This is a list of national capitals ordered by elevation. Higher elevations typically have social, economic, and architectural effects on cities, in particular colder temperatures in winter. Low elevation cities are often seaports or are close to the sea.
The first country on the main list, Bolivia, is a country with multiple capitals; La Paz is the seat of the government while Sucre is the constitutional capital. If La Paz is considered the national capital, then it is ranked number one on the list. However, if Sucre is specified, then Ecuador's capital, Quito, is the national capital at the highest elevation while Sucre would be second.
The second list below contains several states with limited recognition.
List
Member and observer states of the United Nations
Country |
Capital |
Elevation (m) |
Elevation (ft) |
Bolivia |
La Paz (Government seat)
(Capital: Sucre) |
3,640 |
11,942 |
Ecuador |
Quito |
2,850 |
9,350 |
Bolivia |
Sucre |
2,790 |
9,220 |
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 |
Kenya |
Nairobi |
1,795 |
5,889 |
Afghanistan |
Kabul |
1,790 |
5,873 |
Namibia |
Windhoek |
1,721 |
5,646 |
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 |
2,953 |
Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
789 |
2,589 |
Palestine |
East Jerusalem and Ramallah |
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 |
Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
550 |
1,800 |
South Sudan |
Juba |
550 |
1,800 |
Switzerland |
Bern |
542 |
1,778 |
Chile |
Santiago |
521 |
1,709 |
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 |
90 |
300 |
Belarus |
Minsk |
198 |
650 |
Austria |
Vienna |
170 |
558 |
Cyprus |
Nicosia |
170 |
557 |
Ukraine |
Kyiv |
168 |
551 |
Congo |
Brazzaville |
155 |
509 |
Peru |
Lima |
154 |
506 |
Greece |
Athens |
153 |
502 |
Laos |
Vientiane |
174 |
570 |
São Tomé and Príncipe |
São Tomé |
141 |
463 |
Mauritius |
Port Louis |
50 |
170 |
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 |
Lomé |
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 |
Pyongyang |
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 |
St. Lucia |
Castries |
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 |
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 |
South Tarawa |
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 |
Other states (including de facto independent states, autonomous region and dependencies)
See also
- List of cities by elevation