Maranhão · Brazil
Caxias travel guide
Caxias is a city in Maranhão, Brazil, home to about 164,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- THE63 km · Senador Petrônio Portela Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Caxias
Caxias has an architecture inherited from the 19th and early 20th centuries in the Portuguese style, although a good part of its historical heritage has been lost over the years. Caxias is known as the "land of crystalline waters", being a region endowed with a very rich water table, a lot of vegetation and a rainy period. Its dry period is known as brobró (a reference to the last syllable of the dry months: September, October, November and December).
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Things to do
What to see and do in Caxias
See
- Balaída Ruins
- Morro do Alecrim
- Praça Magalhães de Almeida
- Train Station
Do
- Balneário Veneza
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When to go
The best time to visit Caxias
Caxias has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 36 °C; March is the wettest, with about 321 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).
Getting there
Getting to Caxias: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Senador Petrônio Portela Airport (THE), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line.
Getting in
The city is intersected mainly by the BR-316 highway, which connects the capital of Maranhão, São Luís, to the capital of Piauí, Teresina. In addition to the state highways (MA-127, MA-034, MA-349) that connect Caxias to other regions of the state. The MA-034 road connects Caxias to Coelho Neto and Buriti Bravo. The MA-127 connects the city with São João do Sóter and the MA-349 connects it to Aldeias Altas. There is a bus terminal, called Terminal Rodoviário Nachor Carvalho.
Getting around
The public transport system in Caxias is carried out by minibus vehicles, in a consortium autonomous transport system.
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THE · Senador Petrônio Portela Airport
Questions
Caxias: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Caxias?
Caxias has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. October is the warmest month, with average highs of 36 °C; March is the wettest, with about 321 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Caxias?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Senador Petrônio Portela Airport (THE), about 63 km from the city centre in a straight line.
What currency is used in Caxias?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Caxias
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; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.