Region: Rio de Janeiro region · Brazil
Belford Roxo travel guide
Belford Roxo is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home to about 483,000 people.
- Best months
- June to August
- Nearest airport
- GIG16 km · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Plugs
- C, N · 220 V
- Emergency
- 190
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Belford Roxo
Belford Roxo is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro and was created in 1990.
Belford Roxo is the third most populous of the 13 municipalities of the region of Baixada Fluminense, following only Nova Iguaçu and Duque de Caxias. It has also one of the highest demographic densities in the state of Rio de Janeiro. The current municipality of Belford Roxo was a district of Nova Iguaçu until 1990, when it was emancipated.
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Things to do
What to see and do in Belford Roxo
See
- Praça de Areia Branca
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Conceição
- Igreja de São Simão
- Parque Industrial da Bayer
- Estação ferroviária de Belford Roxo e a antiga Estrada de Ferro Rio d'Ouro
- Área de Proteção Ambiental do Alto Iguaçu
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When to go
The best time to visit Belford Roxo
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Belford Roxo are June to August. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 250 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Public holidays in Brazil, 2026
Shops and offices may close on these dates.
Getting there
Getting to Belford Roxo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 29 km) and Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF, 108 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
The municipality is served by suburban trains through the Belford Roxo railway line, which starts in the Central do Brasil station, in downtown Rio de Janeiro, goes through the capital's North Zone and the municipality of São João de Meriti, and enters thereafter the municipality of Belford Roxo, ending in the Belford Roxo train station, located in the city center. In the surroundings of the last station of this railway line, urban bus lines are available to several neighborhoods of Belford Roxo and other locations in Greater Rio in general.
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Questions
Belford Roxo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Belford Roxo?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Belford Roxo are June to August. February is the warmest month, with average highs of 32 °C; January is the wettest, with about 250 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Belford Roxo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), about 16 km from the city centre in a straight line; Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 29 km) and Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF, 108 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Belford Roxo?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Belford Roxo
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.