About São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto is a city in Sao Paulo, Brazil with a population of 480,393. It is the 47th largest of the 2,250 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Brazil, and the 1,194th largest worldwide. It lies 581 km from Brasília.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#10of 303
Elevation
505 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
America/Sao_Paulo
Coordinates
-20.820, -49.379
Record updated
2025-07-10
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 BrazilClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.