Ribeirão das Neves

Ribeirão das Neves (Snow's Creek) is a Brazilian municipality located in the state of Minas Gerais. The city belongs to the mesoregion Metropolitana de Belo Horizonte and to the microregion of Belo Horizonte. Most residents commute to Belo Horizonte. The population in 2020 was 338,197.

The city currently has some factories, which strengthen the growth of the municipality, and an increase in trade, with many bars, pizzerias, beauty salons, supermarkets, department stores, several banks as CEF, the Bank of Brazil, Bradesco, Itau, which still houses a small part of the economically active population.

Geography
Ribeirão das Neves is located on the northwest of Belo Horizonte. Federal Highway 135 passes through it. Its average elevation is 857 meters above the sea level.

Climate
Ribeirão das Neves has a Tropical Savanna Climate (Aw). It receives the most precipitation in December, with 265.5 mm of average rainfall; and the least precipitation in July, with 5 mm of average rainfall.