Poços de Caldas: how to get there and around
Airports, stations, ports, where the hotels are and what the numbers say, from public data rather than a brochure.
Poços de Caldas is a city of 172,339 people in Brazil (Minas Gerais), 1,222 m (4,009 ft) above sea level.
Key facts
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Daylight in Poços de Caldas runs from about 10 h 51 min a day in late June to 13 h 30 min in late December (computed for -21.79° latitude), which matters more than the forecast when a day is built around one flight or one crossing.
Getting there
No airport with scheduled passenger service sits within 100 km of Poços de Caldas in the OurAirports register, so flying in means a longer transfer from the nearest served city.
Buses to Poços de Caldas · Driving and car hire
Nearby cities, and how to get between them
- São Paulo, 196 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Rio de Janeiro, 369 km — buses · car rental
- Belo Horizonte, 343 km — buses · car rental
- Guarulhos, 186 km — buses · tours
- Campinas, 134 km — buses · car rental · tours
- Duque de Caxias, 352 km
- Nova Iguaçu, 338 km
- São Bernardo do Campo, 212 km — tours
- Sorocaba, 212 km — tours
- Uberlândia, 366 km
Common questions
How big is Poços de Caldas?
About 172,339 people live in Poços de Caldas (GeoNames).
What time zone is Poços de Caldas in?
America/Sao_Paulo, currently UTC-3.
What currency is used in Poços de Caldas?
The Real (BRL). Traffic drives on the right.
Which cities are near Poços de Caldas?
São Paulo (196 km), Rio de Janeiro (369 km), Belo Horizonte (343 km), Guarulhos (186 km), Campinas (134 km).
Where these facts come from
- GeoNames (CC BY 4.0): population, elevation, time zone, postal codes
- Wikidata (CC0): area, sister cities, visitor numbers, heritage listings, stations and ports
- OurAirports (public domain): airports, runways
- Natural Earth (public domain): map outlines
Data compiled 13 September 2026. Hotel figures are from our booking partner’s catalogue on that date. Journey times on this page are estimates from distance, not timetables; check the operator before you rely on one.