{{Infobox settlement | official_name = Município de Cabo Frio | nickname = "Atlantic Princess" | motto = | image_skyline = {{multiple image | perrow = 1/2/2/1 | border = infobox | total_width = 280 | image1 = Cabo Frio (344068854).jpg | image2 = Ilha do cabo frio - ieapm.JPG | image3 = CaboFrio Igreja de São Benedito2.JPG | image4 = PlayaForteSaoMateo3-CaboFrio-Brasil-feb2016.jpg | image5 = Cabo frio.jpg | image6 = Cabo Frio - vista aérea.jpg | footer = '''From top to bottom and left to right''': view of ''Praia do Forte'' (Fort Beach); island in the city; Church of São Benedito; beach at the foot of São Matheus Fort; sunset on the beach and aerial view of the city.}} | image_caption = | image_flag = Bandeira cabo frio.png | image_shield = Brasao cabofrio.PNG | image_map = RiodeJaneiro Municip CaboFrio.svg | mapsize = 300px | map_caption = Location of Cabo Frio in the state of Rio de Janeiro | pushpin_map = Brazil | pushpin_map_caption = Location of Cabo Frio in Brazil | subdivision_type = Country | subdivision_type1 = Region | subdivision_type2 = State | subdivision_name = {{flag|Brazil}} | subdivision_name1 = Southeast | subdivision_name2 = Rio de Janeiro | leader_title = Mayor | leader_name = Dr. Serginho (PL) | area_total_km2 = 410.418 | area_footnotes = <ref name="Cabo-Frio"/> | population_as_of = 2022 Brazilian census | population_total = 222,161 | population_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE">{{cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/cabo-frio/panorama |title=Cabo Frio |author=Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE)}}</ref> | population_density_km2 = auto | population_est = 238,438 | pop_est_as_of = 2025 | pop_est_footnotes = <ref name="IBGE"/> | population_metro = | timezone = BRT | utc_offset = −3 | timezone_DST = | utc_offset_DST = | coordinates = {{coord|22|52|44|S|42|01|08|W|region:BR|display=inline,title}} | elevation_m = 4 | website = {{URL|http://www.cabofrio.rj.gov.br|cabofrio.rj.gov.br}} | footnotes = | settlement_type = Municipality | name = Cabo Frio }}
'''Cabo Frio''' ({{IPA|pt|ˈkabu ˈfɾi.u}}, ''Cold Cape'') is a tourist destination located in the state of Rio de Janeiro.
The Brazilian coast runs east from Rio de Janeiro to Cabo Frio where it turns sharply north. North of Cabo Frio is Cabo de São Tomé.
It was named after the geography of its location, a cape, and because the water temperature is colder than in nearby cities (''frio'' is Portuguese for "cold"). This city features beaches with white fine sand. Due to a lack of mica, the sand stays cool in the sun.
{{as of|2025}}, Cabo Frio's estimated population is 238,438 and its area is 410 km<sup>2</sup>.<ref name="IBGE" />
== Demography == According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics, in 2010, Cabo Frio had 90,831 men (48.7%) and 95,396 women (51.3%). The municipality has demonstrated rapid demographic growth over the decades.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/cabo-frio/pesquisa/20/29767?ano=2010 |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=cidades.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>
=== Ethnicities === According to the IBGE, the municipality is made up of 88,701 whites, 72,561 mixed race, 23,555 blacks, 1,109 Asians, and 301 indigenous people.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/brasil/rj/cabo-frio/panorama |access-date=2025-03-21 |website=cidades.ibge.gov.br}}</ref>
* Whites - 47.7% * Pardos - 39% * Blacks - 12.6% * Asians - 0.6% * Indigenous - 0.1%
=== Religion === According to the IBGE, the municipality is made up of 78,061 evangelicals, 64,006 Catholics, 32,894 non-religious people (including atheists and agnostics), 6,539 spiritualists, and 6,413 people who profess other religions, such as Judaism, Buddhism, Islam, esotericism, and neopaganism.<ref>{{Cite web |last=cabofrio.net.br |title=cabofrio.net.br {{!}} Guia de empresas e serviços em Cabo Frio |url=https://cabofrio.net.br/ |access-date=2025-08-13 |website=cabofrio.net.br |language=pt}}</ref>
* Evangelicals - 41.7% * Roman Catholics - 34.3% * Non-religious (including atheists and agnostics) - 17.6% * Spiritists - 3.5% * Other religions - 3.4%
== Infrastructure ==
Cabo Frio is served by Cabo Frio International Airport.
== Historical buildings ==
* Our Lady of Assumprion Church
{{Wide image|CaboFrio BridgePanorama.JPG|800px|Feliciano Sodré Bridge|67%|center}}
==Geography== ===Climate=== {{Weather box |width=auto |location=Cabo Frio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil |metric first=yes |single line=yes |Jan high C = 28.7 |Feb high C = 29.1 |Mar high C = 28.8 |Apr high C = 27.5 |May high C = 26.1 |Jun high C = 24.9 |Jul high C = 24.7 |Aug high C = 24.3 |Sep high C = 24.3 |Oct high C = 25.2 |Nov high C = 26.5 |Dec high C = 27.9 |year high C = |Jan low C = 22.3 |Feb low C = 22.7 |Mar low C = 22.7 |Apr low C = 21.5 |May low C = 20.0 |Jun low C = 18.8 |Jul low C = 18.6 |Aug low C = 18.7 |Sep low C = 19.0 |Oct low C = 19.7 |Nov low C = 20.7 |Dec low C = 21.8 |year low C = |Jan rain mm = 78.1 |Feb rain mm = 44.1 |Mar rain mm = 52.8 |Apr rain mm = 78.3 |May rain mm = 69.1 |Jun rain mm = 43.9 |Jul rain mm = 44.7 |Aug rain mm = 36.1 |Sep rain mm = 61.0 |Oct rain mm = 80.7 |Nov rain mm = 81.0 |Dec rain mm = 101.1 |year rain mm = |Jan humidity = 82 |Feb humidity = 82 |Mar humidity = 82 |Apr humidity = 80 |May humidity = 81 |Jun humidity = 81 |Jul humidity = 80 |Aug humidity = 81 |Sep humidity = 81 |Oct humidity = 82 |Nov humidity = 82 |Dec humidity = 82 |year humidity = |source 1 = Climate-Charts.com<ref name="Climate-Charts"/> }}
==References== {{Reflist|refs= <ref name="Cabo-Frio">{{cite web |language=Portuguese |title=Cabo Frio |publisher= IBGE - Instituto Brasileiro de Geografia e Estatística - Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics |url=https://cidades.ibge.gov.br/xtras/perfil.php?lang=&codmun=330070&search=rio-de-janeiro%257Ccabo-frio%257Cinfograficos:-informacoes-completas}}</ref>
<ref name="Climate-Charts">{{cite web |url= http://www.climate-charts.com/Locations/b/BZ83719.php |title= Cabo Frio, Brazil: Climate, Global Warming, and Daylight Charts and Data |date=2010 |website=Climate-Charts.com |access-date =January 14, 2018}}</ref> }}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20190616102314/http://cabofrio.rj.gov.br/ Cabo Frio Town Hall] *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081013183344/http://www.cmcabofrio.rj.gov.br/ Cabo Frio Legislative Chamber]
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