City profile · Brazil · South America
Montes Claros
City population
437,601
#53
in Brazil
#5
in Minas Gerais
#1,314
worldwide
-16.735, -43.862 · 447 km from Brasília
About Montes Claros
Montes Claros is a city in Minas Gerais, Brazil with a population of 437,601. It is the 53rd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 1,314th largest worldwide. It lies 447 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#5of 239
Elevation
686 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-16.735, -43.862
Record updated
2026-07-17
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
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