🇧🇷 São Paulo, Brazil
São Paulo is one of the largest population centres on Earth. Real-Earth coordinates -23.557°, -46.627°, population 18,845,000. Skyline in every direction and an approach that never quite ends — one of the more demanding places to fly low and fast. Skydex flies the real Earth here — the elevation, coastline and city layout under the aircraft come from the same data the map does, and the sky is shared with everyone else flying it.
Heard over São Paulo last 30 days, by the Skydex receiver network
1 aircraft on 1 day.
Counted from what our volunteers’ antennas received — no other tracker involved. About the network · the stations · add yours
On the water near São Paulo live AIS, via the Skydex feed
57 vessels within 60 km right now, plus 1 private craft shown anonymously.
📡 57 of them are being heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver. Run one
- 🇵🇭 MMSI 548784000 · Cargo · 199 m · 0 kn · 44 km
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636025486 · Cargo · 229 m · 0 kn · 44 km
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636022780 · Cargo · 200 m · 0 kn · 44 km
- 🇵🇦 MMSI 352002990 · Cargo · 229 m · 0 kn · 44 km
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636018727 · Tanker · 183 m · 0 kn · 49 km
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636023840 · Cargo · 366 m · 0 kn · 49 km
- 🇵🇦 ANADOLU S · Cargo · 183 m · 0 kn · → BRSSZ · 51 km
- 🇱🇷 MMSI 636023384 · Tanker · 183 m · 0 kn · 51 km
As of 00:43 UTC · updates live · ship tracking · see them in 3D over São Paulo →
Seen on the water near São Paulo last 30 days, AIS via the Skydex feed
660 vessels on 31 days · 5,667 sightings (one vessel on one day) · type known for 613 of them.
📡 660 of them were heard by a Skydex volunteer receiver rather than by the upstream feed. Run one here
Counted from the AIS positions the Skydex feed received here — sampled once a day in local daytime, plus whenever pilots fly here — not a port register. Ship tracking
Airports near São Paulo within 120 km, heard by the Skydex receiver network
- Congonhas Airport (CGH) · 8 km · 82 flights in 30 days
- Guarulhos - Governador André Franco Montoro International Airport (GRU) · 21 km · 2,022 flights in 30 days
- Viracopos International Airport (VCP) · 80 km · 328 flights in 30 days
Flights are airline flight numbers our receivers heard heading to or from the airport, once a day each — not runway movements. All airports
Activity in São Paulo
Visitors came from 6 countries this month.
“Pilots” counts signed-in players; “visits” counts sessions, not unique people.
Flying conditions in São Paulo
Sunrise 05:15 · Sunset 18:25 · 13 h 10 m of daylight (local time)
Verdict weighs gusts, precipitation and cold — the things that actually decide whether a drone or a bird has a good time up there. Sunrise and sunset are computed from the city's coordinates, not forecast. Forecast issued 2026-11-11 00:41 UTC and refreshed live in your browser. Weather by Open-Meteo (CC BY 4.0).
Flying weather in São Paulo through the year
November in São Paulo averages 20.8°C with winds around 15 km/h, and roughly 58% of days are good for flying — about 18 days see rain.
Fewest weather restrictions: September, July, August; January is the most restricted at 24% usable days. (That's about wind and rain, not comfort — check the temperatures below.)
| Month | Avg temp | Wind | Rain days | Good to fly |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 22.5°C | 14 km/h | 27 | 24% |
| February | 23.8°C | 13 km/h | 23 | 34% |
| March | 22.4°C | 13 km/h | 15 | 53% |
| April | 20.9°C | 12 km/h | 16 | 60% |
| May | 18.8°C | 12 km/h | 10 | 76% |
| June | 16.8°C | 12 km/h | 11 | 72% |
| July | 16.5°C | 13 km/h | 4 | 90% |
| August | 17.2°C | 15 km/h | 4 | 87% |
| September | 20.4°C | 19 km/h | 3 | 95% |
| October | 19.7°C | 19 km/h | 14 | 60% |
| November | 20.8°C | 15 km/h | 18 | 58% |
| December | 23.2°C | 15 km/h | 21 | 44% |
Based on ERA5 reanalysis. “Good to fly” counts days without strong wind, real rain or hard frost — the conditions that actually ground a drone.
Recent activity in São Paulo
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What you can do here
- Fly São Paulo in an FPV drone or as a gull, from -23.557°, -46.627° — keyboard and mouse, a gamepad, or a real RC transmitter over USB.
- Check the weather first: live wind, gusts and cloud over the city, plus the month-by-month flyable-days table above.
- Watch real traffic — aircraft overhead and ships on the water come from live ADS-B and AIS feeds, not from a script.
- Meet other pilots in the same sky: city chat room, radio, and the walkie-talkie frequency for São Paulo.