The following is a list of the world's major cities (either capitals, more than one million inhabitants or an elevation of over 1000abbr=onNaNabbr=on) by elevation. In addition, the country, continental region, latitude and longitude are shown for all cities listed.
While the elevation of cities may vary enormously, this list should represent a notional elevation for each city which is verifiable and reasonably acceptable for comparison. The city proper must have a population of 175,000 or higher to be on the list.
Country/territory | City name | Continental region | Latitude | Longitude | Population | Elevation (m) |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N28.2096 | E83.9856 | 523,000 | 822 | |||
S29.116667 | E026.216667 | 747,431 | 1,395 | |||
N42.5 | W1.5 | 22,256 | 1,023 | |||
N31.2304 | E121.4737 | 26,320,000 | 122 | |||
N45.4625 | E9.186389 | 1,378,689 | 122 | |||
Kazakhstan | Pavlodar | Asia | N52.3000 | E76.950000 | 353,930 | 123 |
S25.746111 | E028.188056 | 2,921,488 | 1,339 | |||
N41.3317 | E019.8172 | 557,422 | 110 | |||
N48.2092 | E016.3728 | 1,899,055 | 170 | |||
N53.9678 | E027.5766 | 1,982,444 | 198 | |||
N50.8371 | E004.3676 | 1,191,604 | 13 | |||
N43.8608 | E018.4214 | 577 | ||||
N42.7105 | E023.3238 | 1,236,047 | 591 | |||
N51.0500 | W114.0667 | 1,306,784 | 1,045 | |||
N53.5444 | W113.4909 | 981,280 | 645 | |||
N45.8150 | E015.9785 | 792,324 | 130 | |||
N50.0878 | E014.4205 | 244 | ||||
N55.6763 | E012.5681 | 583,348 | 10 | |||
N59.4389 | E024.7545 | 37 | ||||
N60.1699 | E024.9384 | 25 | ||||
N48.8567 | E002.3510 | 34 | ||||
N52.5235 | E013.4115 | 34 | ||||
N37.9792 | E023.7166 | 153 | ||||
N47.4984 | E019.0408 | 102 | ||||
N53.3441 | W006.2675 | 8 | ||||
N41.8955 | E012.4823 | 14 | ||||
N41.7010 | E044.7930 | 451 | ||||
N42.6740 | E021.1788 | 652 | ||||
N56.9465 | E024.1049 | 8 | ||||
N54.6896 | E025.2799 | 124 | ||||
N47.0167 | E028.8497 | 80 | ||||
N42.4602 | E019.2595 | 61 | ||||
N52.3738 | E004.8910 | -2 | ||||
N59.9138 | E010.7387 | 12 | ||||
N52.2297 | E021.0122 | 93 | ||||
N38.7072 | W009.1355 | 15 | ||||
N42.0024 | E021.4361 | 243 | ||||
N44.4479 | E026.0979 | 70 | ||||
N55.7558 | E037.6176 | 124 | ||||
N44.8048 | E020.4781 | 116 | ||||
N48.2116 | E017.1547 | 131 | ||||
N46.0514 | E014.5060 | 281 | ||||
N40.4167 | W003.7033 | 667[1] | ||||
N59.3328 | E018.0645 | 15 | ||||
N46.9480 | E007.4481 | 513 | ||||
Europe | ||||||
N50.4422 | E030.5367 | 168 | ||||
