Map of Campos dos Goytacazes, Brazil

Campos dos Goytacazes is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of about 483,540. It lies at 21.7523°S, 41.3304°W. Campos dos Goytacazes is about 961 km (597 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is São João da Barra, 31 km to the northeast.

Campos dos Goytacazes at a glance

Where is Campos dos Goytacazes?

• The 47th largest city in Brazil by recorded population.
• The 6th largest city in Rio de Janeiro on this site.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 48 min on the shortest day to 13 h 28 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Campos dos Goytacazes

• São João da Barra — 31 km northeast
• São Fidélis — 45 km west
• Bom Jesus do Itabapoana — 78 km northwest
• Itaperuna — 84 km northwest
• Macaé — 84 km southwest
• Santo Antônio de Pádua — 91 km west
• Marataizes — 95 km northeast
• Itapemirim — 97 km northeast
• Cachoeiro de Itapemirim — 103 km north
• Rio das Ostras — 107 km southwest

Largest cities in Rio de Janeiro

• Rio de Janeiro — 6,747,815
• Duque de Caxias — 866,347
• Nova Iguaçu — 843,046
• Belford Roxo — 518,384
• Niterói — 515,317
• São João de Meriti — 466,536
• Petrópolis — 294,926
• São Gonçalo — 285,439
• Volta Redonda — 279,971
• Macaé — 264,439

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.