Rio de Janeiro

Rio de Janeiro is the second largest city in , on the South Atlantic coast. Rio is famous for its breathtaking landscape, its laid-back beach culture and its annual carnival.
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Essential Destinations

Top destinations include Zona Sul and Centro.

The South Zone of Rio de Janeiro is where most tourists usually stay. Lots of hotels, from the fancy 5-stars like Copacabana Palace to hostels, are to be found in the neighborhoods of Copacabana, Ipanema and Leblon, which also have three famous beaches, the latter two just being separated by the canal that drains the Lagoa into the sea.

Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.
Rio's is a district in the city of Rio de Janeiro. has most of the city's notable churches and museums, including the Modern Art Museum, as well as many of its most famous bars.

, is the main airport serving Rio de Janeiro, at Av. Vinte de Janeiro, s/n; Ilha do Governador. It is the country's second-busiest international airport.

Destinations to Discover

Explore places such as Zona Norte and Zona Oeste.

The North Zone of Rio has fewer tourist attractions than other parts of town, but it's worth at least one trip to Maracanã Stadium.

in Rio de Janeiro is the farthest zone from city center and is home to the richest and poorest neighborhoods in Rio.
Photo: NASA, Public domain.

Places of Interest

Highlights include São Januário and Sambadrome Marquês de Sapucaí.

Stadium
Estádio Vasco da Gama, popularly known as owing to its location on a street of the same name, is the home ground of CR Vasco da Gama. It is located in the Vasco da Gama neighborhood, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on a hill near the National Observatory of Brazil.

The is a purpose-built parade area built for the Rio Carnival in Rio de Janeiro, . The venue is also known as Passarela Professor Darcy Ribeiro or simply the Sambódromo in Portuguese or Sambadrome in English.

Park
The is a public park of great historical importance located in the São Cristóvão neighbourhood, in the North zone of the city of Rio de Janeiro, .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Santa Teresa and Imperial de São Cristóvão.

Suburb
is a neighborhood in the city of Rio de Janeiro, . It is located on top of the hill, by the centre of Rio, and is famous for its winding, narrow streets which are a favourite spot for artists and tourists.

Suburb
São Cristóvão is a traditional neighborhood in the north of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

Suburb
Photo: Thiago Souza, CC0.
is a neighborhood in the of Rio de Janeiro, . It represents the financial heart of the city, and the crux of the Central Region.

Rio de Janeiro

Latitude
-22.8975° or 22° 53′ 51″ south
Longitude
-43.2204° or 43° 13′ 13″ west
Population
6,210,000
Elevation
12 metres (39 feet)
IATA airport code
RIO
United Nations Location Code
BR RIO
Open location code
589R4Q2H+XR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 34582422
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­city
Geo­Names ID
3451190
Wiki­data ID
Q8678
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In Other Languages

