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Population: 109,610 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Erechim is a municipality in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, in the South Region of Brazil. Considered a sub-regional centre in the country, it is the hub city of the Alto Uruguai gaúcho region and the second most populous city in the north of the state, with an estimated 105,705 inhabitants (IBGE/2022). According to the Socioeconomic Development Index (IDESE), it is the second most developed city in Rio Grande do Sul among municipalities with more than one hundred thousand inhabitants, leading in the education segment. According to the Atlas of Violence, it is the second safest municipality in the state. In 2015 the municipality ranked 15th in GDP in the state of Rio Grande do Sul.
It is one of the first planned modern cities in Brazil. Its road layout was inspired by urban concepts used in the layouts of Washington (1791), Paris (1850), Buenos Aires (1580) and Belo Horizonte (1897), but it was recently altered to facilitate traffic flow, characterised by very wide streets, strong hierarchy and the creation, through diagonal streets across the basic grid, of convergence points. Key elements of its layout include a perpendicular network of streets crossed by diagonal avenues, blocks of regular dimensions and an avenue around its perimeter.
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0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
RS average (19 cities): 82 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
10.95 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
52.87 score 0–100
Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Rent data (FipeZAP) covers 36 cities. Here the cost topic counts as average (50) in the score.
RS average (19 cities): 41 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
384.24 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
3,632.67 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
RS average (19 cities): 37 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
2.61 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
4.28 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
RS average (19 cities): 48 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
5.8 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
6.8 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
RS average (19 cities): 67 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
53.71 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
94.89 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
RS average (19 cities): 63 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
283.51 km
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
International departures within 100 km
0 departures in 12 months
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Nearest international airport
Salgado Filho (SBPA), 284 km in a straight line · 1,449 international departures in 12 months
score 0–100 · Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)
Mild Average temperature: 18.7 °C (Average temperature below 22 °C (72 °F))
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 28.4 | 27.8 | 27.1 | 24.7 | 20.4 | 18.6 | 18.3 | 20.7 | 21.6 | 24.3 | 26.8 | 28.4 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 17.7 | 17.4 | 16.4 | 13.9 | 10.8 | 9.5 | 8.6 | 9.9 | 11.2 | 13.6 | 14.9 | 16.9 |
| Rain (mm) | 174 | 147 | 137 | 140 | 154 | 158 | 163 | 131 | 166 | 239 | 160 | 162 |
Weather station Passo Fundo, 67 km away · climate normals 1991-2020 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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