Pará · Brazil
Santarém travel guide
Santarém is a city in Pará, Brazil, home to about 361,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- STM10 km · Santarém - Maestro Wilson Fonseca International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Santarem
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Santarém
Santarém is a municipality in the western part of the state of Pará in Brazil. Located at the confluence of the Tapajós and Amazon Rivers, it has become a popular tourist destination.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Santarém
See
- The meeting of the Tapajós River with the Amazon River
- Mercado Modelo
- Museu Centro Cultural João Fona
- Museu do Índio
- Museu de Arte Sacra
- Museu Dica Frazão
- Theatro Victória
Do
You can enjoy good moments in the various bars of the city with live music, pizzerias, cinemas and nightclubs. Besides a pleasant walk along the waterfront in front of the meeting of the waters of the Amazonas and Tapajós rivers.
- Festa de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Festa Folclórica do Sairé
- UFOPA - Amazon Unit
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When to go
The best time to visit Santarém
Santarém has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; March is the wettest, with about 388 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 Santarém: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Santarém - Maestro Wilson Fonseca International Airport (STM), about 9.7 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
Santarém is about 36 hours by river boat from Manaus and 60 to 70 hours from Belem, making it an ideal place for a few days' stopover on a trip along the Amazon. Boats leave Manaus every day besides Sunday. There are usually 3 boats leaving from Manaus, however on Wednesdays only one boat leaves and costs R$10 more than usual for first class. Usual cost is about R$155-170 for first class (top deck with a hammock) - R$150 on one day in November 2025.
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STM · Santarém - Maestro Wilson Fonseca International Airport
Local knowledge
Eating, drinking and staying safe in Santarém
Eat
You can to taste the rich regional cuisine that includes the famous tacacá, duck in tucupi, pirarucu in escabeche sauce, the delicious farofa de piracuí with banana, calderada de tucunaré, manissoba, macaxeira cake and diverse fish dishes, in addition to the tasty creme de cupuaçu, bombom de cupuaçu, Brazil nut biscuit and tapioca.
Drink
You have the opportunity to sample the tasty and nutritious açaí, bacaba and assorted tropical fruit juices such as cupuaçu and graviola.
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Questions
Santarém: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Santarém?
Santarém has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. September is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; March is the wettest, with about 388 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Santarém?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Santarém - Maestro Wilson Fonseca International Airport (STM), about 9.7 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Santarém?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Santarém
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.