United Kingdom | N51.5002 | W000.1262 | 14 | |||
N34.5155 | E069.1952 | 3,678,034 | 1,807 | |||
N40.1596 | E044.5090 | 1,032 | ||||
N40.3953 | E049.8822 | -28 | ||||
N23.7106 | E090.3978 | 3 | ||||
N19.7378 | E096.2083 | 77 | ||||
N11.5434 | E104.8984 | 15 | ||||
N39.9056 | E116.3958 | 63 | ||||
N25.04 | E102.41 | 6,626,000 | 1,892 | |||
N12.97 | E77.59 | 8,430,000 | 920 | |||
India | Chennai | Asia | N13.0827 | E80.2707 | 7,088,000 | 6 |
India | Hyderabad | Asia | N17.37 | E78.48 | 68,09,970 | 542 |
N28.6353 | E077.2250 | 210 | ||||
N34.0837 | E074.7973 | 1,192,792 | 1,585 | |||
N18.5167 | E73.8562 | 6,200,000 | 560 | |||
N17.7041 | E83.2977 | 2,541,127 | 45 | |||
S06.1862 | E106.8063 | 3 | ||||
N35.7117 | E051.4070 | 8,693,706 | 1,235 | |||
Iran | Shiraz | Asia | N29.61031 | E052.53113 | 1,585 | |
N33.3157 | E044.3922 | 40 | ||||
N31.7857 | E035.2007 | 865,721 | 754 | |||
N35.6785 | E139.6823 | 9,272,565 | 17 | |||
N34.11 | E021.41 | 1,094 | ||||
N51.1796 | E071.4475 | 338 | ||||
N29.3721 | E047.9824 | 5 | ||||
N42.8679 | E074.5984 | 771 | ||||
N17.9689 | E102.6137 | 148 | ||||
N33.8872 | E035.5134 | 55 | ||||
N03.1502 | E101.7077 | 60 | ||||
N47.9138 | E106.9220 | 1,284 | ||||
N27.7058 | E085.3157 | 1,298 | ||||
N39.0187 | E125.7468 | 6 | ||||
Masqat | N23.6086 | E058.5922 | 68 | |||
N33.6751 | E073.0946 | 2,001,579 | 587 | |||
N16.42 | E120.60 | 345,366 | 1,540 | |||
N14.5790 | E120.9726 | 12,877,253 | 7 | |||
N25.2948 | E051.5082 | 13 | ||||
N24.6748 | E046.6977 | 624 | ||||
Singapore | N01.2894 | E103.8500 | 0 | |||
N37.5139 | E126.9828 | 33 | ||||
N06.9155 | E079.8572 | 4 | ||||
N33.5158 | E036.2939 | 691 | ||||
N25.0338 | E121.5645 | 5 | ||||
N38.5737 | E068.7738 | 789 | ||||
N13.7573 | E100.5020 | 1 | ||||
N29.3900 | E091.0700 | 223,001 | 3,490 | |||
S08.5662 | E125.5880 | 11 | ||||
N39.9439 | E032.8560 | 938 | ||||
N37.9509 | E058.3794 | 215 | ||||
N24.4764 | E054.3705 | 13 | ||||
N41.3193 | E069.2481 | 459 | ||||
N11.941667 | E108.438333 | 305,509 | 1,500 | |||
N21.0341 | E105.8372 | 25 | ||||
N15.3556 | E044.2081 | 1,937,451 | 2,253 | |||
S34.6118 | W058.4173 | 10 | ||||
S32.8873 | W068.8401 | 746 | ||||
S31,5373 | W068.5251 | 643 | ||||
Nassau (on New Providence) | N25.0661 | W077.3390 | 2 | |||
-16.500 | -68.150 | 877,363 | 3,812 | |||
S23.5505 | W46.6333 | 12,325,232 | 760 | |||
S15.7801 | W47.9292 | 4,291,577 | 1,079 | |||
S19.9167 | W43.9345 | 2,521,564 | 852 | |||
