Maceió
City in Brazil: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Maceió is a city in Brazil, in Alagoas. About 1.0 million people live in the city proper, making it the 14th largest city of Brazil in our atlas.
It lies at 9.67° S, 35.74° W, about 11 m (36 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Maceio time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Maceió. Green dots: other major cities of Brazil. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Maceió has a tropical savanna (dry summer) climate (Köppen As). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 30°C (86°F); the coolest nights come in Aug at about 22°C (72°F). Around 1,158 mm (46 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Jun.
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
- Recife · 202 km
- Salvador · 475 km
- Fortaleza · 728 km
- Belo Horizonte · 1,450 km
- Brasília · 1,497 km
- Belém · 1,668 km
- Goiânia · 1,672 km
- Rio de Janeiro · 1,680 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3395981 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q22061230 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