From Abkhazian to Zulu—“Rio de Janeiro” goes by many names.
  • Abkhazian: Рио-де-Жанеиро
  • Achinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Adyghe: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Afrikaans: Rio de Janeiro
  • Afrikaans: Rio
  • Albanian: Rio de Zhaneiro
  • Amharic: ሪዮ ዴ ጃኔይሮ
  • Arabic: ريو دو جانيرو
  • Arabic: ريو دى جانيرو
  • Arabic: ريو دي جانيرو
  • Arabic: ريو دي جنيرو
  • Arabic: ريو دي جينيرو
  • Arabic: ريو ديجينيرو
  • Arabic: ريودي جانيرو
  • Aragonese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Aragonese: Río
  • Armenian: Ռիո դե Ժանեյրո
  • Arpitan: Rio De Janeiro
  • Arpitan: Rio de Janèro
  • Arpitan: Rio de Janviér
  • Assamese: ৰিঅ‘ ডি জেনেৰ’
  • Assamese: ৰিঅ’ ডি জেনেৰ’
  • Asturian: Rio de Janeiro (ciudá)
  • Asturian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Asturian: Río de Janeiro
  • Aymara: Rio de Janeiro
  • Azerbaijani: Rio de Janeyro
  • Azerbaijani: Rio-de-Janeyro
  • Balinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Bambara: Rio de Janeiro
  • Bashkir: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Basque: Rio de Janeiro
  • Bavarian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Belarusian: Рыа-дэ-Жанэйра
  • Belarusian: Рыё-дэ-Жанэйра
  • Belarusian: Рыю-дэ-Жанэйру
  • Bengali: রিউ দি জানেইরু
  • Bengali: রিও ডি জেনিরো
  • Bengali: রিও দি জেনেরিও
  • Bhojpuri: रियो डि जेनेरो
  • Bishnupriya: রিও ডি জেনিরো (রাজ্য)
  • Bishnupriya: রিও ডি জেনিরো
  • Bislama: Rio de Janeiro
  • Bosnian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Breton: Rio de Janeiro
  • Buginese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Bulgarian: Рио де Жанейро
  • Burmese: ရီယို ဒီ ဂျီးနေးရိုးမြို့
  • Burmese: ရီယိုဒီဂျနေးရိုးမြို့
  • Catalan: Ciutat de Rio de Janeiro
  • Catalan: Rio de Janeiro
  • Cebuano: Rio de Janeiro
  • Central Bikol: Rio de Janeiro
  • Central Kurdish: ڕیۆ دێ ژانێرۆ
  • Chamorro: Rio de Janeiro
  • Chavacano: Río de Janeiro
  • Chechen: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Cherokee: ᏫᎣ Ꮥ ᏣᏁᎢᎶ
  • Cheyenne: Rio de Janeiro
  • Chinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Chinese: 里約熱內盧/里约热内卢
  • Chinese: 里約熱內盧
  • Chinese: 里約熱內盧州
  • Chinese: 里约热内卢
  • Chinese: 里约热内卢州
  • Church Slavic: Риоу ди Жанєироу
  • Chuvash: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Cornish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Corsican: Rio de Janeiro
  • Cree: ᐃᐆ ᑌ ᒐᓀᐅ
  • Crimean Tatar: Rio de Janeiro
  • Crimean Tatar: Rio de Janeyro
  • Croatian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Czech: Rio de Janeiro
  • Czech: Rio
  • Dagbani: Rio de Janeiro
  • Danish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Dimli (individual language): Rio de Janeiro
  • Dotyali: रियो दी जेनेरियो
  • Dutch: Rio de Janeiro
  • Dutch: Río de Janeiro
  • Dutch: Rio
  • Dutch: Río
  • Dzongkha: རིའོ་དེ་ཞ་ནེའི་རོ་
  • Eastern Mari: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Egyptian Arabic: ريو دى جانيرو
  • Erzya: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Esperanto: Rio-de-Ĵanejro
  • Esperanto: Riodeĵanejro
  • Estonian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Ewe: Rio de Janeiro
  • Extremaduran: Rio de Janeiro
  • Faroese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Fiji Hindi: Rio de Janeiro
  • Fijian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Finnish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Finnish: Rio
  • French: Rio de Janeiro
  • French: Río de Janeiro
  • French: Rio
  • French: Río
  • Friulian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Fulah: Rio de Janeiro
  • Galician: Rio de Janeiro
  • Galician: Río de Janeiro
  • Galician: Río de Xaneiro
  • Galician: Río
  • Ganda: Rio de Janeiro
  • Georgian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო
  • Georgian: რიო
  • German: Município de Rio de Janeiro
  • German: Rio de Janeiro
  • German: Rio Janeiro
  • German: Rio
  • Ghanaian Pidgin English: Rio de Janeiro
  • Gothic: 𐍂𐌹𐌰𐌿 𐌳𐌰𐌹 𐌹𐌰𐌽𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌰𐌿
  • Greek: Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο
  • Guarani: Rio de Janeiro
  • Gujarati: રિયો ડિ જેનેરો
  • Gujarati: રીયો ડી જાનેરો
  • Haitian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Hakka Chinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Hausa: Rio de Janeiro
  • Hawaiian: Riū-Ianuali
  • Hebrew: ריו דה ז’ניירו
  • Hebrew: ריו דה זניירו
  • Hindi: रियो डि जेनेरो
  • Hindi: रियो डी जेनेरो
  • Hungarian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Icelandic: Rio de Janeiro
  • Ido: Rio de Janeiro
  • Igbo: Rio de Janeiro
  • Iloko: Rio de Janeiro
  • Inari Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Indonesian: Kota Rio de Janeiro
  • Indonesian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Indonesian: Rio
