If you’ve been reading us for a while you’re probably aware by now that we are big fans of Google Maps and its use to support travel planning (we talked about it at GoogleMaps on the Brazil Travel Blog). Google has just added a new weather layer to its Google Maps (you can read the [...]
The Brazil Travel Blog now has a new page, the weather centre, that gives quick access to climate and weather data for the most visited destinations in the country. As usual, suggestions for new inclusions are accepted. You can access the weather centre anytime through the pages menu at the top of the page. Did [...]
Summer is the rainy season in most of Brazil. In the tropics, it is also the season of the violent summer storms. When the afternoon begins, the skies grow dark, the day turns into night, the streetlights switch themselves on, and the skies open their floodgates for the torrential rain to pour down over the [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
