Map of Esmeraldas, Minas Gerais, Brazil

Esmeraldas is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population of about 85,598. It lies at 19.7625°S, 44.3139°W. Esmeraldas is about 585 km (364 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Ribeirão das Neves, 24 km to the east.

Esmeraldas at a glance

Where is Esmeraldas?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 56 min on the shortest day to 13 h 20 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Esmeraldas

• Ribeirão das Neves — 24 km east
• Betim — 26 km southeast
• Mateus Leme — 28 km southwest
• São Joaquim de Bicas — 32 km south
• Pedro Leopoldo — 33 km northeast
• Pará de Minas — 33 km west
• Contagem — 33 km southeast
• Matozinhos — 33 km northeast
• Sete Lagoas — 34 km north
• Igarapé — 34 km south

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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Other places named Esmeraldas

• Esmeraldas — Esmeraldas, Ecuador

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.