Ora Attuale a Belford Roxo, Brasile — BRT.

Belford Roxo is a city in the state of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It is a part of the metropolitan region of the city of Rio de Janeiro and was created in 1990. Its population was 518,384 in 2025 and its area is 78.98 km2 (30.49 sq mi). Belford Roxo is one of the less prosperous cities in the state, due to its low GDP and relatively large population. Its climate is tropical with an average temperature of 18 °C (63 °F). Bayer and Lubrizol are the biggest companies in the municipality. It was named after Engineer Raimundo Teixeira Belfort Roxo. While serving as General Construction and Building Inspector for the city of Rio de Janeiro, Belfort Roxo, together with fellow engineer Paulo de Frontin, solved the water shortage problems of the area during the summer of 1889.

Distance-wise, Belford Roxo is closest to São Paulo (~342 km), New York (~7,735 km), London (~9,273 km); Tokyo is the far end at roughly 18,549 km. That ordering matters more than the timezone label for travel planning.

Belford Roxo sits inside Brasile — the South America subregion, capital Brasília, languages Portuguese, currency BRL (R$).

Around Belford Roxo, the nearest mapped reference cities are Nilópolis (5 km), São João de Meriti (5 km), Nova Iguaçu (5 km), Duque de Caxias (9 km); treat them as the de-facto regional cluster for BRT planning.

Upcoming country holiday signals around Belford Roxo: Labour Day, Corpus Christi, Constitutionalist Revolution of 1932. Bake those into launch, on-call, and travel windows for Brasile.

Closest curated airport references from Belford Roxo: GIG Rio De Janeiro (16 km), SDU Rio de Janeiro (29 km), GRU São Paulo (323 km).

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