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Where to stay in the Rio de Janeiro region
This guide covers 39 destinations in the Rio de Janeiro region, a first-level administrative division of Brazil, with 405 places to stay between them. The largest by population are Greater Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro and São Gonçalo. Across its destinations, June to August are the months comfortable in the most places. The airport most of them name as their nearest is Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG).
- Destinations in this guide
- 39
- Places to stay
- 405
- Comfortable in the most places
- June to August
- Main airport
- GIGRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
- Currency
- BRLBrazilian real
- Time zone
- America/Sao Paulo
Destinations
Destinations in Rio de Janeiro region
Every destination in this guide in the Rio de Janeiro region, 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rio de Janeiro | 6,211,223 | 117 | SDU · 4 km |
| Cabo Frio | 238,438 | 116 | SDU · 117 km |
| Petrópolis | 278,881 | 29 | GIG · 35 km |
| Resende | 125,214 | 27 | GIG · 129 km |
| Recreio dos Bandeirantes | 82,240 | 24 | GIG · 33 km |
| Teresópolis | 176,735 | 16 | GIG · 53 km |
| Angra dos Reis | 179,142 | 14 | GIG · 112 km |
| Nova Friburgo | 203,417 | 9 | GIG · 94 km |
| Macaé | 246,391 | 8 | CAW · 90 km |
| Niterói | 496,696 | 7 | SDU · 7 km |
| Rio das Ostras | 156,491 | 6 | CAW · 114 km |
| Greater Rio de Janeiro | 11,900,000 | 5 | SDU · 5 km |
| Duque de Caxias | 886,917 | 4 | GIG · 7 km |
| Volta Redonda | 279,971 | 4 | GIG · 93 km |
| Itaguaí | 116,841 | 3 | GIG · 54 km |
| São Pedro da Aldeia | 104,029 | 3 | SDU · 109 km |
| Nova Iguaçu | 843,220 | 2 | GIG · 21 km |
| Campos dos Goytacazes | 519,259 | 2 | CAW · 7 km |
| Itaboraí | 224,267 | 2 | SDU · 36 km |
| Saquarema | 89,559 | 2 | SDU · 67 km |
| São João de Meriti | 440,962 | 1 | GIG · 13 km |
| Japeri | 96,289 | 1 | GIG · 45 km |
| Valença | 71,449 | 1 | JDF · 60 km |
| Cachoeiras de Macacu | 56,943 | 1 | SDU · 72 km |
| Rio Bonito | 56,276 | 1 | SDU · 60 km |
| São Gonçalo | 896,744 | SDU · 15 km | |
| Belford Roxo | 483,087 | GIG · 16 km | |
| Magé | 228,127 | GIG · 28 km | |
| Maricá | 212,470 | SDU · 35 km | |
| Barra Mansa | 181,679 | GIG · 99 km | |
| Mesquita | 178,830 | GIG · 19 km | |
| Nilópolis | 146,774 | GIG · 17 km | |
| Queimados | 140,523 | GIG · 33 km | |
| Araruama | 137,906 | SDU · 84 km | |
| Itaperuna | 101,041 | CAW · 82 km | |
| Barra do Piraí | 92,883 | GIG · 70 km | |
| Seropédica | 80,596 | GIG · 47 km | |
| Três Rios | 78,346 | JDF · 41 km | |
| Guapimirim | 51,696 | GIG · 41 km |
Where to stay
Hotels in Rio de Janeiro region
405 hotels in the Rio de Janeiro region 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 Rio de Janeiro region
From the climate of 39 destinations in the Rio de Janeiro region 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: June to August.
| Month | Comfortable destinations | Typical high | Typical rainfall |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 0 of 39 | 31 °C | 250 mm |
| February | 0 of 39 | 31 °C | 178 mm |
| March | 0 of 39 | 30 °C | 205 mm |
| April | 5 of 39 | 29 °C | 102 mm |
| May | 16 of 39 | 26 °C | 81 mm |
| June | 39 of 39 | 26 °C | 44 mm |
| July | 39 of 39 | 25 °C | 43 mm |
| August | 39 of 39 | 26 °C | 38 mm |
| September | 21 of 39 | 27 °C | 69 mm |
| October | 3 of 39 | 28 °C | 109 mm |
| November | 0 of 39 | 28 °C | 194 mm |
| December | 0 of 39 | 30 °C | 219 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 Rio de Janeiro region
The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in the Rio de Janeiro region 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.
GIG · Rio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport
SDU · Santos Dumont Airport
CAW · Bartolomeu Lisandro Airport
JDF · Francisco de Assis Airport
IZA · Presidente Itamar Franco Airport
Good to know
Public holidays in Rio de Janeiro region, 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 the Rio de Janeiro region
Nearby
Regions near Rio de Janeiro region
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.