City profile · Brazil · South America
Nova Friburgo
City population
189,939
#165
in Brazil
#16
in Rio de Janeiro
#3,048
worldwide
-22.282, -42.531 · 919 km from Brasília
About Nova Friburgo
Nova Friburgo is a city in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a population of 189,939. It is the 165th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 3,048th largest worldwide. It lies 919 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#16of 83
Elevation
858 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-22.282, -42.531
Record updated
2026-07-14
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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