Elevation of Kabul, Afghanistan

Kabul, Afghanistan is 1,790 m (5,873 ft) above sea level.

Kabul's height from sea level is 1,790 metres, or 5,873 feet.

Also written: Kābul Kābol Kabol كابل.

Ground within 5 km

1,775 m – 2,023 m

Mean 1,812 m across the 9.3 km square centred on the town, 248 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

2nd of 6

among the towns of Kabul, and 26th of 117 in Afghanistan.

Nearest town

Baġrāmī

10.3 km to the SE, at 1,788 m, 2 m lower.

Cross-section through Kabul

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 26.2 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Kabul; the vertical scale is the same on both.

West to east: from 2,026 m at 13 km west to 1,817 m at 13 km east.

North to south: from 1,716 m at 13 km north to 2,107 m at 13 km south.

Shaded relief of the 55 km around Kabul, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid — Relief, 55 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.

Towns near Kabul

Town	Distance	Direction	Elevation	Compared
Baġrāmī	10.3 km	SE	1,788 m (5,866 ft)	−2 m
Mir Baččekut	20 km	NW	1,689 m (5,541 ft)	−101 m
Paġmān	23.6 km	W	2,316 m (7,598 ft)	+526 m
Qarabāġ	29.9 km	N	1,563 m (5,128 ft)	−227 m

Peaks and passes near Kabul

Gōlagaḏah, peak at 3,128 m (10,262 ft), 23 km to the E — 1,338 m above the town.
Showgār Ghar, peak at 3,051 m (10,010 ft), 23 km to the NE — 1,261 m above the town.
Safēd Kōh, peak at 3,033 m (9,951 ft), 23.6 km to the SW — 1,243 m above the town.
Dê Kābul Ghās̲h̲ē, pass at 1,812 m (5,945 ft), 15.6 km to the E.

Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.

Where Kabul is

Latitude 34.565833, longitude 69.2125. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Kabul's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here.