  • Ingush: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Interlingua: Rio de Janeiro
  • Interlingue: Rio de Janeiro
  • Inuktitut: ᕆᐆ ᑌ ᔭᓀᕉ
  • Inupiaq: Rio de Janeiro
  • Irish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Italian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Japanese: Rio
  • Japanese: ヒウ・ヂ・ジャネイル
  • Japanese: リウ・ヂ・ジャネイル
  • Japanese: リオ・デ・ジャネイロ
  • Japanese: リオ
  • Japanese: リオデジャネイロ
  • Javanese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kabardian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Kabiyè: Riiyoodee Saanayiroo
  • Kabyle: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kalaallisut: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kalo Finnish Romani: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kannada: ರಿಯೋ ಡಿ ಜನೈರೊ
  • Kannada: ರಿಯೋ ಡೆ ಜನೈರೊ
  • Kara-Kalpak: Rio-de-janeiro
  • Karachay-Balkar: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Karachay-Balkar: Рио
  • Karachay-Balkar: Риу-де-Жанейру
  • Kazakh: Рио қаласы
  • Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро қаласы
  • Kazakh: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Khmer: រីអូ ដេ ចាណេរ៉ូ
  • Kikuyu: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kildin Sami: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Kinyarwanda: Rio de Janeiro
  • Kirghiz: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Kölsch: Rio de Janeiro
  • Komering: Rio de Janeiro
  • Komi: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Kongo: Rio de Janeiro
  • Korean: 리우데자네이루
  • Kurdish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Ladino: Rio de Djenero
  • Ladino: Rio de Janeiro
  • Lao: ຣີໂອເດຈາເນໂຣ
  • Latgalian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Latgalian: Riodežaneiro
  • Latin: Urbs Fluminensis
  • Latvian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Latvian: Rio
  • Latvian: Riodežaneiro
  • Lezghian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Ligurian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Limburgan: Rio de Janeiro
  • Lingua Franca Nova: Rio de Janeiro
  • Lithuanian: Rio de Žaneiras
  • Lojban: rios. dis. djaneiros
  • Lombard: Rio de Janeiro
  • Low German: Rio de Janeiro
  • Lower Sorbian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Lule Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Luxembourgish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Macedo-Romanian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Macedo-Romanian: Río de Janeiro
  • Macedo-Romanian: Rio
  • Macedo-Romanian: Río
  • Macedonian: Рио де Жанеиро
  • Maithili: रियो दी जेनेरियो
  • Malagasy: Rio de Janeiro
  • Malay: Rio de Janeiro
  • Malayalam: റിയോ ഡി ജനീറോ
  • Maltese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Manx: Rio de Janeiro
  • Maori: Rio de Janeiro
  • Marathi: रियो दि जानिरो
  • Marathi: रियो दि जानेरो
  • Mazanderani: ریو دو ژانیرو
  • Min Dong Chinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Min Nan Chinese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Minangkabau: Rio de Janeiro
  • Mingrelian: რიო-დე-ჟანეირო
  • Mirandese: Riu de Janeiro
  • Moksha: Рио дэ Жанэйра
  • Moksha: Рио-дэ-Жанэйро
  • Mongolian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Moroccan Arabic: ريو دي جانيرو
  • Narom: Riviéthe dé Janvyi
  • Nauru: Rio de Janeiro
  • Neapolitan: Rio de Janeiro
  • Nepali: रियो दी जेनेरियो
  • Newari: रियो दि ज्यानेरियो
  • Northern Frisian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Northern Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Rio de Janeiro
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: Rio de Janeiro
  • Norwegian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Novial: Rio de Janeiro
  • Nyanja: Rio de Janeiro
  • Occitan (post 1500): Rio de Janeiro
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Æftġeolēaburg
  • Old English (ca. 450-1100): Rio de Janeiro
  • Oriya: ରିଓ ଡି ଜେନିରୋ
  • Oriya: ରିୟୋ ଡି ଜେନେରୋ
  • Oromo: Rio de Janeiro
  • Ossetian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Pampanga: Rio De Janeiro
  • Pangasinan: Rio de Janeiro
  • Panjabi: ਰਿਓ ਡੀ ਜਨੇਰੋ
  • Panjabi: ਰੀਓ ਡੀ ਜਨੇਰੋ
  • Papiamento: Rio de Janeiro
  • Pedi: Rio de Janeiro
  • Pennsylvania German: Rio de Janeiro
  • Persian: ریو د ژانیرو
  • Persian: ریو دو ژانیرو
  • Persian: ریودوژانیرو
  • Pfaelzisch: Rio de Janeiro
  • Picard: Rio d Janeiro
  • Picard: Rio d‘ Janeiro
  • Picard: Rio d’ Janeiro
  • Piemontese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Pitcairn-Norfolk: Rio de Janeiro
  • Pite Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Polish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Polish: Rio
  • Pontic: Ρίο ντε Τζανέιρο
  • Portuguese: Capital do Rio de Janeiro
  • Portuguese: Capital do RJ
