Map of Castro, Paraná, Brazil

Castro is a city in Paraná, Brazil, with a population of about 71,809. It lies at 24.7893°S, 50.0123°W. Castro is about 1,025 km (637 mi) south of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ponta Grossa, 37 km to the southwest.

Castro at a glance

Where is Castro?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 36 min on the shortest day to 13 h 41 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Castro

• Ponta Grossa — 37 km southwest
• Jaguariaíva — 68 km northeast
• Palmeira — 71 km south
• Telêmaco Borba — 80 km northwest
• Campo Largo — 89 km southeast
• Almirante Tamandaré — 92 km southeast
• Colombo — 97 km southeast
• Irati — 99 km southwest
• Itararé — 102 km northeast
• Curitiba — 103 km southeast

Largest cities in Paraná

• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Londrina — 581,382
• Maringá — 409,657
• Cascavel — 368,195
• São José dos Pinhais — 349,880
• Foz do Iguaçu — 297,352
• Ponta Grossa — 292,177
• Colombo — 232,212
• Guarapuava — 189,630
• Araucária — 162,247

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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Other places named Castro

• Castro — Los Lagos Region, Chile

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.