Can I drink the tap water?

How good is the tap water in Cuiaba, Brazil ?


13 people said The tap water is not safe to drink, 1 people said I drink filtered tap water, 1 people said I love the tap water here.

All in all, 7% of folks here drink from the tap.



How good is the tap water in all of Brazil?


5711 people said I drink filtered tap water, 594 people said I love the tap water here, 3718 people said The tap water is not safe to drink.

All in all, 6% of folks here drink from the tap.

Answers in Cuiaba vs. Brazil

Not enough comparable data yet to rank Cuiaba within Brazil, its continent, or globally.

Top 10 cities in Brazil

Best (by % who love it)

  1. Sao Jose dos Campos (53%)
  2. Curitiba (34%)
  3. Guarulhos (19%)
  4. Manaus (13%)
  5. Belem (13%)
  6. Aracaju (8%)
  7. Londrina (8%)
  8. Salvador (7%)
  9. Cuiaba (7%)
  10. Maceio (7%)

Worst (by % who love it)

  1. Duque de Caxias (0%)
  2. Rio de Janeiro (1%)
  3. Belo Horizonte (1%)
  4. Fortaleza (1%)
  5. Recife (1%)
  6. Florianopolis (2%)
  7. Joinville (2%)
  8. Goiania (2%)
  9. Porto Alegre (3%)
  10. Campinas (3%)

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Why isn't public water processed/cleaned in Brazil? : r/Brazil   - Feb 4, 2024 ... Tap water provided by the public water companies is actually safe to drink. The thing is it usually tastes like chlorine, so people are ...

Question regarding the “Don't drink the tap water” advice I've heard ...   - Dec 14, 2022 ... Water is pretty much safe in Brazil. Even in Belem, a city at the edge of the Amazon Forest, the water there is pretty safe to drink.

Coming from the US will I be able to drink the tap water in Curitiba or ...   - Jan 22, 2024 ... Look, brazilian here, I would never drink tap water, but I brush my teeth with tap water just ok. ... So tap water in Brazil is much cleaner and ...

I read that tap water is not safe for drinking in Paraguay? Do you ...   - Apr 29, 2025 ... We've been drinking tap water for a long time and nothing has happened. ... Cuiabá, a city in Brazil located near the region. From there, it is ...

Male Jaguar drinking water at the edge of a beach on the Piquiri ...   - Mato Grosso. Brazil. - Picture of Silva Tour Pantanal, Cuiaba. Things to Do in Cuiaba ...

Heat wave in Brazil: It's no longer possible to leave the house. : r/brasil   - Feb 17, 2025 ... Cuiabá is estimated until 2030 ... I fainted and had to go to the hospital just from trying to clean the backyard IN THE AFTERNOON, drinking water ...

Dear airports everywhere, can we finally admit that forbidding bottles ...   - Jul 9, 2022 ... Also nowadays I believe they just serve bottled water. That being said, tap water isn't considered drinking water in most of the world.

Can you drink the tap water in Asunción, or use it to cook with?   - Dec 28, 2024 ... ... tap water in Asunción for drinking and cooking. ... Cuiabá, a city in Brazil located near the region. From there, it is ...

Deep in the Amazon, a Remarkable Beach (and Ant-Eating ...   - Mar 20, 2017 ... Shoumatoff returned in 1984 and found Alter unrecognizable, with teenagers “drinking Coke, water-skiing, bombing around in open Jeeps with roll ...

Jaguar spotted at Cuiaba River in Brazil   - Aug 4, 2025 ... Much of the shore of the Cuiaba River, in the Northern Pantanal of Brazil, gives the jaguars plenty of camouflage for when they want to ...

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