paraná Sanctuary
- Paranaguá Archeological and Ethnological Museum
- Visconde de Nácar Palace
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Where to stay
Which part of Paranaguá to stay in
Several reasonable places downtown including a hostel right on the waterfront next to the passenger boat ticket office.
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Where to stay
Hotels in Paranaguá
2 hotels within 25 km of the centre, as recorded in Wikidata. Each name links to its encyclopedia article where there is one.
| Hotel | Opened | From centre |
|---|---|---|
| Camboa Capela Hotel | 22.5 km | |
| Ibis Paranagua | 0.9 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Paranaguá
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Paranaguá are August. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; February is the wettest, with about 286 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Paranaguá: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB), about 67 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI, 83 km) is also within reach.
Getting in
Paranagua is linked by passenger launch to Guaraqueçaba, Ilha do Mel, and Ilha do Superagui (part of Superagüi National Park).
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CWB · Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport
JOI · Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Paranaguá
Eat
Sea food can be had fresh daily. As in much of Brasil the best/economical places to eat are the "por quilo" or all you can eat restaurants; these are sprinkled throughout the downtown area.
Drink
For the interested, there are many artesanal cachaças (sugar cane liquor) coming to market in Paranaguá.
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Questions
Paranaguá: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Paranaguá?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Paranaguá are August. January is the warmest month, with average highs of 28 °C; February is the wettest, with about 286 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Paranaguá?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Curitiba-Afonso Pena International Airport (CWB), about 67 km from the city centre in a straight line; Lauro Carneiro de Loyola Airport (JOI, 83 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in Paranaguá?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Paranaguá
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.