List of capital cities by altitude.
Ever wondered how high above sea level the world’s capital cities are? This list ranks them by altitude — the vertical distance between a city and the Earth's sea level, measured along an equipotential gravitational surface. Altitude can influence climate, lifestyle, and even how people adapt to their environment.
Capital cities by elevation
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BOLIVIA LA PAZ 3,640
11,942
ECUADOR QUITO 2,850
9,350
COLOMBIA BOGOTÁ 2,625
8,612
ETHIOPIA ADDIS ABABA 2,355
7,726
BHUTAN THIMPHU 2,334
7,657
ERITREA ASMARA 2,325
7,628
YEMEN SANAʽA 2,250
7,382
MEXICO MEXICO CITY 2,240
7,350
IRAN TEHRAN 1,830
6,003
AFGHANISTAN KABUL 1,790
5,873
NAMIBIA WINDHOEK 1,721
5,646
KENYA NAIROBI 1,680
5,550
LESOTHO MASERU 1,673
5,489
RWANDA KIGALI 1,567
5,141
GUATEMALA GUATEMALA CITY 1,529
5,016
BURUNDI GITEGA 1,504
4,934
ZIMBABWE HARARE 1,483
4,865
NEPAL KATHMANDU 1,400
4,593
MONGOLIA ULAANBAATAR 1,350
4,429
MADAGASCAR ANTANANARIVO 1,288
4,226
SOUTH AFRICA PRETORIA 1,271
4,170
ZAMBIA LUSAKA 1,270
4,167
ESWATINI MBABANE 1,243
4,078
UGANDA KAMPALA 1,190
3,904
COSTA RICA SAN JOSÉ 1,146
3,760
TANZANIA DODOMA 1,120
3,675
BRAZIL BRASÍLIA 1,079
3,540
MALAWI LILONGWE 1,024
3,360
ANDORRA ANDORRA LA VELLA 1,023
3,356
HONDURAS TEGUCIGALPA 990
3,250
ARMENIA YEREVAN 989
3,246
BOTSWANA GABORONE 983
3,225
TURKEY ANKARA 938
3,077
VENEZUELA CARACAS 909
2,982
JORDAN AMMAN 900
2,490
TAJIKISTAN DUSHANBE 789
2,589
PALESTINE EAST JERUSALEM 779 (and 880)
2,557 (and 2,890)
NIGERIA ABUJA 777
2,549
KYRGYZSTAN BISHKEK 771
2,530
ISRAEL JERUSALEM 754
2,474
CAMEROON YAOUNDÉ 726
2,382
SYRIA DAMASCUS 691
2,267
SPAIN MADRID 667
2,188
EL SALVADOR SAN SALVADOR 658
2,159
SAUDI ARABIA RIYADH 624
2,047
AUSTRALIA CANBERRA 605
1,985
BULGARIA SOFIA 580
1,900
PAKISTAN ISLAMABAD 560
1,830
SOUTH SUDAN JUBA 550
1,800
SWITZERLAND BERN 542
1,778
CHILE SANTIAGO 521
1,709
BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA SARAJEVO 518
1,699
UZBEKISTAN TASHKENT 459
1,506
LIECHTENSTEIN VADUZ 455
1,493
GEORGIA TBILISI 451
1,480
SUDAN KHARTOUM 377
1,237
CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BANGUI 369
1,211
MALI BAMAKO 349
1,145
KAZAKHSTAN ASTANA 338
1,109
SAN MARINO SAN MARINO 328
1,076
BURKINA FASO OUAGADOUGOU 305
1,001
CHAD N'DJAMENA 298
978
SLOVENIA LJUBLJANA 281
922
LUXEMBOURG LUXEMBOURG 273
896
CZECH REPUBLIC PRAGUE 244
801
NORTH MACEDONIA SKOPJE 243
797
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO KINSHASA 240
787
IVORY COAST YAMOUSSOUKRO 217
712
TURKMENISTAN ASHGABAT 215
705
INDIA NEW DELHI 210
689
NIGER NIAMEY 207
679
MICRONESIA, FEDERATED STATES OF PALIKIR 207
678
ST. LUCIA CASTRIES 204
669
BELARUS MINSK 198
650
AUSTRIA VIENNA 170
558
CYPRUS NICOSIA 170
557
UKRAINE KYIV 168
551
REPUBLIC OF THE CONGO BRAZZAVILLE 155
509
PERU LIMA 154
506
GREECE ATHENS 153
502
LAOS VIENTIANE 174
570
SÃO TOMÉ AND PRÍNCIPE SAO TOMÉ 141
