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Destination brief
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Travel Score
69
out of 100
In short
Worth going, with some care.
Explore
A balanced mix of sights, food and day trips.
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Weather forecast
No good stretch in this forecast
The best run is Sat Oct 24 and Sun Oct 25, with an average weather score of only 47.
Weather forecast only: air quality, events and safety are shown separately.
Every component and the reason behind it. The full formula is on the Method page.
Average daily weather score 43/100 over the next 3 days; biggest concern: 94% chance of rain on Oct 26.
US EPA index 2: Moderate.
No Level 3 or 4 advisory in our data (not a guarantee of safety).
No storms or heavy rain in the next 3 days.
No listed events with confirmed dates in the next 14 days.
WeatherAPI
Petrópolis, Rio de JaneiroUpdated 8:30 PM local time
22°C
Overcast
Feels like 24°High 28° · Low 18°
Rain now
31%
Rain today
68% chance
Humidity
93%
Wind
7 km/h NNE
Festival calendar
Nothing on right now
No listed festivals or events are happening today.
Christmas Day
ReligiousWorldwide
Dec 25, 2026In 62 days
Global celebration marking the birth of Jesus Christ, celebrated with feasts, gift-giving, and decorations.
New Year's Day
National HolidayWorldwide
Jan 1, 2027In 69 days
Global celebrations to welcome the new year with joy and festivities.
US EPA index
2 / 6
ModerateAcceptable for most people. Unusually sensitive people may want to limit long outdoor exertion.
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
Power is what the wall supplies, not what a device needs: most phone and laptop chargers take 100 to 240 V, so you usually need only a plug adapter. Check the label on your device.
Plugs, power and driving side are shown only where two sources agree (Wikipedia, Mains electricity by country (from the IEC's World Plugs), worldstandards.eu, Wikidata, Wikipedia, Left- and right-hand traffic), checked 2026-10-11. See .
Seasonal data not available yet; neutral estimate used.
8:37 PM
Saturday, October 24
Visibility
10 km
UV index
Low (0)
Local time at destination
Today
Oct 24
28° 18°
Mist · 68% rain
Sun
Oct 25
24° 16°
Overcast · 91% rain
Mon
Oct 26
17° 13°
Fog · 94% rain
No known advisory
No Level 3 or 4 advisory found for this destination in our data. This is not a guarantee of safety. Check your government's official travel advice before you go.
Source: U.S. Department of State travel advisorys (Level 3 and 4), retrieved 2026-10-06 from the State Department's public feed; a few records kept by hand carry their own source and date. Updated Oct 6, 2026.
Emergency numbers for this country aren't in our data yet. Look them up before you travel.
Portuguese is one of this country’s main languages; local languages can differ by region. Only words that Wiktionary and Wikivoyage phrasebooks both give are shown (CC BY-SA 4.0, checked 2026-10-11). Some languages change a word with who is speaking or how formal you are: these are the common forms.
Visa and passport rules depend on your nationality: check your government’s travel advice before you book.
Petrópolis is a city of the estado of central Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil, in a valley of the Órgãos Mountains, 40 kilometres north of Rio de Janeiro city.
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NASA POWER climatology (public domain)
Usually the most comfortable: June, July and August. Typical weather over 2001–2020, not a forecast.
Taller is more comfortable. The brighter bars are the best months; the filled label is this month.
Typical weather
29° 17°
Warm
About 100 mm of rain over the month
Festivals that month
None recorded in our calendar.
What to pack
Worked out from the typical weather of this month, not from a forecast: check the forecast in the days before you go. From our festival calendar. Dates marked approximate are only known by month and can move; an empty list means none is recorded, not that nothing is on.
| Month | Feels | High / low | Rain | Comfort |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | Wet | 29° / 20° | 216 mm | 69 |
| February | Wet | 29° / 20° | 139 mm | 77 |
| March | Wet | 28° / 19° | 157 mm | 81 |
| April | Pleasant | 27° / 17° | 84 mm | 92 |
| May | Pleasant | 25° / 15° | 60 mm | 96 |
| June | Pleasant | 25° / 14° | 39 mm | 99 |
| July | Pleasant | 25° / 13° |
Comfort uses the typical daytime high (most comfortable at 20 to 28°C) and the typical rainfall (most comfortable under 1 mm a day), averaged over 2001–2020. Highs and lows are worked out from the monthly average temperature and the average daily swing, so they are close, not exact. It is not a forecast. Humidity, crowds, prices and festivals are not included, and a mountain or coast can differ from its half-degree grid cell.
| 37 mm |
| 99 |
| August | Pleasant | 26° / 13° | 37 mm | 99 |
|---|
| September | Warm | 28° / 15° | 61 mm | 94 |
|---|
| October | Warm | 29° / 17° | 100 mm | 84 |
|---|
| November | Wet | 28° / 18° | 199 mm | 74 |
|---|
| December | Wet | 29° / 19° | 228 mm | 68 |
|---|
Exchange rate
1 USD ≈ 5.04 BRL, as of 24 Oct 2026
A mid-market rate, not what a bank, card or exchange desk will give you. Rates By Exchange Rate API (opens in a new tab)
GeoNames (CC BY 4.0)
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