Goiânia
City in Brazil: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Goiânia is a city in Brazil, in Goiás. About 1.5 million people live in the city proper, making it the 10th largest city of Brazil in our atlas.
It lies at 16.68° S, 49.25° W, about 766 m (2,513 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Sao_Paulo time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Goiânia. Green dots: other major cities of Brazil. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Goiânia has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 34°C (92°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 14°C (56°F). Around 1,398 mm (55 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jan.
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
- Brasília · 173 km
- Belo Horizonte · 670 km
- Campinas · 729 km
- Guarulhos · 807 km
- São Paulo · 812 km
- Rio de Janeiro · 946 km
- Curitiba · 971 km
- Salvador · 1,216 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3462377 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q32124520 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Estadio-olimpico-pedro-ludovico-teixeira-go-ii: Andrenaves, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Estádio Hailé Pinheiro: Boaventuravinicius, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Orion Por Gabriel Amorim: Asuka83, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Grande Hotel de Goiânia: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