463
MAURITIUS PORT LOUIS 134
440
SLOVAKIA BRATISLAVA 131
430
CROATIA ZAGREB 130
427
LITHUANIA VILNIUS 124
407
RUSSIA MOSCOW 124
407
SERBIA BELGRADE 116
381
COMOROS MORONI 110
361
EQUATORIAL GUINEA MALABO 107
351
ALBANIA TIRANA 104
341
HUNGARY BUDAPEST 102
335
HAITI PORT-AU-PRINCE 98
322
GHANA ACCRA 98
322
POLAND WARSAW 93
305
MOLDOVA CHIȘINĂU 80
263
MYANMAR NAYPYIDAW 77
253
BELIZE BELMOPAN 76
250
BELGIUM BRUSSELS 76
249
SIERRA LEONE FREETOWN 76
249
NICARAGUA MANAGUA 83
272
CANADA OTTAWA 74
243
PALAU NGERULMUD 72
236
ROMANIA BUCHAREST 70
230
OMAN MUSCAT 68
223
MOZAMBIQUE MAPUTO 63
207
TOGO LOME 63
207
MONTENEGRO PODGORICA 61
200
MALAYSIA KUALA LUMPUR 60
197
LEBANON BEIRUT 55
180
MALTA VALLETTA 54
186
PARAGUAY ASUNCIÓN 54
177
JAMAICA KINGSTON 53
174
MOROCCO RABAT 53
174
CHINA BEIJING 44
144
URUGUAY MONTEVIDEO 43
141
VATICAN CITY VATICAN CITY 41
135
IRAQ BAGHDAD 40
131
PAPUA NEW GUINEA PORT MORESBY 39
128
BENIN PORTO-NOVO 38
125
ESTONIA TALLINN 37
121
SENEGAL DAKAR 37
121
FRANCE PARIS 34
112
GERMANY BERLIN 34
112
SOUTH KOREA SEOUL 33
108
SOLOMON ISLANDS HONIARA 29
95
SOMALIA MOGADISHU 28
92
FINLAND HELSINKI 25
82
VIETNAM HANOI 25
82
GRENADA SAINT GEORGE'S 25
82
EGYPT CAIRO 22
72
JAPAN TOKYO 17
56
ICELAND REYKJAVÍK 15
49
PORTUGAL LISBON 15
49
SWEDEN STOCKHOLM 15
49
CAMBODIA PHNOM PENH 15
49
ITALY ROME 14
46
UNITED KINGDOM LONDON 14
46
QATAR DOHA 13
43
UNITED ARAB EMIRATES ABU DHABI 13
43
NORWAY OSLO 12
40
EAST TIMOR DILI 11
36
ARGENTINA BUENOS AIRES 10
33
NEW ZEALAND WELLINGTON 10
32
NAURU YAREN 9
30
REPUBLIC OF IRELAND DUBLIN 8
26
LATVIA RIGA 8
26
PHILIPPINES MANILA 7
23
BAHRAIN MANAMA 6
20
NORTH KOREA P'YONGYANG 6
20
BARBADOS BRIDGETOWN 6
20
ANGOLA LUANDA 6
20
LIBYA TRIPOLI 6
20
MAURITANIA NOUAKCHOTT 6
20
DENMARK COPENHAGEN 5
16
KUWAIT KUWAIT 5
16
SRI LANKA SRI JAYAWARDENAPURA-KOTTE 4
13
CUBA HAVANA 4
13
BANGLADESH DHAKA 3
10
INDONESIA JAKARTA 3
10
MARSHALL ISLANDS MAJURO 3
10
BAHAMAS NASSAU 2
7
UNITED STATES WASHINGTON, D.C. 2
7
ALGERIA ALGIERS 1
3
THAILAND BANGKOK 1
3
SURINAME PARAMARIBO 1
3
MONACO MONACO 0
0
BRUNEI BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN 0
0
MALDIVES MALÉ 0
0
SINGAPORE SINGAPORE CITY 0
0
ANTIGUA AND BARBUDA SAINT JOHN'S 0
0
DOMINICA ROSEAU 0
0
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC SANTO DOMINGO 0
0
GUYANA GEORGETOWN 0
0
PANAMA PANAMA CITY 0
0
SAINT KITTS AND NEVIS BASSETERRE 0
0
ST. VINCENT AND THE GRENADINES KINGSTOWN 0
0
TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO PORT OF SPAIN 0
0
CAPE VERDE PRAIA 0
0
DJIBOUTI DJIBOUTI 0
0
GABON LIBREVILLE 0
0
GAMBIA BANJUL 0
0
GUINEA CONAKRY 0
0
GUINEA-BISSAU BISSAU 0
0
LIBERIA MONROVIA 0
0
SEYCHELLES VICTORIA 0
0
TUNISIA TUNIS 0
0
FIJI SUVA 0
0
KIRIBATI BAIRIKI 0
0
SAMOA APIA 0
0
TONGA NUKU'ALOFA 0
0
TUVALU VAIAKU 0
0
VANUATU PORT VILA 0
0
NETHERLANDS AMSTERDAM −2
−7
AZERBAIJAN BAKU −28
−92
Source: Wikipedia.org Altitude Finder: Elevation of World Cities