S25.4290 | W49.2671 | 1,653,461 | 935 | |||
Canada | Ottawa | Americas | N45.25 | W075.41 | 964,743 | 70 |
S33.4691 | W070.6420 | 521 | ||||
N04.6473 | W074.0962 | 7,878,783 | 2,619 | |||
N06.2308 | W075.5906 | 2,569,007 | 1,495 | |||
N03.4206 | W076.5222 | 2,252,616 | 1,018 | |||
N010.9833 | W074.8019 | 1,327,209 | 18 | |||
N04.8143 | W075.6946 | 481,768 | 1,411 | |||
N04.4333 | W075.2533 | 492,554 | 1,285 | |||
N06.3333 | W075.7667 | 495,483 | 1,310 | |||
N01.2078 | W077.2772 | 308,095 | 2,527 | |||
N05.1 | W075.55 | 405,234 | 2,160 | |||
N04.53 | W075.68 | 304,314 | 1,551 | |||
N04.5872 | W074.2214 | 660,179 | 2,565 | |||
N06.1726 | W075.6096 | 276,744 | 1,550 | |||
N03.5833 | W076.25 | 354,285 | 1,001 | |||
N02.4542 | W076.6092 | 318,059 | 1,760 | |||
N04.8333 | W075.6833 | 225,540 | 1,460 | |||
N07.0833 | W073.0 | 182,959 | 1,005 | |||
N15.4833 | W070.1333 | 273,882 | 3,825 | |||
N12.0667 | W075.2167 | 456,250 | 3,259 | |||
N16.4 | W071.5333 | 1,008,290 | 2,335 | |||
N09.9294 | W076.2397 | 196,627 | 1,880 | |||
N07.1667 | W078.5167 | 201,329 | 2,750 | |||
N09.9402 | W084.1002 | 1,146 | ||||
N23.1333 | W082.3667 | 4 | ||||
N18.4790 | W069.8908 | 0 | ||||
S00.2295 | W078.5243 | 1,763,275 | 2,850 | |||
N04.8143 | W075.6946 | 596,101 | 2,560 | |||
N01.2417 | W078.6197 | 177,316 | 2,577 | |||
N01.6731 | W078.6483 | 177,213 | 2,754 | |||
N02.19 | W079.8875 | 2,650,288 | 4 | |||
N40.7608 | W111.8911 | 200,133 | 1,300 | |||
N04.8143 | W075.6946 | 481,768 | 2,621 | |||
N19.0475 | W065.26 | 360,544 | 2,790 | |||
N17.9667 | W067.1167 | 351,802 | 3,735 | |||
N19.5892 | W065.7533 | 264,402 | 4,090 | |||
N17.8 | W063.1833 | 1,784,000 | 400 | |||
N13.7034 | W089.2073 | 658 | ||||
N14.6248 | W090.5328 | 1,529 | ||||
N18.5392 | W072.3288 | 98 | ||||
N14.0821 | W087.2063 | 980 | ||||
N17.9927 | W076.7920 | 53 | ||||
N19.4271 | W099.1276 | 8,918,653 | 2,216 | |||
N19.2925 | W099.6569 | 2,202,886 | 2,660 | |||
N20.6767 | W103.3475 | 1,385,629 | 1,566 | |||
N25.6866 | W100.3161 | 1,142,952 | 540 | |||
N32.5224 | W117.0466 | 1,810,645 | 20 | |||
N19.0333 | W98.1833 | 1,692,181 | 2,135 | |||
N19.4 | W98.9889 | 1,072,676 | 2,220 | |||
N20.7167 | W103.4 | 1,476,491 | 1,571 | |||
N31.7386 | W106.487 | 2,143,539 | 1,140 | |||
N21.1167 | W101.6833 | 1,721,199 | 1,815 | |||
N19.6097 | W99.06 | 1,645,352 | 2,250 | |||
N28.633 | W106.0691 | 925,762 | 1,415 | |||
N19.4833 | W99.2333 | 911,168 | 2,300 | |||
