Porto Velho

Porto Velho features a tropical monsoon climate (climate type Am) under the Köppen climate classification. The temperatures tend to be relatively consistent throughout the course of the year, with average daily temperatures typically between 25 and 26 degrees Celsius.[2] The dry season is short and covers the months of June, July and August. Porto Velho is particularly wet from November through April, averaging roughly 200 mm (7.9 in) of rain per month in each of these months.[3] According to the Brazilian National Institute of Meteorology (INMET), between 1961 and 1990 the lowest temperature recorded in Porto Velho was 7.4 °C or 45.3 °F in July 1975,[4] and the highest reached 40.9 °C or 105.6 °F in August 1969.[5]

Amazon rainforest and Madeira River.

The Amazon has over half of the planet's remaining rainforests and is the largest and most species-rich tract of tropical rainforest in the world. Wet tropical forests are the most species-rich biome, and tropical forests in the Americas are consistently more species-rich than wet forests in Africa and Asia.[11] As the largest tract of tropical rainforest in the Americas, the Amazonian rainforests have unparalleled biodiversity.

More than one third of all species in the world live in the Amazon Rainforest.[12]

The municipality contains what is left of the Rio Madeira Sustainable Yield Forest (B) and (C), created in 1990.[13] It contains the 55,850 hectares (138,000 acres) Lago do Cuniã Extractive Reserve, created in 1999.[14] It contains part of the strictly-protected Cuniã Ecological Station, an area of savannah parkland.[15] It holds all of the strictly protected 87,412 hectares (216,000 acres) Serra dos Três Irmãos Ecological Station.[16] It contains part of the Mapinguari National Park, a 1,776,914 hectares (4,390,850 acres) conservation unit created in 2008.[17] It also contains part of the 221,218 hectares (546,640 acres) Jacundá National Forest, a sustainable use conservation unit.[18] The municipality contains 66% of the 197,364 hectares (487,700 acres) Jaci Paraná Extractive Reserve, created in 1996.[19] It contains the 18,281 hectares (45,170 acres) Mujica Nava Ecological Station, created in 1996.[20] It contains part of the Bom Futuro National Forest, established in 1988.[21] The majority of the forest surrounding Porto Velho has been cut down, however.[22]

Porto Velho International Airport, 7 km from the city, has its main access at the Av. Governador Jorge Teixeira de Oliveira, with two lanes. Buses from downtown run to the airport every hour, and there is a fleet of taxis serving only the airport. The airport is served by 98 scheduled flights weekly, most going to other large Brazilian cities. The presence of Porto Velho Air Force Base ensures considerable movement of military aircraft. The local people refer to Porto Velho International as Belmont Airport because it is located in this district. It became an international airport in 2002. It was built as a replacement to Caiari Airport, which was closed on April 16, 1969.

• BR-174;
• BR-317;
• BR-319;
• BR-364;
• BR-421;
• BR-425;
• BR-429;
• RO-010;
• RO-101;
• RO-490.

• Universidade Federal de Rondônia (Unir);
• Federal Institute of Education, Science and Technology of Rondônia - Instituto Federal de Educação, Ciência e Tecnologia de Rondônia (IFRO);
• Instituto Luterano de Ensino Superior de Porto Velho (Iles-Ulbra);
• Faculdade Interamericana de Porto Velho (Uniron);
• Faculdade de Ciências Administrativas e de Tecnologia (Fatec-RO);
• Faculdade de Ciências Humanas, Exatas e Letras de Rondônia (Faro);
• Faculdade da Amazônia (Iesa);
• Faculdade de Porto Velho/ Fundação Getúlio Vargas (FIP/FGV);
• Faculdades Integradas Maria Coelho Aguiar (FIMCA);
• Faculdade São Lucas;

• Maple Bear Canadian School
• Colégio Objetivo;
• Classe A;
• Escola Estadual de Ensino Fundamental e Médio João Bento da Costa;
• Colégio Tiradentes da Polícia Militar;
• Centro de Ensino Mineiro;
• Proensino;
• Instituto Laura Vicuña;
• Instituto Estadual de Educação Carmela Dutra;
• Colégio Dom Bosco
• Centro Educacional Dr Gilberto Mendes De Azevedo
• Instituto Maria Auxiliadora

The Expovel is an agricultural event in Porto Velho.

Madeira-Mamoré Railway Museum

Teatro Estadual Palácio das Artes, in Presidente Dutra Avenue, Teatro Municipal, in Joaquim Nabuco Avenue (Downtown) and Teatro Uirassu Rodrigues, in José Bonifácio street.