🇬🇧 Tips for those interested in living in Brazil

For those who think about to live in Brazil, here are some tips.

• Although Brazil is known as a tropical country, we have regions where winter can have temperatures below twenty degrees and in the south of the country, winter can have negative temperatures eventually, although snow is rare.
• In cold countries, such as Canada and European countries, it is common to have a heating system in homes. In southern Brazil, although it is cold, it does not even exist in Curitiba, the coldest capital of the country, which even in summer rarely has temperatures above 30 ° C.
• In the summer of Curitiba, after a day or two of "too much" heat, it usually rains and the temperature becomes milder in the coming days.
• Although Porto Alegre has temperatures similar to Curitiba in winter (it is a little less cold, even if it is further south), in summer it is an absurdly hot city. And the presence of rain in summer is much less frequent than in Curitiba. Those who can spend the summer on the coast.
• The city of Sao Paulo, the largest in the country, has milder temperatures than Rio de Janeiro and is absolutely cosmopolitan. What you don't find there, you probably won't find it anywhere in Brazil. And it is definitely the city with the largest variety of luxury brands available in the country.
• Speaking of luxury, besides Sao Paulo and Rio, Curitiba is another city where this market has been served better recently.
• I have already traveled a lot in the country and in terms of culture and structure, I believe that some of the best capitals to live in Brazil are: Curitiba and Porto Alegre in the south; Sao Paulo and Belo Horizonte in the southeast; Fortaleza and Recife in the northeast, although I believe that all the capitals of the northeast have something interesting to offer; Goiânia and Brasília in the Midwest and Belém and Manaus in the North. Among the smaller cities there are some good options and the region of the “serra gaucha” (Caxias do Sul, Garibaldi, Farroupilha, Bento Gonçalves, etc.); the city of Uberlândia, in Minas Gerais; and Ribeirão Preto in the state of Sao Paulo are some interesting options. In Uberlândia, from personal experience, I can say that it is a city with a reasonably cosmopolitan mentality. In the Serra Gaúcha, although the cities are relatively small, many of them are strong wine and shoe producers and are very close to the capital, with most of them accessible in up to four hours by bus.
• Brazilians are very welcoming to foreigners, especially those from developed countries.
• Many Brazilians are racist, even if it is less than some say, so it could be that dark-skinned people have more difficulty adapting to the country, in addition to the language problem.
• If you want to open a company or have a self-employment in the country, it is recommended that you get to know the local market and take local consultancy for support. Count on me if you propose to offer something interesting to the upper economic classes. Discover the services I offer on the "Services" page of this blog.
• The official language of Brazil is Portuguese. Almost everyone in the upper classes also speaks English, a language that children of wealthy families often study from childhood. You will hardly be understood in English in a cheap shop or supermarket.

If you are thinking of living in Brazil and have questions unrelated to your business or career plan, ask in the comments.

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