Cable car · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 15–219 m
Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is a cable car near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It climbs 204 m over 486 m, from 15 m to 219 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 147 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
86/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is scarier than 86% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 1 of 13 in Brazil.
- Highest above the ground: about 147 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 273 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 486 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 23°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 364 m of the 486 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 15 m above sea level (22.95570° S, 43.16694° W). From there it runs 486 m up to the top station at 219 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 213–273 m cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 60 m
- Plano Inclinado do Cemitério São João Batista funicular · 2.6 km away · rises 26 m
- Plano Inclinado da Comunidade Santa Marta funicular · 2.9 km away · rises 150 m
- Funicular Casa das Arte de Laranjeiras funicular · 3.3 km away · rises 21 m
- Plano Inclinado do Outeiro da Glória funicular · 3.6 km away · rises 8 m
- Plano Inclinado Pavão-Pavãozinho funicular · 4.2 km away · rises 66 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.