Cable car · Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 213–273 m
Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is a cable car near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. It climbs 60 m over 732 m, from 213 m to 273 m above sea level. Between its 2 pylons, the cable runs up to about 152 m above the ground.
How scary is it?
83/100 · Scary
By the numbers, Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is scarier than 83% of the 2,742 gondolas and cable cars on this site. It is number 3 of 13 in Brazil.
- Highest above the ground: about 152 m, higher than the Great Pyramid of Giza (139 m), 329 m after the bottom station.
- Longest stretch without a pylon: 732 m.
- Steepest stretch of cable: 5°.
- More than 50 m above the ground for 598 m of the 732 m ride.
Where does it start?
The bottom station of Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar is near Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at 213 m above sea level (22.95112° S, 43.16358° W). From there it runs 732 m up to the top station at 273 m.
Directions to the bottom station ↗ Bottom station on OpenStreetMap ↗
Nearby lines
- Teleférico do Pão de Açúcar, Rio de Janeiro, 15–219 m cable car · 0.8 km away · rises 204 m
- Plano Inclinado do Cemitério São João Batista funicular · 3.4 km away · rises 26 m
- Plano Inclinado da Comunidade Santa Marta funicular · 3.5 km away · rises 150 m
- Plano Inclinado do Outeiro da Glória funicular · 3.5 km away · rises 8 m
- Funicular Casa das Arte de Laranjeiras funicular · 3.8 km away · rises 21 m
- Plano Inclinado Pavão-Pavãozinho funicular · 4.9 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.