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Santo André

Santo André is a Brazilian municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo.

Santo André
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The place

Santo André is a Brazilian municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo. It is part of a group of municipalities known as the ABC Region. According to the most recent census in 2024, the population is estimated at 778,711 in an area of 175.8 km2 (67.9 sq mi). or about 43,441 Acres of landmass.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Santo André

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Botanical Garden of São Paulo

    The Botanical Garden of São Paulo is a botanical garden in São Paulo, Brazil. The park spans a 164.45-hectare area in the Fontes do Ipiranga State Park, at the district of Água Funda, in São Paulo's South zone, next to São Paulo Zoo.

    9.1 km · park of the Botanical Garden, environmental preservation area of the São Paulo state in Brazil · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    São Paulo Zoo

    The São Paulo Zoo, located in the South Zone of the city, is the largest zoo in Brazil. With 824,529 m2 of space in what was originally the Atlantic Forest, it is home to the spring of the historic Ipiranga Brook and has four kilometers of pathways.

    8.9 km · zoo in Brazil · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Estádio Bruno José Daniel

    The Estádio Bruno José Daniel, sometimes called Brunão or Estádio Municipal Bruno José Daniel, is a football stadium in Santo André, São Paulo state. The stadium, which opened on December 14, 1969, has a maximum capacity of 18,000 people.

    2.8 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Federal University of ABC

    Federal University of ABC is a Brazilian federal public institution of higher learning based in Santo André and São Bernardo do Campo, municipalities belonging to the ABC region, both in the state of São Paulo. UFABC is the only federal university in Brazil with 100% of its professors holding PhDs and, for the second consecutive year in 2011, emerged as the only university in Brazil with impact factor in scientific publications above the world average according to SCImago Institutions Rankings.

    1.5 km · Public federal university located in the ABC region, São Paulo, Brazil · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Estádio Anacleto Campanella

    Estádio Municipal Anacleto Campanella, usually simply Estádio Anacleto Campanella - between 1964 and 1989 known as Estádio Municipal Lauro Gomes de Almeida, or for short Lauro Gomes, is an association football stadium in São Caetano do Sul, on the outskirts of São Paulo, Brazil. The stadium holds 16,744 people.

    4 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Estádio Primeiro de Maio

    Estádio 1.º de Maio is a football stadium in the centre of São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, which is the home of São Bernardo. With a capacity of 15,159 it is the second-largest football stadium in the ABC region, behind Estádio Anacleto Campanella.

    5.3 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Cidade da Criança

    The Cidade da Criança is a Brazilian amusement park located in the center of São Bernardo do Campo, in the metropolitan region of São Paulo, behind the former Vera Cruz Film Studios. It was the first theme park in Brazil and in Latin America, when it opened on October 10, 1968.

    4.2 km · Amusement park in São Bernardo do Campo · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Sabina School Knowledge Park

    The Sabina School Park of Knowledge is a science museum in Santo André, São Paulo, Brazil. Other planetaria in Greater São Paulo include Professor Aristóteles Orsini Planetarium and Carmo Planetarium.

    2.4 km · science museum · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Instituto de Economia Agrícola

    The Instituto de Economia Agrícola, linked to the Agência Paulista de Tecnologia dos Agronegócios is a major public scientific research institute on economics and statistics applied to agricultural and farming questions, established in São Paulo, Brazil. The aim to provide technical information to support agribusiness decision makers and governmental policies.

    9.5 km · Brazilian research institute · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Centro Universitario da FEI

    Centro Universitário da FEI is a higher education facility in São Bernardo do Campo, Brazil, offering undergraduate degrees in engineering, business administration, and computer sciences as well as master's degrees in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and administration; specialization courses are also offered. It is often ranked among the best Brazilian private engineering colleges and best overall in mechanical engineering, electrical engineering, and computer science.

    8.9 km · university in Brazil · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Santo André

Airports
Congonhas–Deputado Freitas Nobre (CGH), 13 km · São Paulo/Guarulhos–Governor André Franco Montoro (GRU), 26 km · Viracopos (VCP), 95 km
Stations
Sacomã, 9.4 km · Tamanduateí, 8.9 km · Capuava (CPTM), 4.4 km · Mauá (CPTM), 7.4 km · Estação Prefeito Saladino, 2.1 km
  • Campinas → Santo André
    100 km · quickest by road, 2h 26m · R$32–43
  • Curitiba → Santo André
    339 km · quickest by air, 5h 13m · R$390–600
  • Rio De Janeiro → Santo André
    353 km · quickest by air, 4h 42m · R$340–530
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Santo André

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Santo André. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inSenador Teotônio Vilela), and involves taking three ferry boats over the Billings Reservoir.
  • Get inThe second ferry boat crosses the border between São Paulo and São Bernardo do Campo, and if you are going by bus, you need to go on this ferry boat on foot (although you may take another bus in the other side).

From Wikivoyage: São Bernardo do Campo, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Ilha GrandeBR

    10 ways of moving, 20 sources

    247 km
  2. 02
    Morro de São Paulo and Ilha de TinharéBR

    9 ways of moving, 31 sources

    1,396 km
  3. 03
    Uyuni and the Salar de UyuniBO

    8 ways of moving, 26 sources

    2,120 km
  4. 04
    San Pedro de AtacamaCL

    8 ways of moving, 30 sources

    2,212 km
  5. 05
    RurrenabaqueBO

    8 ways of moving, 37 sources

    2,431 km

If you know how people move in Santo André – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Santo André

Santo André is 5 km from São Bernardo do Campo, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.