atm withdarawal

Depends mainly on your bank, but possibly also on the bank you're withdrawing at. For instance, I have a limit at Banco 24h machines, but not at my own bank on my Brazilian bank card. For my Dutch bank card other rules apply: if I recall correctly, I can withdraw up to 200 euros worth of cash per day, distributed over any machines that don't belong to my own bank (regardless of whether they are in NL or abroad).

Oi JRA,

I just returned from Brasil, and want to tell you that I have never had more problems using ATMs there in my life! My US-issued debit card has a limit of $500 dollars, per my bank. Yet, I was constantly told that I could not withdraw more than $800 reais in most ATMs, and was frequently only allowed $400 reais! Worse, after making a $400 reais withdrawal, I was not allowed to make further withdraws! Yes, it does seem to vary from bank to bank, and I seemed to have more success using Banco do Brasil ATMs. Good Luck!

JAC

I think you'll find a that a typical daily withdrawal for most foreign cards ranges between about R$600 and R$1.000 but as the others have noted the actual amount varies between the bank issuing the card and also local ATMs.

Thanks for the replies, v useful. Its as I suspected, and as it was last time I was in Brazil 10 years ago. Luckily we have more than one card between us. And souviajante, you should try Argentina if you think Brazil is bad!

A word of caution. When travelling in Brazil, it is highly advised to NOT get out large sums of money as there is every chance you may get robbed, being that you are a not a local.

Luckily it sounds like its impossible to withdraw large sums of money. And I don't think thios sort of scaremongering is particularly helpful, it surely depends on time and place? For example a small coastal town vs Rio/Sampa?

It's not scare mongering at all. I've lived in Brazil and this is the advice locals gave me.
Would you walk around your own country with large sums of cash in your wallet?
You have to remember that some developing countries have pick pockets , and that is a fact, not scare mongering. Being robbed can happen any where, I had a friend robbed on a bus recently.
Rio you have a greater chance of being relieved of your cash, because people watch and will follow you ( I was followed in Rio by two men) and take the moment that you are most vunerable. My friend got pick pocketed his camera and didn't even feel it. But sure, if you wanna risk it then it is up to you.

I think 'every chance' is a bit strong though, don't you? Sure there is a chance, I was mugged in Belem myself a few years ago. Then again, my wife was mugged at an ATM in London in broad daylight. Unfortunately I will need money for my trip so will need to go to an ATM, hence the question. Having been there several times, Im aware there are risks in Brazil that you wouldn't normally encounter in say, Singapore, but as we are in small coastal towns for most of the trip, I don't judge the risk to be very high. And as I said, it doesn't seem like you can withdraw large sums of money anyway,
Happy travels.

If that advice applies to all big cities, why are you singling out Brazil?

Should people be careful of their stuff? Absolutely. But I disagree with creating this image that Brazil is an extremely dangerous country. It's not. And especially the touristic areas are pretty safe. I would say the touristic part of Rio is no more or less safe than the touristic parts of Paris or NYC. And smaller places tourists are likely to visit are like small touristic sites worldwide: there will be a lot of hustling, but other than that pretty safe.

Also, Brazilians love to exaggerate ;)