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The city of Brasilia - Geography and Weather


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• Location: the Federal District is situated in the central part of Brazil, between 15°30' and 16°03' South latitude, limited by the Preto River on the East and by the Descoberto River on the West. (see map)
  
  
• Territorial Division: the Federal District is divided in 29 Administrative Regions. (see details)
  
  
• Population: please follow this link.
  
  
• Average temperature: 20.5°C (69 F).
  Hottest month is September, with an average high of 29°C (85 F).
  Coolest month is July, with an average low of 13°C (55 F).
  
  
  
  
• Altitude: between 1000 and 1152 meters (average: 1100 m).
  
  
• Average annual rainfall:
  
  
  
  
• Climate: between "tropical savannas" and "temperate rainy climate with a dry winter season".
  
  
• Sunrise: between approximately 5:00 and 6:30 a.m. (daylight saving time during some months);
  Sunset: between approximately 6:00 and 7:30 p.m.
  
  
• Time Zone: GMT -3h (during daylight saving time: GMT -2h).
  
  
• Weather forecast:
  • forecast from Weather.com

Some physical dimensions

• The Federal District has an area of 5,814 sq. km. (2,245 sq. mi.)
• Lake Paranoa has a surface area over 40 sq. km. (15.5 sq. mi.), a perimeter of around 80 km (49.7 mi.) and a volume of 500,000,000 cu. Meters.
• Plano Piloto is about 13.5 km (8.4 mi.) long.
  * Please note that, since it is curved, the inner distance (as measured in W-3 Avenue, for example) is not exactly the same as the outer distance (L-2 Avenue).
• About 11 (6.8 mi.) of these 13.5 km are in residential areas; the rest corresponds to the "downtown" area.
• The distance between W-3 and L-2 Avenues is about 1.4 km (0.9 mi.).

Distances

• Distances from Brasilia to some other Brazilian state capitals (kilometers):
  
  

  	Air (1)	Land (2)
  Belem	1585	2120
  Belo Horizonte	614	716
  Campo Grande	878	1134
  Cuiaba	875	1133
  Fortaleza	1684	2285
  Goiania	173	209
  Manaus	1929	3490
  Porto Alegre	1614	2027
  Recife	1657	2220
  Rio de Janeiro	931	1148
  Salvador	1062	1531
  Sao Paulo	870	1015
  (1) Source: IBGE (2) Source: "Guia 4 Rodas". Distances are from center to center.

  
  
  
• Air distances between Brasilia and some important foreign cities (kilometers):
  
  

  Berlin, Germany	9583
  Buenos Aires, Argentina	2352
  Cape Town, South Africa	6875
  Lisbon, Portugal	7273
  London, United Kingdom	8780
  Madrid, Spain	7728
  Montreal, Canada	7280
  New York, USA	6830
  Paris, France	8716
  Rome, Italy	8896
  Sydney, Australia	14127
  Tokyo, Japan	17660
  Source: software "PC Globe".

  
  

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