Santos Dumont (formerly known as Palmira) is a municipality in southern Minas Gerais state, Brazil. The population (2020) is estimated to be 46,421 and the total area of the municipality is 639.1 km2. It lies at an elevation of 839 m just off the main interstate highway, BR040, between the urban centers of Barbacena (north) and Juiz de Fora (south). It is 240 km from the state capital, Belo Horizonte, and 220 km from Rio de Janeiro. It became a city in 1889.
The average annual temperature is approximately 20 C, with the average maximum of 21 C, and the average minimum of 19 C.
