RJ · Southeast
Population: 959,977 (IBGE estimate 2026)
Machine translation of the Portuguese Wikipedia article (November 2026 version).
São Gonçalo is a Brazilian municipality in the state of Rio de Janeiro, in the Southeast Region of the country. It is located in the Leste Fluminense, in the Metropolitan Region of Rio de Janeiro, 25 km from the state capital, bordering the municipalities of Niterói, Maricá and Itaboraí by land, and bordering the capital, Rio de Janeiro, by sea across Guanabara Bay.
According to the IBGE estimate for 2024, its population is 960,652 inhabitants, making it the second most populous municipality in the state, behind only the state capital, the most populous municipality in the Leste Fluminense, and the 17th most populous in the country. It is also considered the 3rd most populous non-capital municipality in the country, the 6th most populous city in the Southeast Region and the 55th most populous in the Americas. It lies at 22º49'37" south latitude and 43º03'14" west longitude, at an altitude of nineteen metres. Its current mayor is Capitão Nelson.
With Rodo and Alcântara as two of the main centres of the Rio de Janeiro metropolis, São Gonçalo not only supplies labour to the cities of Niterói and Rio de Janeiro, but also plays an important role as a magnet for the region, absorbing, together with Niterói, labour from all seven municipalities of the Leste Metropolitano; Niterói and São Gonçalo are, in this way, regional hubs of this portion of the metropolis.
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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)
10.52 per 100k residents
Source: Ministério da Justiça – Sinesp VDE (ocorrências por município) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Personal safety (SPI)
43.9 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
109.76 per 1,000 residents
Source: IBGE – Cadastro Central de Empresas (Cempre) · Reference: 2024 · License: Open data
Average monthly wage of formal jobs (BRL)
2,483.8 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
0.79 per 1,000 residents
Source: CNES / DATASUS (TabNet) · Reference: Sep 2026 · License: Public data
Doctors per 1,000
0.82 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
4.1 score 0–10
Source: INEP – Índice de Desenvolvimento da Educação Básica (Ideb) · Reference: 2025 · License: Open data
Ideb – early grades (5th grade), public schools
4.9 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
11.26 per 100 households
Source: Anatel – Acessos de Banda Larga Fixa · Reference: Aug 2026 · License: Open data
Home connections at 100 Mbps or faster (%)
87.74 %
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)
20.72 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), 21 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)
Hot Average temperature: 25.3 °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) | 31.5 | 32.2 | 31.2 | 30.0 | 27.8 | 26.7 | 26.4 | 27.0 | 26.7 | 28.2 | 29.4 | 30.3 |
| Avg. low (°C) | 24.1 | 24.4 | 24.0 | 23.0 | 20.7 | 19.3 | 18.7 | 19.1 | 19.6 | 21.1 | 22.3 | 23.2 |
Weather station Rio de Janeiro, 16 km away · climate normals 1981-2010 · Source: INMET Normais Climatológicas · License: Public data
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