Map of Barbacena, Brazil

Barbacena is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population of about 125,317. It lies at 21.2258°S, 43.7736°W. Barbacena is about 747 km (464 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Santos Dumont, 34 km to the southeast.

Barbacena at a glance

Where is Barbacena?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 50 min on the shortest day to 13 h 25 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Barbacena

• Santos Dumont — 34 km southeast
• São João del Rei — 52 km west
• Conselheiro Lafaiete — 63 km north
• Juiz de Fora — 74 km southeast
• Ouro Branco — 79 km north
• Congonhas — 81 km north
• Ubá — 87 km east
• Ouro Preto — 97 km north
• Visconde do Rio Branco — 100 km east
• Mariana — 101 km north

Largest cities in Minas Gerais

• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Uberlândia — 754,954
• Contagem — 627,123
• Juiz de Fora — 540,756
• Montes Claros — 437,601
• Betim — 384,000
• Uberaba — 356,781
• Ribeirão das Neves — 346,971
• Governador Valadares — 266,561
• Sete Lagoas — 238,909

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.