Map of São João de Meriti, Brazil

São João de Meriti is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of about 466,536. It lies at 22.8039°S, 43.3722°W. São João de Meriti is about 916 km (569 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Nilópolis, 4 km to the west.

São João de Meriti at a glance

Where is São João de Meriti?

• The 50th largest city in Brazil by recorded population.
• The 7th largest city in Rio de Janeiro on this site.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 44 min on the shortest day to 13 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near São João de Meriti

• Nilópolis — 4 km west
• Belford Roxo — 5 km northwest
• Duque de Caxias — 7 km east
• Nova Iguaçu — 9 km northwest
• Queimados — 21 km northwest
• Rio de Janeiro — 23 km southeast
• Niterói — 29 km east
• São Gonçalo — 33 km east
• Japeri — 34 km northwest
• Seropédica — 35 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
• 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.