São Luís is a city of contradictions. It’s one of the oldest in Brazil, but also one of the most modern. It’s a city of great wealth and great poverty. It’s a city of white-sand beaches and of rainforest. It’s a city of colonial-era architecture and of towering skyscrapers. It’s a city of music and of art. It’s a city of great food and of great nightlife.
São Luís is a city of firsts. It was the first capital of Brazil. It was the first place in the Americas to abolish slavery. It was the first place in Brazil to have a woman mayor. It was the first place in Brazil to have a black bishop. It was the first place in Brazil to have an indigenous mayor.
São Luís is a city of contrasts. It’s a city of great wealth and great poverty
Average temperatures during the day in São Luís.
