Rio de Janeiro · Brazil
Magé travel guide
Magé is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, home to about 228,000 people.
- Best months
- June to August
- Nearest airport
- GIG28 km · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
- Language
- Portuguese, Brazilian Sign Language
About
About Magé
Magé is a municipality located in the Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro.
Magé is a municipality located on the north shore of Guanabara Bay, and at the foot of the mountain range known as Serra do Mar. It is one of the 13 municipalities of Baixada Fluminense. In 1990, Magé lost the territory corresponding to its former district of Guapimirim, which was emancipated, becoming a municipality itself. The municipality of Magé is crossed by the BR-116 and BR-493 highways, and is served by the Vila Inhomirim and Guapimirim railway lines.
Wikipedia and Wikivoyage contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0; excerpted.
Things to do
What to see and do in Magé
See
- Parque Nacional da Serra dos Órgãos
- Serra da Estrela
- Área de Proteção Ambiental Guapimirim
- Estação Ecológica da Guanabara
- Parque Natural Municipal Barão de Mauá
- Praia de Mauá
- Rio Inhomirim
- Rio Suruí
- Rio Roncador
- Canal Magemirim
- Palácio Anchieta
- Igreja de Nossa Senhora da Piedade
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When to go
The best time to visit Magé
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Magé 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).
Getting there
Getting to Magé: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), about 28 km from the city centre in a straight line; Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 31 km) and Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF, 102 km) are also within reach.
Getting in
From the Central Zone of the capital, you can go to the municipality of Magé by using urban bus, van and train lines. If you choose the train service, it will be necessary to make free transfers within the Gramacho and Saracuruna stations to get the municipality of Magé. The train line to Gramacho departs from Central do Brasil station. Bus lines to Magé depart from Terminal Américo Fontenelle, in the downtown area of Rio de Janeiro. The van lines to Magé depart from the surrounding region of Central do Brasil.
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GIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
SDU · Santos Dumont Airport
JDF · Francisco de Assis Airport
Questions
Magé: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Magé?
The most comfortable months for a city stay in Magé 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 Magé?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG), about 28 km from the city centre in a straight line; Santos Dumont Airport (SDU, 31 km) and Francisco de Assis Airport (JDF, 102 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Magé?
Brazilian real (BRL).
Nearby
Destinations near Magé
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.