Map of Juiz de Fora, Brazil

Juiz de Fora is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil, with a population of about 540,756. It lies at 21.7642°S, 43.3503°W. Juiz de Fora is about 822 km (510 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Santos Dumont, 40 km to the northwest.

Juiz de Fora at a glance

Where is Juiz de Fora?

• The 39th largest city in Brazil by recorded population.
• The 4th largest city in Minas Gerais 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 Juiz de Fora

• Santos Dumont — 40 km northwest
• Três Rios — 42 km south
• Paraíba do Sul — 44 km south
• Valença — 65 km southwest
• Barbacena — 74 km northwest
• Leopoldina — 78 km east
• Vassouras — 78 km southwest
• Cataguases — 79 km northeast
• Teresópolis — 82 km southeast
• Ubá — 83 km northeast

Largest cities in Minas Gerais

• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Uberlândia — 754,954
• Contagem — 627,123
• Montes Claros — 437,601
• Betim — 384,000
• Uberaba — 356,781
• Ribeirão das Neves — 346,971
• Governador Valadares — 266,561
• Sete Lagoas — 238,909
• Ipatinga — 235,311

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.