São Paulo · Brazil
Praia Grande travel guide
Praia Grande is a city in São Paulo, Brazil, home to about 350,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- CGH49 km · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Praia Grande
Praia Grande is a municipality in the Baixada Santista Metropolitan Region, on the southern coast of the Brazilian state of São Paulo. It is part of the Immediate Region of Santos and its population measured in the IBGE census review in 2010 was 262,051 inhabitants.
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Where to stay
Hotels in Praia Grande
1 hotel 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ibericas Praia Hotel | 0.3 km |
When to go
The best time to visit Praia Grande
Praia Grande has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; January is the wettest, with about 381 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 Praia Grande: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH), about 49 km from the city centre in a straight line; São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU, 65 km) and Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK, 103 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
There are direct buses from São Paulo. Check www.rome2rio.com.. You can also go from Sao Paulo to São Vicente and take a regional bus from there to Praia Grande. There are also regional busses from the area around like from Santos.
Getting around
Praia Grande can be explored nicely on foot. To find a local bus connection, Google Maps and Moovit cover the city. For Moovit you need to choose the metropolitan area "Santos e Regiao". The fare is around R$4 (March 2021) inside the city and can be paid in the bus. In the regional buses you need to say (or show) to which town you want to go to. Then the fare will be calculated. Uber covers the city.
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CGH · Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport
GRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport
SJK · Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport
Questions
Praia Grande: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Praia Grande?
Praia Grande has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. March is the warmest month, with average highs of 29 °C; January is the wettest, with about 381 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Praia Grande?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre Airport (CGH), about 49 km from the city centre in a straight line; São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU, 65 km) and Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport (SJK, 103 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Praia Grande?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Praia Grande
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.