São José do Rio Preto
São José do Rio Preto is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil.

São José do Rio Preto is a municipality in the state of São Paulo, Brazil. It is located in the north/northwest region of the state, approximately 445 km (277 mi) from the city of São Paulo and 700 km (430 mi) from Brasília. With a population of 504,166 inhabitants, by the 2025 estimative of the IBGE, it is the 10th largest city in São Paulo and the 48th largest in Brazil. It has an area of 431.30 km2; the urban area, with 124.79 km2, is the 7th largest in the state and the 30th largest in the country. By the 2022 IBGE census, the city had a population of 480,383 inhabitants, with a population density of 1,112.7 people/km2.
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Worth seeing in and around São José do Rio Preto
2 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.
- 01Teixeirão
Estádio Benedito Teixeira, usually known as Teixeirão, is a multi-purpose stadium in São José do Rio Preto, São Paulo State, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
2.6 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia - 02Estádio Anísio Haddad
The Estádio Anísio Haddad, usually known as Rio Pretão, is a multi-purpose stadium in São José do Rio Preto, Brazil. It is currently used mostly for football matches.
3.6 km · soccer stadium in Brazil · Wikipedia
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What Wikivoyage says to see
Basílica de Nossa Senhora Aparecida, Praça Dom Lafayette Libânio, no number - Boa Vista,.
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Where to eat
Farroupilha, Av. Bady Bassitt, 5414 - Jardim Alto Rio Preto,. Churrascaria. Luna Di Napoli, R. Voluntários, 3393,. Pizza. Passatempo. Restaurante Bambina, R. Dr. Raul Silva, 281 - Redentora,. Sal e Brasa, Av. N.S. da Paz, 1363 - Jardim Bordon,. Churrascaria.
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Getting to São José do Rio Preto
- Stations
- São José do Rio Preto Airport, 2.6 km
- São Paulo → São José do Rio Preto414 km · quickest by road, 6h 35m · R$120–160
- Campinas → São José do Rio Preto333 km · quickest by road, 5h 20m · R$95–125
- Goiânia → São José do Rio Preto461 km · quickest by road, 8h 39m · R$140–190
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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 São José do Rio Preto. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
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