Map of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

Rio de Janeiro is the administrative centre of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, with a population of about 6,747,815. It lies at 22.9064°S, 43.1822°W. Rio de Janeiro is about 936 km (581 mi) southeast of Brasília, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Niterói, 8 km to the east.

Rio de Janeiro at a glance

Where is Rio de Janeiro?

• The 2nd largest city in Brazil by recorded population.
• Located in the Southern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 10 h 44 min on the shortest day to 13 h 32 min on the longest day (around 21 June and 21 December).

Cities near Rio de Janeiro

• Niterói — 8 km east
• São Gonçalo — 16 km northeast
• Duque de Caxias — 19 km northwest
• São João de Meriti — 23 km northwest
• Nilópolis — 26 km northwest
• Belford Roxo — 27 km northwest
• Nova Iguaçu — 32 km northwest
• Maricá — 37 km east
• Itaboraí — 38 km northeast
• Queimados — 44 km northwest

Largest cities in Rio de Janeiro

• Duque de Caxias — 866,347
• Nova Iguaçu — 843,046
• Belford Roxo — 518,384
• Niterói — 515,317
• Campos dos Goytacazes — 483,540
• São João de Meriti — 466,536
• Petrópolis — 294,926
• São Gonçalo — 285,439
• Volta Redonda — 279,971
• Macaé — 264,439

Largest cities in Brazil

• São Paulo — 12,400,232
• Belo Horizonte — 2,721,564
• Salvador — 2,711,840
• Fortaleza — 2,400,000
• Manaus — 2,219,580
• Brasília — 2,207,718
• Curitiba — 1,948,626
• Recife — 1,653,461
• Goiânia — 1,536,097
• Belém — 1,499,641

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Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.