Cable car · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teleférico da Providência
Teleférico da Providência is a cable car near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It climbs 0 m over 717 m, from 5 m to 6 m above sea level. With no pylon on the way, the cable runs up to about 34 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
19/100 · Gentle
By the numbers, Teleférico da Providência is scarier than 19% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 12 of 13 in Brazil.
- Highest above the ground: about 34 m, as high as a 11-storey building, 258 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 440 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 14°.
Where does it start?
Teleférico da Providência runs 717 m between two stations near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: the south station at 5 m above sea level (22.90245° S, 43.19163° W) and the north station at 6 m (22.89756° S, 43.19621° W).
Directions to the south station ↗ Directions to the north station ↗
- Opened
- 2024-04-07
- Capacity
- 600 people per hour
- Per cabin
- 10 people
- Ride time
- about 5 min
Nearby lines
- Plano Inclinado do Outeiro da Glória funicular · 3.0 km away · rises 8 m
- Funicular Casa das Arte de Laranjeiras funicular · 4.4 km away · rises 21 m
- Plano Inclinado da Comunidade Santa Marta funicular · 5.2 km away · rises 150 m
- Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 15–219 m cable car · 6.5 km away · rises 204 m
- Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 213–273 m cable car · 6.5 km away · rises 60 m
- Plano Inclinado do Cemitério São João Batista funicular · 6.8 km away · rises 26 m
Pylon heights are estimated (30 m), so the height above ground is approximate. Terrain: Copernicus GLO-30, 30 m. Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. Data as of 2026-10-31.