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Temperature also varies according to elevation, distance from the coast, and type of vegetation or land use. During the winter, cold fronts and dawn/morning sea breezes bring mild temperatures; cold fronts, the Intertropical Convergence Zone (in the form of winds from the Amazon Forest), the strongest sea-borne winds (often from an extratropical cyclone) and summer evapotranspiration bring showers or storms. Thus the monsoon-like climate has dry and mild winters and springs, and very wet and warm summers and autumns. As a result, temperatures over 40 °C (104 °F), that may happen about year-round but are much more common during the summer, often mean the actual "feels-like" temperature is over 50 °C (122 °F), when there is little wind and the relative humidity percentage is high.

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Belford Roxo

Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro

In 1767, in a topographic map of the captaincy of Rio de Janeiro, made by Manuel Vieira Lion, appears clearly in this region the ingenuity of Brejo. Its first occupant was Christopher Mendes Leitão, in 1739.

Average elevation: 31 m

Santa Teresa

Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro > Rio de Janeiro

Around 1850 many people, fleeing the yellow fever epidemic in the city, flocked to the neighborhood. As it was at a higher altitude, Santa Teresa was less affected by the epidemic than the surrounding neighborhoods.

Average elevation: 55 m

Petrópolis

Brazil > Rio de Janeiro > Região Metropolitana do Rio de Janeiro

Petrópolis has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen climate classification: Cwa) caused by elevation with humid summers. The rainfall is approximately 2,400 mm (94 in) per annum.

Average elevation: 832 m