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Brazil Travel Information

Travel Alert Status

Level 2: Exercise Increased Caution

Time Difference

UTC-3 (2 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)

time zone note: Brazil has four time zones, including one for the Fernando de Noronha Islands

Travel Climate

Although Brazil is immense in size and varies in topography from the sweeping sea-level Amazon basin in the north to the mountainous areas of São Paulo and Porto Alegre in the south, the temperature range is slight.

Summer runs from December to February. The rainy season runs from October to March but varies greatly by region.

Travel Currency

3.483

Language Spoken

Portuguese is Brazil's official language. English, German, and French are popular second languages. Although Spanish is also understood by Portuguese speakers, some Brazilians may be offended when deliberately spoken to in Spanish.

Languages

Portuguese (official and most widely spoken language)

Note: less common languages include Spanish (border areas and schools), German, Italian, Japanese, English, and a large number of minor Amerindian languages

Ethnic Groups

White 53.7%, mulatto (mixed white and black) 38.5%, black 6.2%, other (includes Japanese, Arab, Amerindian) 0.9%, unspecified 0.7%

National Holiday

Independence Day, 7 September (1822)

Geographic Coordinates

10 00 S, 55 00 W

Location

Eastern South America, bordering the Atlantic Ocean

Airports

698

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