How to Be a Carioca

Lesson 12 The Carioca Winter

Winter in Rio lasts for a week. A bad winter will last for two.

What to wear: When the street thermometers register 18 °C (65°F) you will finally have that long-awaited opportunity to wear all those sweaters, jackets, and boots you bought in Buenos Aires before arriving in Rio. Wear them all at the same time, and you will fit right in. A Carioca would.

What to do: See Lesson 10, «The Carioca Summer.»