PE · Northeast
Population: 422,461 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
Petrolina is a Brazilian municipality, the third most populous in the state of Pernambuco. It is located 712 km from the state capital, Recife. In 2025 the IBGE estimated its population at 418,444 inhabitants. It is the main urban centre of the Pernambuco Sertão, the thirteenth largest in the Northeast and the third largest in the interior of the region, and the 65th in Brazil. Petrolina lies on the north bank of the São Francisco River, on the border with the state of Bahia, forming a conurbation with the municipality of Juazeiro (BA). It is part of the Integrated Development Region of the Petrolina and Juazeiro Pole, the largest RIDE in the interior of the Northeast.
Petrolina was founded in 1870. Its region was frequently visited by the Italian Capuchin friar Henrique, who carried out intense missionary preaching in the riverside villages of the São Francisco River. On one of these occasions the friar decided to build a chapel dedicated to Our Lady Queen of the Angels, and it was from this construction that population growth occurred in the area where the municipal seat is located. Around the 1980s its first irrigated wineries began to emerge, watered by the waters of the São Francisco, and with them industries related to wine production appeared. Currently, the municipality consists of three districts in addition to its seat, and the seat is subdivided into five regions with several neighbourhoods.
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0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).
PE average (15 cities): 47 · All 338 cities: 76
Intentional violent deaths per 100k (police records)
41.19 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
41.7 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.
PE average (15 cities): 21 · All 338 cities: 34
Formal jobs per 1,000 residents
197.19 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
2,780.9 BRL/month
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
PE average (15 cities): 29 · All 338 cities: 34
Hospital beds per 1,000
1.85 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
3.19 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
PE average (15 cities): 39 · All 338 cities: 54
Ideb – late grades (9th grade), public schools
5.2 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
6.2 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
PE average (15 cities): 43 · All 338 cities: 65
Fixed broadband per 100 homes
27.17 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
95.03 %
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
PE average (15 cities): 72 · All 338 cities: 60
Distance to intl. airport (km)
456.77 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
Deputado Luís Eduardo Magalhães (SBSV), 457 km in a straight line · 1,512 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)
Hot Average temperature: 27.5 °C (Average temperature 25 °C (77 °F) or higher)
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg. high (°C) | 33.5 | 33.2 | 33.1 | 32.6 | 31.6 | 30.3 | 29.8 | 30.8 | 32.8 | 34.2 | 34.3 | 34.0 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 23.6 | 23.6 | 23.8 | 23.4 | 22.5 | 21.1 | 20.2 | 20.3 | 21.3 | 22.7 | 23.4 | 23.7 |
| Rain (mm) | 84 | 78 | 84 | 46 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 47 | 47 |
Weather station Petrolina, 3 km away · climate normals 1991-2020 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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