City Details: Guarulhos
A few alternate names for Guarulhos are: GRU, Guarul'jus, Guarulhos, QCV, Гуарульюс
Guarulhos is a city and municipality located in the Metropolitan Region of São Paulo, São Paulo state, Brazil. It is immediately the northwest of the state capital, São Paulo. It is the second most populous city in the state of São Paulo, the 13th most populous city in Brazil, and the most populous city in the country that is not a state capital. In the last few years it has outgrown Campinas. Its population is 1,345,364 as of 2024, with an area of 318.68 km2.
General Information
- Official Name: Brazil
- Common Name: Brazil
- Population: 1169577
- Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates: -23.46278, -46.53333
- Country Code: BRA
- Continent: South America
Closest Airports to Guarulhos
- 1. Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU), distance from city center: 6.85 km
- 2. Congonhas Airport (CGH), distance from city center: 22.07 km
- 3. Estadual Arthur Siqueira Airport (BJP), distance from city center: 53.78 km
Location of Guarulhos
Country Details
- Country: Brazil
- Official Name: Federative Republic of Brazil
- Capital: Brasília
- Region: Americas
- Subregion: South America
- Population: 212,559,409
- Area: 8,515,767 km²
- Languages: Portuguese
- Currency: Brazilian real (R$)
- Timezones: UTC-05:00, UTC-04:00, UTC-03:00, UTC-02:00
- Flag:
Has borders with:
- Argentina
- Bolivia
- Colombia
- French Guiana
- Guyana
- Paraguay
- Peru
- Suriname
- Uruguay
- Venezuela
Holidays in Guarulhos, Brazil
Planning a short trip? Check out the Long Weekends Calendar in Brazil for 2026
- Confraternização Universal - 2026-01-01
- Carnaval - 2026-02-16
- Carnaval - 2026-02-17
- Sexta-feira Santa - 2026-04-03
- Domingo de Páscoa - 2026-04-05
- Dia de Tiradentes - 2026-04-21
- Dia do Trabalhador - 2026-05-01
- Corpus Christi - 2026-06-04
- Revolução Constitucionalista de 1932 - 2026-07-09
- Dia da Independência - 2026-09-07
- Nossa Senhora Aparecida - 2026-10-12
- Dia de Finados - 2026-11-02
- Proclamação da República - 2026-11-15
- Dia da Consciência Negra - 2026-11-20
- Natal - 2026-12-25
Museums in Guarulhos, Brazil
Museu de Ciências Naturais
Avenida Dona Glória Pagnoncelli, Picanço, Guarulhos - SP, 07081-120, Brazil
Coordinates: 23.4433° S, 46.5531° W
Museu do Tietê
Trilha de Caminhada, Engenheiro Goulart, São Paulo - SP, 03719-000, Brazil
Coordinates: 23.4935° S, 46.5213° W
Arquivo Histórico Municipal de Guarulhos
Rua Lidio Francisco de Santana, Macedo, Guarulhos - SP, 07111-000, Brazil
Coordinates: 23.4698° S, 46.5191° W