Map of Braço do Norte, Brazil

Braço do Norte is a city in Santa Catarina, Brazil, with a population of about 33,773. It lies at 28.2750°S, 49.1656°W. Braço do Norte is about 1,395 km (867 mi) south of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is São José, 7 km to the north.

Braço do Norte at a glance

Where is Braço do Norte?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 21 min on the shortest day to 13 h 56 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Braço do Norte

• São José — 7 km north
• Tubarão — 26 km southeast
• Laguna — 44 km southeast
• Imbituba — 49 km east
• Criciúma — 49 km southwest
• Içara — 50 km south
• Araranguá — 80 km southwest
• Palhoça — 85 km northeast
• Florianópolis — 97 km northeast
• Biguaçu — 100 km northeast

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.