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Cabo de Santo Agostinho

PE · Northeast

Population: 219,044 (IBGE estimate 2026)

About Cabo de Santo Agostinho

Photo of Cabo de Santo Agostinho
Photo: Gabriela CM · CC BY-SA 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).

Cabo de Santo Agostinho is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Pernambuco. It is part of the urban concentration of Recife and belongs to the metropolitan region of that capital. The Cape of Santo Agostinho (a geographic feature bearing the same name) is considered by many scholars to be the site of the Discovery of Brazil, as it was the stretch of land sighted by the Spanish navigator Vicente Yáñez Pinzón, and the point where the explorer landed on January 26, 1500, three months before Pedro Álvares Cabral's arrival on the Brazilian coast. However, the sailing of Castilian ships along the Brazilian coast produced no lasting consequences. Pinzón's arrival can be seen as a simple incident of Spanish maritime expansion. For this reason, it is considered that Pedro Álvares Cabral discovered Brazil.

The rock formation, characterized by a volcanic extrusion that projects out over the sea, is also a world geological landmark, as it represents the last point of rupture between South America and Africa, which until then were joined in a single vast continental mass called Gondwana (the southern part of Pangaea).

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Attractions nearby

Well-known places within 50 km of the city center, closest first. Source: Wikidata (public domain).

Scores by topic

0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).

Cost of living

No rent data

Rent data (FipeZAP) covers 36 cities. Here the cost topic counts as average (50) in the score.

Healthcare

37

PE average (15 cities): 29 · All 338 cities: 34

Hospital beds per 1,000

1.66 per 1,000 residents

Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data

Doctors per 1,000

4.31 per 1,000 residents

Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data

Airport access

84

PE average (15 cities): 72 · All 338 cities: 60

Distance to intl. airport (km)

21.56 km

Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data

International departures within 100 km

1,689 departures in 12 months

Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data

Nearest international airport

Aeroporto Internacional Recife/Guararapes - Gilberto Freyre (SBRF), 22 km in a straight line · 1,689 international departures in 12 months

Social Progress Index (overall)

59.4

score 0–100 · Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)

Climate month by month

Hot Average temperature: 26.0 °C (Average temperature 25 °C (77 °F) or higher)

15 20 25 30 35 °C 0100200300400 mm Jan: 107 mm Feb: 127 mm Mar: 197 mm Apr: 269 mm May: 317 mm Jun: 391 mm Jul: 315 mm Aug: 187 mm Sep: 93 mm Oct: 53 mm Nov: 39 mm Dec: 62 mm Jan: 30.8 °CFeb: 31 °CMar: 30.9 °CApr: 30.4 °CMay: 29.6 °CJun: 28.5 °CJul: 27.9 °CAug: 27.9 °CSep: 28.6 °COct: 29.6 °CNov: 30.4 °CDec: 30.8 °C Jan: 23.1 °CFeb: 23.3 °CMar: 23.2 °CApr: 22.8 °CMay: 22.3 °CJun: 21.5 °CJul: 21 °CAug: 20.7 °CSep: 21.5 °COct: 22.4 °CNov: 22.8 °CDec: 23 °C JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. high (°C) Avg. low (°C) Rain (mm)
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Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. high (°C) 30.831.030.930.429.628.527.927.928.629.630.430.8
Avg. low (°C) 23.123.323.222.822.321.521.020.721.522.422.823.0
Rain (mm) 10712719726931739131518793533962

Weather station Recife (Curado), 27 km away · climate normals 1991-2020 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data

Location

Nearby cities

Up to 150 km in a straight line. Scores use your weights.

  1. Ipojuca PE · 13 km 47
  2. Jaboatão dos Guararapes PE · 19 km 37
  3. Camaragibe PE · 30 km 46
  4. Recife PE · 31 km 54
  5. São Lourenço da Mata PE · 32 km 35
  6. Vitória de Santo Antão PE · 35 km 44

Cities with a similar profile

Topic scores closest to those of Cabo de Santo Agostinho. Scores use your weights.

  1. Camaçari BA · Northeast 43
  2. Eunápolis BA · Northeast 34
  3. Santa Rita PB · Northeast 32
  4. Simões Filho BA · Northeast 35
  5. Caucaia CE · Northeast 33
  6. Porto Seguro BA · Northeast 40

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