Tallest buildings in Rio de Janeiro

Megatalls doesn't follow any towers under construction in Rio de Janeiro yet. Below are the city's tallest finished buildings.

Tallest buildings in Rio de Janeiro

The 25 tallest finished buildings in Rio de Janeiro, ranked by height to the architectural top (spires count, antennas don't).

#	Building	Height	Floors	Built
1	Palácio Duque de CaxiasGovernment	170 m558 ft	21	1941
2	Rio Sul CenterOffice	163.1 m535 ft	48	1982
3	Ventura Corporate TowersOffice	151.4 m497 ft	34	2010
4	Lelio Gama 105Office	145.5 m477 ft	40	1980
5	Edificio Conde Pereira CarneiroOffice	145 m476 ft	43	1976
6	Edificio Santos DuMontOffice	140.8 m462 ft	45	1975
7	Centro Candido MendesOffice	140 m459 ft	43	1982
8	Edificio Lineu de Paula MachadoOffice	138 m453 ft	34	1980
9	Edificio Avenida CentralOffice	136 m446 ft	34	1961
10	Sede do BanerjOffice	136 m446 ft	34	1965
11	Sede BNHOffice	135 m443 ft	30	1968
12	Seculo FrontinOffice	131.1 m430 ft	40	1983
13	Edifício BokelOffice	130 m427 ft	37	1970
14	Banco Centro do BrasilOffice	130 m427 ft	25	1984
15	Edifício BNDESOffice	128.9 m423 ft	29	1982
16	Morada do Sol VIResidential	124 m407 ft	38	1967
17	Morada do Sol VIIResidential	124 m407 ft	38	1967
18	Torre Charles de GaulleResidential	122.2 m401 ft	36	1977
19	Torre Ernest HemingwayResidential	122.2 m401 ft	36	1990
20	Estrada de Ferro Central do BrasilOffice	122 m400 ft	28	1945
21	Treze de Maio 33Residential	121.6 m399 ft	40	1983
22	Edifício Rodolpho De PaoliOffice	120.3 m395 ft	36	1970
23	Torre AlmiranteOffice	120 m394 ft	36	2004
24	Morada do Sol IIResidential	119.5 m392 ft	36	1967
25	Hilton Rio de Janeiro CopacabanaHotel	119.2 m391 ft	38	1976

Heights, floors and years for finished buildings follow the CTBUH Skyscraper Center database (height to architectural top). Last checked 5 Nov 2026. Spot a mistake? Tell us in the city forum.

Photo credits

Palácio Duque de Caxias: photo by Majtec, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Rio Sul Center: photo by Wilfredor, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons
Edificio Santos DuMont: photo by Photograph by Mike Peel (www.mikepeel.net)., CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Centro Candido Mendes: photo by nicholasbittencourt, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Edificio Avenida Central: photo by Halley Pacheco de Oliveira, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Edifício BNDES: photo by Vstrabelli, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Estrada de Ferro Central do Brasil: photo by RapWiki132, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Photos of projects we track come from their project pages, where each one is credited. Images marked Illustration are artist's impressions.

Tallest buildings in Rio de Janeiro

Tallest buildings in Rio de Janeiro

Talk about Rio de Janeiro

Megatall guides

Browse by type

Other cities