Belém
City in Brazil: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Belém is a city in Brazil, in Pará. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 11th largest city of Brazil in our atlas.
It lies at 1.46° S, 48.50° W, about 15 m (49 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Belem time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Belém. Green dots: other major cities of Brazil. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Belém has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Oct, with average highs near 33°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 24°C (75°F). Around 2,568 mm (101 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BrazilNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Fortaleza · 1,133 km
- Manaus · 1,291 km
- Brasília · 1,591 km
- Recife · 1,680 km
- Maceió · 1,685 km
- Goiânia · 1,692 km
- Salvador · 1,694 km
- Belo Horizonte · 2,111 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3405870 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q22060306 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Belem-TeatroPaz1: Celso Roberto de Abreu Silva from Belém, Brasil, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Baenão: Manoel jr99, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estadio Curuzu 2013: Luiizcruz, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Pequeno lago, localizado no Bosque Rodrigues Alves: Marajonida, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Belém town hall, Pará, 2018: Jcornelius, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Belém Praça do Relógio Clock Place 01: Cayambe, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Belém - Mercado São Brás (2): Sintegrity, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palacete Azul-03: JLPizzol, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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