  • Portuguese: Cidade Carioca
  • Portuguese: Cidade do Rio de Janeiro
  • Portuguese: Cidade Maravilhosa
  • Portuguese: Coração Carioca
  • Portuguese: Coração Guanabara
  • Portuguese: Império Carioca
  • Portuguese: Nação Carioca
  • Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (cidade)
  • Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro (município)
  • Portuguese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Portuguese: Rio
  • Pushto: رايو ډي جينېرو
  • Pushto: ریو دی جینیرو
  • Quechua: Rio de Janeiro
  • Romanian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Romanian: Río de Janeiro
  • Romanian: Rio
  • Romanian: Río
  • Romansh: Rio de Janeiro
  • Rundi: Rio de Janeiro
  • Russia Buriat: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Russian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Russian: Риу-де-Жанейру
  • Rusyn: Ріо де Жанейро
  • Samoan: Rio de Janeiro
  • Samogitian: Rio dė Žaneiros
  • Sango: Rio de Janeiro
  • Santali: ᱨᱤᱭᱳ ᱰᱤ ᱡᱮᱱᱮᱨᱚ
  • Sardinian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Saterfriesisch: Rio de Janeiro
  • Scots: Rio de Janeiro
  • Scottish Gaelic: Rio de Janeiro
  • Serbian: Рио де Жанеиро
  • Serbian: Рио де Жанејро
  • Serbo-Croatian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Shona: Rio de Janeiro
  • Sicilian: Riu de Janeiru
  • Silesian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Sindhi: ريو ڊي جينيرو
  • Sinhala: රියෝ ඩි ජැනෙයිරෝ
  • Sinhala: රියෝ ද ජනයිරෝ
  • Sinhala: රියෝ ද ජැනෙයිරෝ
  • Sinhala: රියෝ ද ජෙනෙයිරෝ
  • Skolt Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Slovak: Rio de Janeiro
  • Slovak: Rio
  • Slovenian: Município de Rio de Janeiro
  • Slovenian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Slovenian: Rio
  • Slovenian: Río
  • Somali: Rio de Janeiro
  • South Azerbaijani: ریو دو ژانیرو
  • South Azerbaijani: ریو دوژانیرو
  • Southern Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Southern Sotho: Rio de Janeiro
  • Spanish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Spanish: Río de Janeiro
  • Spanish: Rio
  • Spanish: Río
  • Sranan Tongo: Rio de Janeiro
  • Sundanese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Swahili: Rio de Janeiro
  • Swati: Rio de Janeiro
  • Swedish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Swedish: Río de Janeiro
  • Swedish: Rio
  • Swiss German: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tachelhit: Ryyu Di Janirru
  • Tagalog: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tahitian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tajik: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Talysh: Rio-de-Janeyro
  • Talysh: Rio-de-Žənejro
  • Tamil: இரியோ டி செனீரோ
  • Tamil: ரியோ டி ஜனீரோ
  • Tamil: ரியோ டி ஜனேரோ
  • Tatar: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Telugu: రియో డి జనీరో
  • Tetum: Rio de Janeiru
  • Thai: รัฐรีโอเดจาเนโร
  • Thai: รีโอเดจาเนโร
  • Thai: ฮิวจีจาเนย์รู
  • Tibetan: རིའོ་ཌེ་ཇ་ནེའུ་རའོ།
  • Tigrinya: ሪሆ ቴ ተኔሂሮ
  • Tok Pisin: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Lio ti Sanelo
  • Tonga (Tonga Islands): Rio de Janeiro
  • Tornedalen Finnish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tosk Albanian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tsonga: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tswana: Rio de Janeiro
  • Tumbuka: Rio de Janeiro
  • Turkish: Rio de Janeiro
  • Turkmen: Rio-de-Žaneýro
  • Tuvinian: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Twi: Rio de Janeiro
  • Udmurt: Рио де Жанейро
  • Udmurt: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Uighur: Rio dé Janéyro
  • Ukrainian: Ріо де Джанейро
  • Ukrainian: Ріо-де-Жанейро
  • Ume Sami: Rio de Janeiro
  • Upper Sorbian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Urdu: ریو دے جینیرو
  • Uzbek: Rio-de-Janeyro
  • Venda: Rio de Janeiro
  • Venetian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Veps: Rio-de-Žaneiro
  • Vietnamese: Rio de Janeiro
  • Vietnamese: Rio
  • Vlaams: Rio de Janeiro
  • Vlax Romani: Rio de Janeiro
  • Volapük: Rio de Janeiro
  • Võro: Rio de Janeiro
  • Walloon: Riyo d‘ Djaneyiro
  • Walloon: Riyo d’ Djaneyiro
  • Waray (Philippines): Rio de Janeiro
  • Welsh: Rio de Janeiro
  • Western Armenian: Ռիօ տը Ժաներօ
  • Western Frisian: Rio de Janeiro
  • Western Frisian: Rio de Janêro
  • Western Mari: Рио-де-Жанейро
  • Western Panjabi: ریو ڈی جینرو
  • Wolof: Rio de Janeiro
  • Wu Chinese: 里約熱內盧
  • Xhosa: Rio de Janeiro
  • Yakut: Рио де Жанейро
  • Yiddish: ריא דע זשאנערא
  • Yoruba: Rio de Janeiro
  • Yue Chinese: 里約熱內盧
  • Zeeuws: Rio de Janeiro
  • Zhuang: Rio de Janeiro
  • Zulu: Rio de Janeiro
  • ma tomo Kiju Si Sanelu
  • Rio de Janeiro
  • Rio dė Žaneiros
  • रियो डि जेनेरो

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