N25.4232 | W101.0053 | 864,431 | 1,600 | |||
N21.8853 | W102.2916 | 1,425,607 | 1,888 | |||
N22.1948 | W100.9792 | 845,941 | 1,864 | |||
N15.8375 | W92.7577 | 794,789 | 1,864 | |||
N19.7006 | W101.1864 | 743,275 | 1,920 | |||
N19.4208 | W98.949 | 703,215 | 2,240 | |||
N25.5439 | W103.419 | 690,193 | 1,120 | |||
N19.5345 | W99.1907 | 658,907 | 2,060 | |||
N20.65 | W103.3167 | 650,123 | 1,870 | |||
N24.0203 | W104.6576 | 616,068 | 1,890 | |||
N19.6454 | W99.216 | 555,163 | 2,280 | |||
N19.5579 | W99.2568 | 523,065 | 2,280 | |||
N20.6841 | W101.3511 | 452,090 | 1,724 | |||
N19.5312 | W96.9159 | 443,063 | 1,417 | |||
N16.0898 | W93.7549 | 442,440 | 1,528 | |||
N19.6803 | W99.01 | 386,290 | 2,248 | |||
N19.2917 | W98.9389 | 384,327 | 1,297 | |||
N20.5222 | W100.8122 | 378,143 | 1,767 | |||
N19.3186 | W98.8822 | 368,585 | 2,250 | |||
N18.9186 | W99.2342 | 341,029 | 1,510 | |||
N19.5833 | W99.367 | 323,545 | 2,390 | |||
N22.1833 | W100.9333 | 310,192 | 1,849 | |||
N25.5611 | W103.4983 | 301,742 | 1,132 | |||
N19.4208 | W102.0628 | 299,523 | 1,620 | |||
N20.1 | W98.75 | 297,848 | 2,432 | |||
N18.4617 | W97.3928 | 293,825 | 1,600 | |||
N19.6345 | W99.1005 | 293,245 | 2,600 | |||
N31.3186 | W110.9458 | 261,137 | 1,199 | |||
N17.0606 | W96.7253 | 258,913 | 1,555 | |||
N17.55 | W99.5 | 225,728 | 1,253 | |||
N19.6803 | W99.1694 | 216,776 | 2,233 | |||
N19.4153 | W98.9011 | 193,532 | 2,250 | |||
N16.7367 | W92.383 | 183,509 | 2,200 | |||
N20.3833 | W99.9833 | 177,719 | 1,920 | |||
N12.1475 | W086.2734 | 75 | ||||
N08.9943 | W079.5188 | 0 | ||||
S25.3005 | W057.6362 | 54 | ||||
-16.517 | -68.167 | 1,185,000 | 4,100 | |||
S13.5250 | W071.9722 | 435,114 | 3,399 | |||
S12.0931 | W077.0465 | 107 | ||||
N05.8232 | W055.1679 | 1 | ||||
N35°06′39″ | W106°36′36″ | 558,545 | 1,619 | |||
N38.8339 | W104.8253 | 478,961 | 1,839 | |||
N40.66 | W73.94 | 8,335,897 | 10 | |||
N34.02 | W118.41 | 3,822,238 | 93 | |||
N41.84 | W87.68 | 2,665,039 | 182 | |||
N29.79 | W95.39 | 2,302,878 | 32 | |||
N33.75 | W112.09 | 1,644,409 | 331 | |||
N40.01 | W75.13 | 1,567,258 | 12 | |||
N29.46 | W98.52 | 1,472,909 | 198 | |||
N32.81 | W117.14 | 1,381,162 | 19 | |||
N32.7767 | W96.7970 | 1,299,544 | 131 | |||
United States | Denver | Americas | N39.45 | W104.52 | 713,252 | 1,609 |
United States | Washington D.C. | Americas | N38.8921 | W077.0241 | 671,803 | 2 |
S34.8941 | W056.0675 | 43 | ||||
N10.4961 | W066.8983 | 3,242,000 | 900 | |||
