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City profile · Brazil · South America

Pelotas

Rio Grande do Sul · Brazil
City population
336,150
#82
in Brazil
#3
in Rio Grande do Sul
#1,702
worldwide
BrasíliaPelotas
-31.770, -52.341 · 1,833 km from Brasília
City population
336,150
Within the city boundary, not a metro area
Rank in Brazil
#82
of 2,250 cities of 15,000+
World rank
#1,702
of 31,365 cities listed
Share of Brazil
0.2%
of the national population

About Pelotas

Pelotas is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil with a population of 336,150. It is the 82nd largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 1,702nd largest worldwide. It lies 1,833 km from Brasília.

Position in Brazil
#82of 2,250
LargestSmallest
Position in Rio Grande do Sul
#3of 125
LargestSmallest

Key Facts

Country
Brazil
Region
Rio Grande do Sul
Rank in region
#3of 125
Distance to capital
1,833 km
to Brasília
Elevation
15 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-31.770, -52.341
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.

Nearby Cities

All 2,250 in Brazil

Closest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.

37KMRio Grande199K people39KMSão José do Norte25K people52KMCanguçu50K people57KMSão Lourenço do Sul42K people81KMPiratini18K people

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