Map of Araranguá, Brazil

Araranguá is a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a population of about 71,922. It lies at 28.9357°S, 49.4954°W. Araranguá is about 1,472 km (914 mi) south of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Içara, 31 km to the northeast.

Araranguá at a glance

Where is Araranguá?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 18 min on the shortest day to 14 h 00 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Araranguá

• Içara — 31 km northeast
• Criciúma — 31 km northeast
• Torres — 50 km southwest
• Tubarão — 71 km northeast
• Braço do Norte — 80 km northeast
• Laguna — 86 km northeast
• São José — 87 km north
• Capão da Canoa — 103 km southwest
• Imbituba — 112 km northeast
• Osório — 130 km southwest

Largest cities in Santa Catarina

• Joinville — 664,500
• Florianópolis — 508,826
• Blumenau — 361,261
• Itajaí — 294,850
• Chapecó — 282,648
• Criciúma — 227,438
• Palhoça — 222,598
• São José — 200,000
• Jaraguá do Sul — 199,519
• Lages — 172,458

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.