🇧🇷 Cities in Brazil — API & JSON data

Looking for a JSON API covering cities in Brazil? Geomelon has 3,171 of them, organized into 28 regions and searchable in 42 languages. São Paulo tops the list by population (11,904,961).

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Brazil cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
São Paulo	São Paulo	11,904,961
Greater Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	11,900,000
Rio de Janeiro	Rio de Janeiro	6,730,729
Brasília	Federal District	2,996,899
Fortaleza	—	2,578,483
Salvador	Bahia	2,564,204
Belo Horizonte	Minas Gerais	2,415,872
Manaus	Amazonas	2,303,732
Curitiba	Paraná	1,830,795
Recife	Pernambuco	1,588,376

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=br&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "f82e4275-4dd0-4ef6-88c3-b09c4d10b615",
    "name": "São Paulo",
    "population": 11904961,
    "countryName": "Brazil",
    "countryCode": "BR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇷",
    "regionName": "São Paulo"
  },
  {
    "id": "32969d9a-9525-4443-8dc9-f693ddaf7a86",
    "name": "Greater Rio de Janeiro",
    "population": 11900000,
    "countryName": "Brazil",
    "countryCode": "BR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇷",
    "regionName": "Rio de Janeiro"
  },
  {
    "id": "4f4eacd5-064e-442d-a92f-4cde92bbbcb6",
    "name": "Rio de Janeiro",
    "population": 6730729,
    "countryName": "Brazil",
    "countryCode": "BR",
    "countryEmoji": "🇧🇷",
    "regionName": "Rio de Janeiro"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=br&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=br&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Brazil are available in 42 languages.

en: São Paulo
zh: 聖保羅
ar: ساو باولو

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 445 Brazil cities as JSON (69 KB, no API key) from the Brazil cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Brazil does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 3,171 cities in Brazil across 28 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Brazil city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Brazil are available in 42 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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