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Where to stay in Minas Gerais
This guide covers 72 destinations in Minas Gerais, a first-level administrative division of Brazil, with 242 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Belo Horizonte, Uberlândia and Contagem. Across its destinations, May to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Tancredo Neves International Airport (CNF).
- Destinations in this guide
- 72
- Places to stay
- 242
- Comfortable in the most places
- May to August
- Main airport
- CNFTancredo Neves International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
Destinations
Destinations in Minas Gerais
Every destination in this guide in Minas Gerais, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.
| Destination | Population | Places to stay | Nearest airport |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belo Horizonte | 2,315,560 | 49 | CNF · 33 km |
| São João del Rei | 90,225 | 35 | JDF · 116 km |
| Ouro Preto | 74,558 | 19 | CNF · 96 km |
| Juiz de Fora | 540,756 | 12 | JDF · 6 km |
| Poços de Caldas | 163,742 | 9 | RAO · 145 km |
| Uberlândia | 761,835 | 7 | UDI · 7 km |
| Pouso Alegre | 152,549 | 7 | SJK · 112 km |
| Sete Lagoas | 241,835 | 6 | CNF · 35 km |
| Ipatinga | 227,731 | 6 | IPN · 5 km |
| Itajubá | 93,073 | 6 | SJK · 99 km |
| Montes Claros | 437,601 | 5 | MOC · 6 km |
| Governador Valadares | 266,561 | 5 | GVR · 6 km |
| Varginha | 143,676 | 5 | |
| Uberaba | 356,781 | 4 | UBA · 4 km |
| Três Corações | 75,485 | 4 | |
| Patos de Minas | 159,235 | 3 | AAX · 118 km |
| Teófilo Otoni | 137,418 | 3 | GVR · 126 km |
| Passos | 111,939 | 3 | RAO · 129 km |
| Araxá | 111,691 | 3 | AAX · 4 km |
| Lavras | 104,761 | 3 | |
| Paracatu | 99,005 | 3 | |
| Extrema | 53,482 | 3 | SJK · 63 km |
| Congonhas | 52,890 | 3 | CNF · 97 km |
| Divinópolis | 231,091 | 2 | CNF · 111 km |
| Vespasiano | 129,246 | 2 | CNF · 8 km |
| Coronel Fabriciano | 104,736 | 2 | IPN · 16 km |
| Pará de Minas | 97,139 | 2 | CNF · 72 km |
| Patrocínio | 89,826 | 2 | AAX · 69 km |
| Caratinga | 87,360 | 2 | IPN · 51 km |
| Viçosa | 79,388 | 2 | IZA · 90 km |
| Alfenas | 78,970 | 2 | |
| Itabirito | 56,369 | 2 | CNF · 71 km |
| Guaxupé | 50,911 | 2 | RAO · 112 km |
| Contagem | 651,718 | 1 | CNF · 34 km |
| Betim | 431,433 | 1 | CNF · 44 km |
| Sabará | 134,576 | 1 | CNF · 33 km |
| Conselheiro Lafaiete | 131,621 | 1 | IZA · 114 km |
| Barbacena | 125,317 | 1 | IZA · 70 km |
| Itabira | 113,343 | 1 | CNF · 78 km |
| Nova Serrana | 105,552 | 1 | CNF · 110 km |
| Muriaé | 104,108 | 1 | IZA · 94 km |
| Esmeraldas | 93,103 | 1 | CNF · 39 km |
| Unaí | 86,619 | 1 | BSB · 123 km |
| Lagoa Santa | 75,145 | 1 | CNF · 7 km |
| Formiga | 68,248 | 1 | |
| Cataguases | 66,261 | 1 | IZA · 51 km |
| Pedro Leopoldo | 62,580 | 1 | CNF · 8 km |
| Mariana | 61,288 | 1 | CNF · 101 km |
| Pirapora | 57,713 | 1 | MOC · 139 km |
| Três Pontas | 57,209 | 1 | |
| Bom Despacho | 51,737 | 1 | CNF · 135 km |
| Leopoldina | 51,145 | 1 | IZA · 55 km |
| Ribeirão das Neves | 329,794 | CNF · 19 km | |
| Santa Luzia | 230,382 | CNF · 19 km | |
| Ibirité | 179,582 | CNF · 44 km | |
| Araguari | 117,808 | UDI · 26 km | |
| Nova Lima | 111,697 | CNF · 41 km | |
| Ubá | 103,365 | IZA · 50 km | |
| Ituiutaba | 102,217 | UDI · 131 km | |
| Itaúna | 97,669 | CNF · 80 km | |
| Manhuaçu | 91,169 | IPN · 100 km | |
| Curvelo | 84,297 | CNF · 109 km | |
| Timóteo | 81,579 | IPN · 21 km | |
| João Monlevade | 80,187 | IPN · 81 km | |
| São Sebastião do Paraíso | 71,796 | RAO · 85 km | |
| Janaúba | 70,699 | MOC · 114 km | |
| Januária | 67,123 | MOC · 148 km | |
| Frutal | 58,588 | SJP · 101 km | |
| Ponte Nova | 57,776 | IPN · 114 km | |
| São Francisco | 52,762 | MOC · 140 km | |
| Campo Belo | 52,277 | ||
| Lagoa da Prata | 51,412 |
Where to stay
Hotels in Minas Gerais
242 hotels in Minas Gerais recorded in Wikidata and not marked closed; the 30 best known are shown, by the number of Wikipedia editions that cover them. Each is listed under the destination it is within 25 km of.
When to go
Best time to visit Minas Gerais
From the climate of 72 destinations in Minas Gerais with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. The months comfortable in the most places: May to August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 72 | 29 °C | 279 mm |
| February | 0 of 72 | 30 °C | 178 mm |
| March | 0 of 72 | 29 °C | 206 mm |
| April | 38 of 72 | 28 °C | 72 mm |
| May | 67 of 72 | 26 °C | 31 mm |
| June | 70 of 72 | 26 °C | 13 mm |
| July | 68 of 72 | 25 °C | 5 mm |
| August | 60 of 72 | 27 °C | 10 mm |
| September | 52 of 72 | 28 °C | 47 mm |
| October | 1 of 72 | 29 °C | 98 mm |
| November | 0 of 72 | 28 °C | 201 mm |
| December | 0 of 72 | 29 °C | 297 mm |
Typical = the median across the destinations. 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
Airports serving Minas Gerais
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in Minas Gerais name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.
CNF · Tancredo Neves International Airport
IPN · Usiminas Airport
IZA · Presidente Itamar Franco Airport
MOC · Mário Ribeiro Airport
RAO · Leite Lopes Airport
UDI · Ten. Cel. Aviador César Bombonato Airport
AAX · Romeu Zema Airport
SJK · Professor Urbano Ernesto Stumpf Airport
JDF · Francisco de Assis Airport
GVR · Coronel Altino Machado Airport
UBA · Mário de Almeida Franco Airport
SJP · Prof. Eribelto Manoel Reino State Airport
BSB · Presidente Juscelino Kubitschek International Airport
CAW · Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport
GRU · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro International Airport
VCP · Viracopos International Airport
GIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Minas Gerais, 2026
Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).
Nationwide in Brazil
Regional holidays observed in Minas Gerais
Nearby
Regions near Minas Gerais
Other regions of Brazil with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.
Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT); further hotels from Wikidata. A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.