Each cell is that destination's own verdict for the month — sweet spot, ok or avoid — with its typical daily high, from the same ten years of climate readings its page is built from. A dot marks a busy month. The last row counts the sweet spots, and the best months are marked.

Before you go

Cost of living	cheap — prices run about 46% of the United States' (World Bank, 2025)
Currency	Brazilian real
Languages	Brazilian Sign Language, Portuguese
Plugs	Type C, 127 / 220 V
Driving	On the right
Calling code	+55
Travel advice	avoid all but essential travel to parts — UK Foreign Office, updated 2026-09-29
Health	UK Foreign Office health advice

Facts from Wikidata (CC0), the UK Foreign Office (Open Government Licence) and the World Bank, refreshed 2026-10-07. The advisory is written for British travellers; entry rules depend on your passport.

On arrival

Apps — Rides: 99, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.
Paying — Most businesses take cards, and in big cities cash is used less and less. Locals pay by Pix, which needs a Brazilian bank account or CPF.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Getting around Rio de Janeiro — Tap a Visa, Mastercard or Elo card or a phone at metro gates: R$7.90 a ride (line 1 runs through Copacabana). Buses, the BRT and the VLT tram cost R$5, paid with a Jaé card (R$5 deposit, from machines at BRT and VLT stations) or a QR code in the Jaé app; buses take no cash, and on the VLT pay at a validator or risk a R$170 fine. The VLT stops at Santos Dumont airport (SDU); from Galeão (GIG), the BRT meets the metro at Vicente de Carvalho.
Getting around Sao Paulo — Tap a Visa, Mastercard or Elo card or phone at CPTM gates and on Metrô lines 1, 2, 3 and 15, at full fare. For lines 4 and 5, buses and cheaper transfers, use a Bilhete Único or TOP card.
Tipping — A 10% service charge is usually on the restaurant bill, so nothing more is needed; taxi drivers do not expect a tip, though people may round up.
Emergency — police 190 or 911 · ambulance 192 · fire 193.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

Sources (28)

Every verdict here is the destination's own: ten years of climate readings, the public holidays that crowd it, and what the flight costs. Nothing is said about Brazil as a whole that was not first measured at each place in it.