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Best time to visit Ilha Grande
Brazil · Latin America
All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.
The year in Ilha Grande
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- JanJIlha Grande in January: ok, busy
- FebFIlha Grande in February: ok, busy
- MarMIlha Grande in March: sweet spot
- AprAIlha Grande in April: sweet spot
- MayMIlha Grande in May: sweet spot
- JunJIlha Grande in June: sweet spot
- JulJIlha Grande in July: sweet spot
- AugAIlha Grande in August: sweet spot
- SepSIlha Grande in September: sweet spot
- OctOIlha Grande in October: good
- NovNIlha Grande in November: ok, busy
- DecDIlha Grande in December: ok, busy
- Sweet spot
- Good
- OK
- Avoid
- Busy
Dry season: Jul, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.
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Month by month
| Month | Max °C | Rain days | Humidity | Sun h/day | Verdict | Why |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan | 29° | 10d | 84% | 10.5h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Feb | 29° | 10d | 84% | 10.3h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Mar | 29° | 8d | 85% | 10.4h | sweet spot | 29C max, 8 rainy days |
| Apr | 27° | 8d | 84% | 9.9h | sweet spot | 27C max, 8 rainy days |
| May | 25° | 7d | 83% | 9.2h | sweet spot | 25C max, 7 rainy days |
| Jun | 24° | 8d | 84% | 8.8h | sweet spot | 24C max, 8 rainy days |
| Jul | 24° | 5d | 82% | 9.1h | sweet spot | 24C max, 5 rainy days |
| Aug | 24° | 8d | 82% | 8.8h | sweet spot | 24C max, 8 rainy days |
| Sep | 25° | 7d | 84% | 9.4h | sweet spot | 25C max, 7 rainy days |
| Oct | 26° | 11d | 86% | 9.0h | good | 26C max, 11 rainy days |
| Nov | 26° | 10d | 84% | 9.9h | okbusy | busier than usual |
| Dec | 28° | 9d | 85% | 10.5h | okbusy | busier than usual |
Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.
Weather read at Vila do Abraão, the island's village: ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.
A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.
How busy it gets
Then and now
Ilha Grande's September days now average 25.4°C, 2.9°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 12 of 12 months are clearly warmer.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1981–90 | 26.5° | 27.0° | 26.1° | 25.3° | 24.0° | 22.8° | 22.1° | 22.6° | 22.5° | 23.2° | 24.4° | 25.1° |
| 2017–26 | 29.3° | 29.4° | 28.6° | 26.7° | 25.2° | 24.4° | 23.8° | 24.1° | 25.4° | 25.7° | 26.2° | 27.8° |
| Change | +2.9° | +2.4° | +2.5° | +1.4° | +1.2° | +1.6° | +1.7° | +1.5° | +2.9° | +2.5° | +1.9° | +2.7° |
The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.
Getting there
Fly into Rio De Janeiro (GIG), then drive. The flights under Where to book are to Rio De Janeiro.
| Rio De Janeiro (GIG) | the drive is not measured yet |
|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro (SDU) | the drive is not measured yet |
The drive from each airport is the road's, from openrouteservice.org by HeiGIT: typical, not a schedule.
How far Ilha Grande is depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.
- from Sao Paulo
- from Buenos Aires
- from Santiago
- from Lima
- from Bogota
- from Lagos
- from Cape Town
- from Miami
Open in Rome2rio for every way from to Ilha Grande, flying or not.
Before you go
Type C plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Brazilian real. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Global Affairs Canada: Exercise a high degree of caution (with regional advisories). US State Department: Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution. Everything for Brazil: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.
Being there
On arrival
- Paying — Most businesses take cards, and in big cities cash is used less and less. Locals pay by Pix, which needs a Brazilian bank account or CPF.
- UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
- Tipping — A 10% service charge is usually on the restaurant bill, so nothing more is needed; taxi drivers do not expect a tip, though people may round up.
Getting around Ilha Grande
- Apps — Rides: 99, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
There are no roads and no private cars on the island. A good option is to use Vila do Abraão as a base and plan day trips from there. More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ilha Grande, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Help
- Emergency — police 190 or 911 · ambulance 192 · fire 193.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.
Your embassy — : how to reach your embassy or consulate abroad. A guess from your city, : a city is not a passport.
Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.
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Ilha Grande in pictures
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Rjcastillo, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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TMbux, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Rafael Vianna Croffi, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
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Claus Bunks aka Afrobrasil on flickr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
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Claus Bunks aka Afrobrasil on flickr, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
What Ilha Grande is like
Ilha Grande is a beautiful Brazilian island, about 150 km (93 mi) from Rio de Janeiro and 450 km (280 mi) from São Paulo. The largest settlement on the island is called Vila do Abraão. Together with Paraty, Ilha Grande forms a mixed world heritage site. More on Wikivoyage
- Worth seeing
- Art Gallery inside of Vivenda das Bromelias Inns Aqueduct Candido Mendez Jail Ruins en Dois Rios - It´s not preserved or restored but come here and remember that the most dangerous criminals in Brazil were kept here In… More on Wikivoyage
- Worth doing
- Snorkeling Kayaking Sailing Diving at Sitio Forte Hiking in the rain forest at Papagaio Peak - A 2-3 hour hike to the peak. Marked, despite some warnings you may hear, and with a beautiful view at the top. More on Wikivoyage
- Getting in
- Ilha Grande must be reached by boat from Angra dos Reis or Mangaratiba. The departure times of the ferry from Mangaratiba, Conceiçao and Angra dos Reis stated on rome2rio.com are outdated (Dec 2020). More on Wikivoyage
From the Wikivoyage article on Ilha Grande, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.
Around Ilha Grande
Also in Brazil
- Belém best Jul, Sep, Oct
- Florianópolis best Mar, Apr, Jul
- Fortaleza best Jul, Sep, Oct
- Lençóis Maranhenses best Sep, Oct, Nov
- Manaus best Jul, Sep, Oct
- Natal best Aug, Sep, Oct
- Recife best Jan, Feb, Oct
- Rio de Janeiro best Mar, May, Sep
- Salvador best Sep, Oct, Nov
- Sao Paulo best May, Aug, Sep
- São Luís best Jun, Oct, Nov
Nearby
- Iguazu Falls Argentina · 1,089 km
- Montevideo Uruguay · 1,751 km
- Buenos Aires Argentina · 1,878 km
- Mar del Plata Argentina · 2,086 km
Kind of place
Ilha Grande is in Brazil, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.
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