Rio Quente (Brazilian Portuguese: [ˈʁi.u ˈkẽtʃi]; "Hot River") is a municipality in the south of the state of Goiás, Brazil.

For a complete list of distances see Seplan It became a municipality in 1989, dismembering itself from Caldas Novas.

Neighboring municipalities are: Rio Quente is famous for its hot water springs, which were discovered by Bartolomeu Bueno da Silva (son), in 1722 and received the name of Caldas Velhas.

Rio Quente is served by Nelson Ribeiro Guimarães airport located in the adjoining municipality of Caldas Novas.

Economic activity is almost exclusively based on tourism, especially with the attraction of the Rio Quente Resorts, but there is some agriculture, cattle raising, small transformation industries, and government employment Economic Data Despite the small territorial dimension of the municipality (257.6 km2) there is a developed agriculture with production of rice and corn and raising of dairy cattle.