N8.5833 | W071.1333 | 330,287 | 1,630 | |||
N10.4322 | W066.8739 | 244,216 | 1,002 | |||
N10.4322 | W066.8739 | 215,259 | 1,993 | |||
N10.6333 | W071.6333 | 2,658,355 | 6 | |||
N10.2469 | W067.5961 | 1,302,000 | 436 | |||
N10.1833 | W068.0 | 2,585,202 | 520 | |||
N10.0636 | W069.3347 | 1,240,714 | 566 | |||
N36.7755 | E003.0597 | 0 | ||||
S08.8159 | E013.2306 | 6 | ||||
N06.4779 | E002.6323 | 38 | ||||
S24.6570 | E025.9089 | 1,014 | ||||
N12.3569 | W001.5352 | 305 | ||||
S03.3818 | E029.3622 | 794 | ||||
N03.8612 | E011.5217 | 726 | ||||
N40.3621 | E018.5873 | 369 | ||||
N12.1121 | E015.0355 | 298 | ||||
S04.2767 | E015.2662 | 155 | ||||
S04.3369 | E015.3271 | 240 | ||||
N11.5806 | E043.1425 | 0 | ||||
N30.0571 | E031.2272 | 22 | ||||
N15.3315 | E038.9183 | 649,000 | 2,363 | |||
N09.0084 | E038.7575 | 3,384,569 | 2,362 | |||
N00.3858 | E009.4496 | 0 | ||||
N13.4399 | W016.6775 | 0 | ||||
N05.5401 | W000.2074 | 98 | ||||
N09.5370 | W013.6785 | 0 | ||||
N11.8598 | W015.5875 | 0 | ||||
N06.8067 | W005.2728 | 217 | ||||
S01.2762 | E036.7965 | 3,138,369 | 1,728 | |||
S29.2976 | E027.4854 | 227,880 | 1,673 | |||
N06.3106 | W010.8047 | 0 | ||||
Tripoli | N32.8830 | E013.1897 | 6 | |||
S18.9201 | E047.5237 | 1,288 | ||||
S13.9899 | E033.7703 | 1,024 | ||||
N12.6530 | W007.9864 | 349 | ||||
N18.0669 | W015.9900 | 6 | ||||
S20.1654 | E057.4896 | 134 | ||||
N33.9905 | W006.8704 | 53 | ||||
S25.9686 | E032.5804 | 63 | ||||
S22.5749 | E017.0805 | 325,858 | 1,655 | |||
N13.5164 | E002.1157 | 207 | ||||
N09.0580 | E007.4891 | 777 | ||||
S01.9441 | E030.0619 | 1,567 | ||||
São Tomé | N00.3360 | E006.7311 | 141 | |||
N14.6953 | W017.4439 | 37 | ||||
N08.4697 | W013.2659 | 76 | ||||
N02.0411 | E045.3426 | 28 | ||||
S26.2044 | E028.0456 | 9,616,000 | 1,753 | |||
N15.6331 | E032.5330 | 377 | ||||
S06.1670 | E035.7497 | 1,148 | ||||
N06.1228 | E001.2255 | 63 | ||||
N36.8117 | E010.1761 | 0 | ||||
N00.3133 | E032.5714 | 1,202 | ||||
S15.4145 | E028.2809 | 1,270 | ||||
S17.8227 | E031.0496 | 1,480 | ||||
Western Sahara (MA) | N27.1536 | W013.2033 | 72 | |||
S35.2820 | E149.1286 | 605 | ||||
S33.8614 | E141.2054 | 35 | ||||
S37.8139 | E144.9634 | 25 | ||||
S31.9522 | E115.8614 | 31 | ||||
S27.4710 | E153.0242 | 28 | ||||
S34.9286 | E138.5986 | 61 | ||||
S41.2865 | E174.7762 | 20 | ||||
S09.4656 | E147.1969 | 39 | ||||
N10.8231 | E106.6297 | 8,637,000 | 19 | |||
Palestinian Territories (de jure) | N31.5122 | E35.2736 | 20,907 | −258 | ||