Guarulhos is a city and municipality in the Metropolitan Region of Sao Paulo, Brazil, located just northeast of the state capital and ranking as the second most populous municipality in Sao Paulo state. Home to Sao Paulo-Guarulhos International Airport, the busiest airport in South America, Guarulhos has grown into a major logistics, aviation and industrial center closely tied to the broader Sao Paulo metropolitan economy.
Facts
Area (sq km) Founding Year Population Estimate Year Elevation (m) Latitude23.462778 degrees south 1 Elevation Band Climate Zone Sources
1. Guarulhos (Wikipedia)
Wikimedia FoundationInfobox, Population
1,345,364
Infobox, Population as of
2024
Infobox, Area total km2
318.68
Infobox, Founded
December 8, 1560
Infobox, Elevation m
759
Infobox, coordinates
23°27′46″S 46°31′58″W
- In Group: Cities of South America (World), Wikipedia; part-of country and UN M49 subregion
View the Source 2. GeoNames: Guarulhos - GeoNames
GeoNamescities500 record 3461786
-23.46278 -46.53333 P PPL BR 27 3518800 1345364 774 America/Sao_Paulo
Place record, elevation
Elevation ca. 774 m
View the Source 3. Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna): World Map of the Koeppen-Geiger Climate Classification, present climate data
Koeppen-Geiger map (Kottek et al., University of Veterinary Medicine Vienna)Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.25, -46.75Quote, Koeppen-Geiger-ASCII.txt grid cell -23.25, -46.75
-23.25 -46.75 Cfa
Wikidata: Guarulhos
Wikidata Q184409, class allow-list match verified against P17/real-world identity (w-geo-qidcite-0926).View the Source Reader Challenges (0)
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