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Population: 102,182 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Japeri is a municipality in the Baixada Fluminense, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is located at 22°38'35" south latitude and 43°39'12" west longitude, at an altitude of 30 meters. According to the 2022 census of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE), its population was 96,289 inhabitants, and in 2021 the municipality had the lowest GDP per capita in the State of Rio de Janeiro.
It covers an area of 82.954 km², bordered by the municipalities of Paracambi, Seropédica, Queimados, Miguel Pereira and Nova Iguaçu. Watered by the Guandu, Santana, Rio dos Poços, Rio d'Ouro, Santo Antônio, Ribeirão das Lages and São Pedro rivers, it is crossed by the Japeri Branch and the Paracambi Branch of Supervia, by the Central Line and the Auxiliary Line of the Central Brazil Railway, by the RJ-125 or Ary Schiavo Highway (named as such from February 9, 1993, under Law 2,069), and also by the Metropolitan Arc.
It became independent from Nova Iguaçu in 1991.
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Well-known places within 50 km of the city center, closest first. Source: Wikidata (public domain).
0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
RJ average (29 cities): 67 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
19.57 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
53.99 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.
RJ average (29 cities): 27 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
109.55 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
2,721.93 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
RJ average (29 cities): 29 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
0.33 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
1.15 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
RJ average (29 cities): 34 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
3.6 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
4.7 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
RJ average (29 cities): 56 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
6.48 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
89.81 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
RJ average (29 cities): 83 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
45.44 km
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
International departures within 100 km
17,510 departures in 12 months
Source: ANAC – Voo Regular Ativo e Aeródromos · Reference: Sep 2025–Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Nearest international airport
Rio de Janeiro/Galeão - Antônio Carlos Jobim (SBGL), 45 km in a straight line · 17,510 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)
Warm Average temperature: 24.7 °C (Average temperature 22–25 °C (72–77 °F))
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 32.4 | 33.2 | 31.7 | 30.1 | 27.8 | 27.1 | 26.5 | 27.5 | 27.4 | 28.7 | 29.8 | 31.3 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 23.0 | 23.3 | 22.3 | 20.8 | 18.5 | 17.1 | 16.6 | 16.9 | 17.9 | 19.3 | 20.5 | 21.9 |
| Rain (mm) | 198 | 147 | 157 | 76 | 64 | 39 | 38 | 29 | 87 | 98 | 149 | 179 |
Weather station Ecologia Agricola, 13 km away · climate normals 1981-2010 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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