Map of Cataguases, Brazil

Cataguases is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population of about 66,261. It lies at 21.3892°S, 42.6967°W. Cataguases is about 832 km (517 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Leopoldina, 17 km to the south.

Cataguases at a glance

Where is Cataguases?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 50 min on the shortest day to 13 h 26 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Cataguases

• Leopoldina — 17 km south
• Ubá — 39 km northwest
• Visconde do Rio Branco — 45 km north
• Muriaé — 45 km northeast
• Santo Antônio de Pádua — 56 km east
• Viçosa — 73 km north
• Juiz de Fora — 79 km southwest
• Itaperuna — 86 km east
• Santos Dumont — 89 km west
• Três Rios — 97 km southwest

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.