Rio de Janeiro

21 · Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is one of the world's mega-cities of Brazil, with a population of around 6.7M. This page covers the essentials — climate, currency, transit links — so you can plan a stop here without digging through a guidebook.

Population

6.7M

Timezone

America/Sao_Paulo

Currency

BRL

Coordinates

-22.906, -43.182

🗺 Map 📖 Wikipedia

Nearest airports

SDU — Santos Dumont Airport (2 km) GIG — Rio Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (13 km) RRJ — Jacarepaguá - Roberto Marinho Airport (21 km)

Other cities in Brazil

São Paulo Belo Horizonte Salvador Fortaleza Manaus Brasília Curitiba Recife Goiânia Belém

City data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0).