City profile · Brazil · South America
Rio Grande
City population
198,935
#160
in Brazil
#11
in Rio Grande do Sul
#2,902
worldwide
-32.035, -52.099 · 1,856 km from Brasília
About Rio Grande
Rio Grande is a city in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil with a population of 198,935. It is the 160th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 2,902nd largest worldwide. It lies 1,856 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#11of 125
Elevation
7 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-32.035, -52.099
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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