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Where to stay in Bahia
This guide covers 45 destinations in Bahia, a first-level administrative division of Brazil, with 235 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Salvador, Feira de Santana and Vitória da Conquista. Across its destinations, July and August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport (SSA).
- Destinations in this guide
- 45
- Places to stay
- 235
- Comfortable in the most places
- July and August
- Main airport
- SSADeputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zones
- America/Sao Paulo, America/Bahia
Destinations
Destinations in Bahia
Every destination in this guide in Bahia, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Porto Seguro | 182,630 | 90 | BPS · 2 km |
| Salvador | 2,417,678 | 52 | SSA · 20 km |
| Lauro de Freitas | 219,564 | 23 | SSA · 2 km |
| Valença | 85,655 | 16 | SSA · 96 km |
| Ilhéus | 189,149 | 10 | IOS · 3 km |
| Feira de Santana | 660,806 | 6 | SSA · 100 km |
| Luis Eduardo Magalhaes | 107,909 | 5 | |
| Vitória da Conquista | 396,613 | 4 | VDC · 9 km |
| Teixeira de Freitas | 153,738 | 4 | BPS · 141 km |
| Santo Antônio de Jesus | 103,055 | 4 | SSA · 102 km |
| Camaçari | 321,636 | 3 | SSA · 23 km |
| Eunápolis | 121,067 | 2 | BPS · 54 km |
| Paulo Afonso | 112,870 | 2 | PAV · 3 km |
| Brumado | 74,368 | 2 | VDC · 113 km |
| Juazeiro | 256,122 | 1 | PNZ · 9 km |
| Itabuna | 186,708 | 1 | IOS · 27 km |
| Barreiras | 171,634 | 1 | |
| Jequié | 169,201 | 1 | VDC · 147 km |
| Alagoinhas | 161,196 | 1 | SSA · 87 km |
| Simões Filho | 120,419 | 1 | SSA · 16 km |
| Senhor do Bonfim | 78,090 | 1 | PNZ · 129 km |
| Dias d'Ávila | 71,485 | 1 | SSA · 33 km |
| Bom Jesus da Lapa | 65,550 | 1 | |
| Itaberaba | 65,073 | 1 | |
| Itamaraju | 61,999 | 1 | BPS · 82 km |
| Caetité | 52,012 | 1 | |
| Guanambi | 87,817 | ||
| Jacobina | 82,590 | ||
| Serrinha | 80,435 | ||
| Casa Nova | 76,131 | PNZ · 49 km | |
| Irecê | 74,507 | ||
| Candeias | 72,382 | SSA · 37 km | |
| Campo Formoso | 71,377 | PNZ · 130 km | |
| Conceição do Coité | 67,825 | ||
| Itapetinga | 65,897 | VDC · 81 km | |
| Cruz das Almas | 63,326 | SSA · 89 km | |
| Santo Amaro | 61,702 | SSA · 58 km | |
| Euclides da Cunha | 61,456 | PAV · 149 km | |
| Ipirá | 59,222 | ||
| Santo Estêvão | 55,146 | SSA · 114 km | |
| Ribeira do Pombal | 54,010 | ||
| Barra | 51,092 | ||
| Tucano | 51,016 | ||
| Araci | 50,308 | ||
| Catu | 50,109 | SSA · 63 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Bahia
235 hotels in Bahia recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
| Hotel | Where | Opened |
|---|---|---|
| Hotel da Bahia | Salvador | 1951 |
| Bahia Othon Palace | Salvador | |
| Fera Palace Hotel | Salvador | |
| Gran Hotel Stella Maris | Lauro de Freitas | |
| Hotel Colonial | Salvador | 1846 |
| Hotel Fasano Salvador | Salvador | |
| Hotel Icaraí | Salvador | 1957 |
| Hotel Quatro Rodas | Lauro de Freitas | |
| Largo do Cruzeiro de São Francisco, 12 | Salvador | |
| Novotel Salvador Rio Vermelho | Salvador | |
| Pestana Bahia Lodge | Salvador | |
| 5C Hotel | Santo Antônio de Jesus | |
| America Praia Flat | Porto Seguro | |
| América Towers Hotel | Salvador | |
| Antonius Imperial Hotel | Santo Antônio de Jesus | |
| Aquarela Praia Hotel | Porto Seguro | |
| Aram Yamí Boutique Hotel | Salvador | |
| Areia Branca Apart Hotel | Valença | |
| Art Hotel Aos Sinos Dos Anjos | Porto Seguro | |
| Atlântida Park Hotel | Porto Seguro | |
| Atmosfera Hotel | Feira de Santana | |
| Bahia Plaza Hotel | Lauro de Freitas | |
| Bahiacafé Hotel | Salvador | |
| Bahiamar Hotel | Salvador | |
| Baia Cabralia Hotel | Porto Seguro | |
| Baixu Village | Porto Seguro | |
| Belavista Web Hotel | Itaberaba | |
| Belvedere Paulo Afonso | Paulo Afonso | |
| Best Western Shalimar Praia Hotel | Porto Seguro | |
| Bosque do Porto Praia Hotel | Porto Seguro |
When to go
Best time to visit Bahia
From the climate of 45 destinations in Bahia with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: July and August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 45 | 32 °C | 70 mm |
| February | 1 of 45 | 32 °C | 70 mm |
| March | 1 of 45 | 32 °C | 92 mm |
| April | 4 of 45 | 30 °C | 71 mm |
| May | 17 of 45 | 29 °C | 67 mm |
| June | 21 of 45 | 27 °C | 62 mm |
| July | 22 of 45 | 27 °C | 61 mm |
| August | 25 of 45 | 27 °C | 42 mm |
| September | 12 of 45 | 29 °C | 27 mm |
| October | 3 of 45 | 30 °C | 42 mm |
| November | 0 of 45 | 31 °C | 101 mm |
| December | 0 of 45 | 31 °C | 60 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Bahia
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Bahia name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
SSA · Deputado Luiz Eduardo Magalhães International Airport
BPS · Porto Seguro International Airport
PNZ · Senador Nilo Coelho Airport
VDC · Glauber de Andrade Rocha Airport
IOS · Bahia - Jorge Amado Airport
PAV · Paulo Afonso Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Bahia, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Brazil
Regional holidays observed in Bahia
Nearby
Regions near Bahia
Other regions of Brazil with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.