Campos do Jordão (SP). According to the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), the city, nestled in the Mantiqueira mountain range, has an average altitude of 1,628 meters, which makes it the coldest in the country, according to the National Institute of Meteorology (INMET): average of 8.1 ºC, calculated over the last 30 years. Still in terms of altitude, but at the opposite extreme, the title of lowest does not go to any city, or rather, it goes to several.
With more than 8 thousand kilometers of coastline, Brazil has 138 cities at 0 meters of altitude. The state with the most municipalities at sea level is Maranhão, with 35. No capital is included in the list, although several have access to the sea. The closest is Rio de Janeiro, with an average altitude of 2 meters. Want more records? Meet the biggest, the smallest, the oldest, etc.
Brazil, land of extremes
The pluses and minuses of a country more or less
Further north – Uiramutã (RR)
The city borders Guyana
Largest area – Altamira (PA)
159 695 km2 – Four times larger than the Netherlands and 105 times the city of São Paulo
Youngest – Aroeiras do Itaim (PI)
Founded in 2005 – In July of the same year, the city registered 2,591 inhabitants
Oldest – Salvador (BA)
The city dates back to 1549 – the village of São Vicente was founded in 1532, but was only formalized as a city in 1895
Hottest – Cáceres (MT)
32.8 ºC* – Although the record temperature was registered in Bom Jesus do Piauí (PI): 44.7 ºC, in November 2005
Less populated – Borá (SP)
823 inhabitants – All would fit on an Airbus A380-800 plane, capable of holding 850 people
Further south – Chuí (RS)
The city borders Uruguay
Most populated – São Paulo (SP)
12. 106,200 inhabitants – almost 2 million more than Portugal and about 6% of the Brazilian population
Smallest area – Santa Cruz de Minas (MG)
2.9 km2 – The smallest Brazilian city is still one and a half times larger than the Principality of Monaco, a country
Coldest – Campos do Jordão (SP)
8.1 ºC* – Despite this, the record cold belongs to Xanxerê (SC): -11.6 ºC, in July 1945
* Average annual temperature calculated by INMET over at least 30 years