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LDS Missions in Brazil

There are currently 40 active missions in Brazil. Explore where each one is based, the local time zones, the climate and what to do next if you have been called there.

Brazil with each mission's base city marked. Markers show where missions are based, not the areas they cover — the Church does not publish mission boundaries as map data, and missionaries serve across areas set by the mission.

Missions in Brazil

Every mission below links to its own page, with that mission’s map, local time, current weather, climate and preparation guides.

Or browse all 40 missions below.

Alagoas1 mission

Amazonas2 missions

Bahia2 missions

Ceará2 missions

Espírito Santo1 mission

Federal District1 mission

Goiás1 mission

Mato Grosso1 mission

Minas Gerais2 missions

Pará1 mission

Paraíba1 mission

Paraná3 missions

Pernambuco2 missions

Piauí1 mission

Rio de Janeiro2 missions

Rio Grande do Norte1 mission

Rio Grande do Sul3 missions

Santa Catarina1 mission

São Paulo12 missions

About LDS missions in Brazil

There are currently 40 active LDS missions based in Brazil, in 30 cities across 19 regions. Some cities carry more than one: São Paulo (5), Curitiba (2) and Fortaleza (2), among others. Those cities are spread about 2,800 km (1,750 miles) from Manaus in the west to João Pessoa in the east and about 3,200 km (2,000 miles) from Belém in the north to Porto Alegre in the south.

The Brazil Brasília Mission is based in Brasília, the national capital. Every mission city is south of the equator, so the calendar seasons run the opposite way to the northern hemisphere: December to February is summer and June to August is winter. Mission cities range from near sea level at Salvador (4 m / 13 ft) to Brasília at 1,136 m (3,727 ft).

Missionaries serve across areas set by their mission, which can reach well beyond the city the mission is based in, and they are transferred between those areas during a mission.

Time zones used by missions in Brazil

Missions in Brazil keep 8 different time zones, so the right hour to write depends on which mission you are following. The clocks below are live, and follow daylight saving wherever it applies.

Missionary Tracker shows this clock next to your missionary, so nobody at home has to work out whether it is a reasonable hour to write.

Climate and seasons in Brazil

Mission cities in Brazil fall into 6 Köppen climate classes, so conditions are not the same across the country.

The most common are tropical savanna (Aw), covering 13 missions including Brasília and Cuiabá, humid subtropical (Cfa), covering 12 missions including Campinas and Florianópolis and tropical rainforest (Af), covering 5 missions including Belém and Manaus.

Across those cities, the warmest monthly average high is 36 °C (97 °F) in Teresina during October, and the coolest monthly average low is 8 °C (46 °F) in Curitiba during July.

Always use your Missionary Portal and your mission’s own “what to bring” instructions when deciding what clothing or equipment to pack. This describes the weather, not what to take.

Languages

Portuguese is the language most widely used across Brazil.

This describes the country, not the assignment. The language a missionary is called to speak is set by the Church and stated in the call itself — it can differ from the languages above, and missionaries serving in the same country are not always assigned the same one.

Preparing to serve in Brazil

If you have received a mission call to Brazil, begin with the instructions in your Missionary Portal and the mission’s own letter — those are the only sources that speak for your mission. These guides cover the practical side nobody sends you: the paperwork, the shopping, the packing and the last weeks at home.

Mission Preparation

LDS Mission Preparation Checklist: Everything to Do Before You Leave

The whole runway in one place — from the year before you submit a recommendation to the morning you leave for the MTC.

Read the guideMission Call

What to Do After Receiving Your Mission Call

The call answers where and when. This is the order to do everything that follows, starting with the parts that have deadlines.

Read the guidePacking

LDS Missionary Packing List

Everything worth packing, in the order you should buy it, and the things most missionaries wish they had left at home.

Read the guideMTC

What to Bring to the MTC

The quick answer first, then the detail: what you actually need on arrival day and what can stay in the suitcase.

Read the guide

Visa and travel arrangements for Brazil are handled through your Missionary Portal and the Church’s travel office. Follow their instructions rather than any third-party summary, including this one.

Printable Brazil countdown map

Turn the mission length into a free printable countdown map of Brazil, with one numbered square for each mission day to colour in.

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Mission boundaries, assignments and instructions change; always use current information from the Church and your Missionary Portal.