City Details: Porto Alegre
A few alternate names for Porto Alegre are: POA, Porto Alegre, Porto Alegri, Porto Alegrė, Porto Alenkre, Porto de Sao Francisco dos Casaes, Porto-Alegro, Portu-Alegre, Portu-Alegri, Portu-Alegry
Porto Alegre is the capital and largest city of the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. Its population of roughly 1.4 million inhabitants (2022) makes it the 11th-most populous city in the country and the centre of Brazil's fifth-largest metropolitan area, with 4.1 million inhabitants (2022). The city is the southernmost capital city of a Brazilian state.
General Information
- Official Name: Brazil
- Common Name: Brazil
- Population: 1488252
- Timezone: America/Sao_Paulo
- Coordinates: -30.03283, -51.23019
- Country Code: BRA
- Continent: South America
Closest Airports to Porto Alegre
- 1. Salgado Filho Airport (POA), distance from city center: 7.09 km
- 2. Hugo Cantergiani Regional Airport (CXJ), distance from city center: 93.02 km
- 3. João Simões Lopes Neto International Airport (PET), distance from city center: 214.70 km
Location of Porto Alegre
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 Porto Alegre, 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
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Museums in Porto Alegre, Brazil
Memorial do Rio Grande do Sul
Rua 7 de Setembro 1020, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-191, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0288° S, 51.2310° W
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-18:00
Museu de Arte do Rio Grande do Sul
Praça da Alfândega, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-150, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0290° S, 51.2317° W
Hours: Tu-Su 10:00-19:00
Farol Santander Porto Alegre (antigo Santander Cultural)
Rua 7 de Setembro 1028, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-191, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0287° S, 51.2304° W
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-19:00 • Su 13:00-19:00
Museu Júlio de Castilhos
Rua Duque de Caxias 1231, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90020-025, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0337° S, 51.2292° W
Hours: Tu-Sa 10:00-17:00
Museu Joaquim José Felizardo
Rua João Alfredo 582, Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre - RS, 90050-230, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0418° S, 51.2242° W
Hours: Mo 13:00-17:30 • Tu-Fr 09:00-17:30
Museu de Geologia
Rua Banco da Província 105, Santa Tereza, Porto Alegre - RS, 90840-030, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0722° S, 51.2279° W
Hours: Mo-Fr 09:00-12:00, 14:00-17:00
Pinacoteca Ruben Berta
Rua Duque de Caxias 973, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-300, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0336° S, 51.2318° W
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-12:00,13:30-18:00
MERGS
Rua dos Andradas 1223, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90020-008, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0301° S, 51.2294° W
Hours: Tu-Fr 10:00-19:00 • Sa 11:00-18:00
Arquivo Histórico
Avenida Bento Gonçalves, Santo Antônio, Porto Alegre - RS, 90620-130, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0540° S, 51.2017° W
Instituto Cultural Judaico Marc Chagal
Rua General João Telles 329, Bom Fim, Porto Alegre - RS, 90035-120, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0324° S, 51.2126° W
Hours: Mo-Th 13:00-18:00
Galeria Garagem de Arte Stockinger
Rua Luciana de Abreu 450, Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre - RS, 90570-060, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0252° S, 51.2025° W
Museu do Comando Militar do Sul
Avenida Padre Tomé, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90010-190, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0315° S, 51.2356° W
Hours: Tu-Th 10:00-16:00 • Fr 09:00-12:00 • PH Sa-Su 13:30-17:00
Galeria de Arte do DMAE
Rua 24 de Outubro 200, Moinhos de Vento, Porto Alegre - RS, 90510-000, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0272° S, 51.2057° W
Hours: Mo-Fr 08:00-17:30
Museu das Ilhas
Rua Doutor Salomão Pires Abrahão, Arquipélago, Porto Alegre - RS, 90090-140, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0157° S, 51.2609° W
12104 Museu da UFRGS
Avenida Osvaldo Aranha, Farroupilha, Porto Alegre - RS, 90040-060, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0328° S, 51.2196° W
Memorial Luiz Carlos Prestes
Avenida Edvaldo Pereira Paiva, Praia de Belas, Porto Alegre - RS, 90110-180, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0459° S, 51.2321° W
Museu Ruy Tedesco
Avenida Padre Cacique 891, Praia de Belas, Porto Alegre - RS, 90810-240, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0666° S, 51.2364° W
Casa de Cultura Mario Quintana
Rua dos Andradas 736, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90020-003, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0311° S, 51.2345° W
Museu Joaquim José Felizardo
Rua João Alfredo 582, Cidade Baixa, Porto Alegre - RS, 90050-230, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0420° S, 51.2246° W
Museu do Trabalho
Rua dos Andradas 230, Historic District, Porto Alegre - RS, 90020-000, Brazil
Coordinates: 30.0329° S, 51.2393° W