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Pindamonhangaba

SP · Southeast

Population: 173,267 (IBGE estimate 2026)

About Pindamonhangaba

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Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).

Pindamonhangaba is a Brazilian municipality in the Metropolitan Region of the Paraíba Valley and North Coast, in the interior of the state of São Paulo. It is one of the ten cities that make up the Taubaté-Pindamonhangaba Immediate Region, which in turn is one of the five immediate regions that form the São José dos Campos Intermediate Region. Its population, as measured by the IBGE in the 2022 Census, was 165,428 inhabitants, spread over an area of 731.355 km², which resulted in a population density of 226.2 inhabitants per km². In terms of population, it ranks 179th in the country and 49th in the state.

The Presidente Dutra Highway at km 99 is the main access to the municipality, which is located 100 km from the border with the state of Rio de Janeiro and 50 km from Minas Gerais. It is 146 km from the state capital, São Paulo. Pindamonhangaba also borders the climatic resort of Campos do Jordão (50 km away by the Floriano Rodrigues Pinheiro Highway or by the Campos do Jordão Railway).

The city has the largest industrial hub for recycling aluminium cans in Latin America. It also has the largest community linked to the Hare Krishna Movement in Latin America.

Text: Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Read the full article on Wikipedia (in Portuguese)

Attractions nearby

Well-known places within 50 km of the city center, closest first. Source: Wikidata (public domain).

Scores by topic

0 to 100, compared with Brazilian municipalities of 100,000+ residents (rent: compared among the 36 cities with rent data).

Cost of living

No rent data

Rent data (FipeZAP) covers 36 cities. Here the cost topic counts as average (50) in the score.

Healthcare

39

SP average (81 cities): 35 · All 338 cities: 34

Hospital beds per 1,000

2.3 per 1,000 residents

Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data

Doctors per 1,000

3.65 per 1,000 residents

Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data

Airport access

44

SP average (81 cities): 79 · All 338 cities: 60

Distance to intl. airport (km)

117.16 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

Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro (SBGR), 117 km in a straight line · 41,330 international departures in 12 months

Social Progress Index (overall)

68.9

score 0–100 · Source: Índice de Progresso Social Brasil · Reference: SPI Brazil 2026 (2024 data) · License: CC BY 4.0 (report)

Climate month by month

Mild Average temperature: 21.8 °C (Average temperature below 22 °C (72 °F))

5 10 15 20 25 30 35 °C 0100200300 mm Jan: 238 mm Feb: 197 mm Mar: 164 mm Apr: 79 mm May: 56 mm Jun: 27 mm Jul: 38 mm Aug: 26 mm Sep: 80 mm Oct: 118 mm Nov: 161 mm Dec: 178 mm Jan: 30.6 °CFeb: 31.2 °CMar: 30.1 °CApr: 28.5 °CMay: 25.4 °CJun: 24.7 °CJul: 24.9 °CAug: 26.7 °CSep: 27.3 °COct: 29 °CNov: 29.5 °CDec: 30.4 °C Jan: 19.4 °CFeb: 19.1 °CMar: 18.6 °CApr: 16.6 °CMay: 13 °CJun: 10.9 °CJul: 10.7 °CAug: 11.5 °CSep: 14.1 °COct: 16.3 °CNov: 17.3 °CDec: 18.5 °C JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. high (°C) Avg. low (°C) Rain (mm)
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Month JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg. high (°C) 30.631.230.128.525.424.724.926.727.329.029.530.4
Avg. low (°C) 19.419.118.616.613.010.910.711.514.116.317.318.5
Rain (mm) 238197164795627382680118161178

Weather station Taubaté, 13 km away · climate normals 1981-2010 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data

Location

Nearby cities

Up to 150 km in a straight line. Scores use your weights.

  1. Taubaté SP · 15 km 57
  2. Caçapava SP · 31 km 66
  3. Guaratinguetá SP · 31 km 55
  4. São José dos Campos SP · 51 km 69
  5. Jacareí SP · 66 km 65
  6. Caraguatatuba SP · 76 km 57

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