South America
Brazil
About 209.5M people live in Brazil, on 8,511,965 km² in 27 regions; the capital is Brasília. The highest summit is Pico da Neblina (2,994 m).
Best timeJun–Aug
Best weather in OctoberFortaleza 80
October: highs19° – 35°
Rain this month, on average91mm
Mean of its 13 most visited places. Best: Jun–Aug.
Brazil at a glance
The atlas follows 65,751 places here month by month, with 73 mountains and 1,900 monuments; across the most visited of them, the best months are June, July and August.
Brasília now30°CPartly cloudy · 10:31Sunrise · sunset05:41 · 18:13BrasíliaNext holiday2 NovemberAll Souls' DayEarthquakes0in the last 7 days (M2.5+)Travel adviceUS 2UK 2Exercise increased caution
65,751places in 27 regions73summits, highest Pico da Neblina1,900monuments2,462museums331lakes482beaches1ski areas19festivals3,483huts, viewpoints, campsites…
Brazil's population
Every five years from 1950; from 2030 the projection.
+298%53.4M in 1950 → 212.8M in 2025 → 217.5M in 2050Brazil · In numbers
GDP per person (PPP)$23,4002025 · 82/181 among countries · World: $25,700
Life expectancy76.02024 · 97/212 among countries · World: 73.5
Living in towns and cities88 %2025 · 39/212 among countries · World: 58 %
Using the internet84 %2024 · 81/179 among countries · World: 71 %
Children per woman1.612024 · 131/212 among countries · World: 2.19
Forest cover59 %2024 · 33/206 among countries
The latest year each series has; the line is the whole series since 1960.
When to go to Brazil
The places with the best weather in each month, scored from their climate.
For the beach in August
Places and regions of Brazil
The most visited places with their score this month, then every region with what the atlas follows there.
51OctoberBrasília
May–Jul
28° / 18°151 mm
61OctoberMacapá
Jun · Sep–Oct
32° / 25°30 mm
73OctoberRio Grande
Apr · Oct–Nov
19° / 16°89 mm
54OctoberCapão Bonito
May–Jul
24° / 15°121 mm
80OctoberFortaleza
Sep–Nov
30° / 25°10 mm
62OctoberPorto Alegre
Apr–May · Jul
24° / 15°129 mm
49OctoberAcari
Jun–Aug
28° / 20°94 mm
57OctoberSão Paulo
May · Jul–Aug
24° / 16°121 mm
27 regions
Paraná9,229 places · 2 summits · Curitiba
São Paulo5,865 places · 12 summits · Capão Bonito
Bahia5,555 places · 4 summits · Salvador
Minas Gerais4,946 places · 11 summits · Belo Horizonte
Santa Catarina4,582 places · 5 summits · Garopaba
Ceará4,301 places · 1 summits · Fortaleza
Maranhão3,592 places · São Luís
Piauí3,354 places · Teresina
Rio de Janeiro3,240 places · 12 summits · Acari
Pernambuco2,397 places · 1 summits · Recife
Amazonas2,384 places · Manaus
Pará2,286 places · Belém
Rio Grande do Sul2,084 places · Rio Grande
Rio Grande do Norte1,824 places · 1 summits · Natal
Paraíba1,722 places · 1 summits · Malta
Mato Grosso1,231 places · Cuiabá
Mato Grosso do Sul1,188 places · 1 summits · Campo Grande
Espírito Santo1,049 places · 3 summits · Vitória
Alagoas1,021 places · Maceió
Goiás746 places · Goiânia
Sergipe699 places · Aracaju
Acre610 places · Rio Branco
Tocantins592 places · Formoso do Araguaia
Rondônia531 places · Porto Velho
Roraima319 places · Boa Vista
Amapá278 places · Macapá
Federal District126 places · 1 summits · Brasília
Brazil from above
Every place scored for the month you pick: comfortable temperatures, dry days and clear skies.
OctoberMonth scores for Brazil
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Nature in Brazil
Summit2,973 m
Pico 31 de Março
Summit2,891 m
Pico da Bandeira
Summit2,810 m
Mount Roraima
Lake
Paranoá Lake
Lake
Lagoa da Conceição
Lake
Lake PampulhaWildlife in October
The birds and mammals seen most this month, compared with the rest of their year.
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Outdoors in Brazil
Hiking routes, ski areas and everything to do outdoors, counted.
Culture in Brazil
1,900 monuments and 2,462 museums; the best known first.
BrasíliaBuilt 1960
SalvadorBuilt 1549
Palácio do PlanaltoBuilt 1960 · modern
Cathedral of BrasíliaBuilt 1970 · modern
Christ the RedeemerBuilt 1920
Amazon TheatreBuilt 1896 · Renaissance
Museum
São Paulo Museum of ArtBuilt 1947
Museum
Pinacoteca de São PauloBuilt 1905The festival year
What's on in Brazil
The ground and the sky in Brazil
Earthquakes since 1950 and in the last month; eclipses, meteors and the moon as seen from the capital.
Last 30 days0magnitude 2.5 or moreSince 195067magnitude 5+, of them 25 of 6+StrongestM7.6Iñapari 291 km ↖ · 1963Deadliest1deaths · 1986The moon tonightWaxing gibbous85% · BrasíliaNext eclipse6 Feb 2027Annular solar eclipse · 57%Orionids~17 an hour21 October · BrasíliaNorthern lightsKp 9+only in the strongest storms here
Getting to Brazil
28 large airports, 581 railway stations, 272 ferry ports; the ones closest to the most visited places.
Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International AirportBSB · Brasília
10 kmViracopos International AirportVCP · Capão Bonito
166 kmPinto Martins International AirportFOR · Fortaleza
6.6 kmPorto Alegre-Salgado Filho International AirportPOA · Porto Alegre
7.4 kmRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International AirportGIG · Acari
9.4 kmCongonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre AirportCGH · São Paulo
9.1 kmBrasíliaBrasília
1.3 kmFTL - Pátio AracapéFortaleza
14 kmBarros FilhoAcari
2.8 kmEstação da LuzSão Paulo
1.3 kmEstação Ferroviária de Belo HorizonteBelo Horizonte
0.5 kmBonocôSalvador
1.2 kmBarco Cisne Branco→ Atracadouro do GNU
0.8 kmTerminal Turístico Náutico da Bahia→ Terminal Hidroviário de Morro de São Paulo, Terminal Marítimo de Mar Grande
2.7 kmCais da Praia Grande - Terminal Hidroviário de São Luís→ Sao Luis - Alcantara
0.6 kmPractical information
Plugs, money, phone numbers and the side of the road: the things to know before you land.
PlugsC127 V
Emergency188Calling code +55
TrafficOn the rightside of the road
CurrencyBrazilian RealBRL
LanguagesPortuguese
Local time10:31Brasília