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Population: 173,278 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Lages is a municipality in the state of Santa Catarina, in the southern region of Brazil, 231 km from the state capital, Florianópolis. It is located in the Lages Intermediate Geographic Region and in the Lages Immediate Geographic Region. Its population, according to the 2022 IBGE census, was 164,981 inhabitants.
Concentrating educational, financial and health services, it is the main city of the Serra Catarinense, a tourist region of the state widely sought after during winter because of snowfall. It is the largest municipality in the state of Santa Catarina by land area and the 10th largest by population.
Many people flock to Lages for the Festa Nacional do Pinhão (National Pine Nut Festival), to the academic campuses (of the State University of Santa Catarina and of the Universidade do Planalto Catarinense) and to Lages Airport.
A settlement founded in the 18th century by the Portuguese bandeirante Correia Pinto, as a tropeiro inn (on the route between Rio Grande do Sul and São Paulo) on the banks of the Carahá River, on a plateau covered by Araucaria forest and at an average altitude of 900 m (which makes snowfall possible). It was part of the Juliana Republic and was its last member municipality. It is the birthplace of Nereu Ramos, the only president of Brazil born in Santa Catarina.
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0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
SC average (14 cities): 96 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
10.97 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
66.21 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.
SC average (14 cities): 49 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
274 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
3,107.7 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
SC average (14 cities): 42 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
3 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
4.09 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
SC average (14 cities): 61 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
4.8 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
5.8 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
SC average (14 cities): 77 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
35.62 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
96.81 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
SC average (14 cities): 70 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
175.27 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
Hercílio Luz (SBFL), 175 km in a straight line · 4,242 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: 17.0 °C (Average temperature below 22 °C (72 °F))
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 26.8 | 26.6 | 25.3 | 22.6 | 18.8 | 17.3 | 17.2 | 19.4 | 19.7 | 21.7 | 24.0 | 26.1 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 16.3 | 16.4 | 15.2 | 12.7 | 9.1 | 7.6 | 7.0 | 8.1 | 9.8 | 12.2 | 13.4 | 15.3 |
| Rain (mm) | 178 | 167 | 127 | 115 | 121 | 127 | 159 | 126 | 175 | 201 | 138 | 149 |
Weather station Lages, 2 km away · climate normals 1991-2020 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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