Map of São João da Barra, Brazil

São João da Barra is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of about 38,708. It lies at 21.6403°S, 41.0511°W. São João da Barra is about 974 km (605 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Campos dos Goytacazes, 31 km to the southwest.

São João da Barra at a glance

Where is São João da Barra?

• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 49 min on the shortest day to 13 h 27 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near São João da Barra

• Campos dos Goytacazes — 31 km southwest
• Marataizes — 70 km north
• São Fidélis — 72 km west
• Itapemirim — 73 km north
• Bom Jesus do Itabapoana — 86 km northwest
• Cachoeiro de Itapemirim — 88 km north
• Itaperuna — 99 km northwest
• Macaé — 112 km southwest
• Castelo — 116 km north
• Santo Antônio de Pádua — 117 km west

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
• Campos dos Goytacazes — 483,540
• São João de Meriti — 466,536
• Petrópolis — 294,926
• São Gonçalo — 285,439
• Volta Redonda — 279,971

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.