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Walking along the Avenida Paulista on Friday, under a persistent and annoying rain, I ran across the scene I captured with my pocket camera (the quality is not very good). I immediately thought of so many people about to start their holidays in Brazil, worried to death about the weather they are going to find [...]
When do I go to Brazil? What is the best time of the year to visit Brazil? This is a recurring question for travellers planning a trip to Brazil. Here is my attempt to reply to those questions. The list below contains, above all, general trends that might or might not change on a given [...]
In the south east region of Brazil, along with the summer come the tropical storms. Large cities like São Paulo, Rio or Belo Horizonte are shaken by violent storms that flood the streets, uproot trees and wreck havoc wherever they go.
Tropical storms occur at the end of a hot day. They usually don’t last long, [...]
North of Rio, the concept of summer and winter is quite different from the one we are used to in the Northern hemisphere. The seasons are well defined only in the south of Brazil, in the states of Rio Grande do Sul and Santa Catarina. In Porto Alegre, it gets freezing cold during winter, and [...]
In a country the size of Brazil, it is very difficult to make general comments on the climate. At the same moment in time, a temperature of –2° C can be registered in the mountains in the south of the country while the Northeast registers 43° C.
In general, the seasons in the south of the [...]
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