Capital cities ranked by elevation

Capital cities in order of elevation, highest first, read from the terrain grid at each city's coordinates. Which towns count as capitals comes from GeoNames (feature code PPLC), which includes the capitals of dependent territories. Bolivia appears as Sucre, its constitutional capital; La Paz, the seat of government, is higher still but is coded by GeoNames as a seat of government rather than a capital, so it is not in this list.

#	Town	Region	Country	Metres	Feet
1	Sucre	Chuquisaca	Bolivia	2,825	9,268
2	Quito	Pichincha	Ecuador	2,824	9,265
3	Bogotá	Bogotá	Colombia	2,599	8,527
4	Āddīs Ābebā	Addis Abeba	Ethiopia	2,386	7,828
5	Thimphu	Thimphu	Bhutan	2,376	7,795
6	Āsmara	Maekel	Eritrea	2,340	7,677
7	Ciudad de México	Distrito Federal	Mexico	2,240	7,349
8	Gitega	Gitega	Burundi	1,682	5,518
9	Nairobi	Nairobi	Kenya	1,673	5,489
10	Windhoek	Khomas	Namibia	1,666	5,466
11	Maseru	Maseru	Lesotho	1,545	5,069
12	Guatemala	Guatemala	Guatemala	1,527	5,010
13	Kigali	Ville de Kigali	Rwanda	1,519	4,984
14	Harare	Harare	Zimbabwe	1,485	4,872
15	Antananarivo	Antananarivo	Madagascar	1,305	4,281
16	Kathmandu	Kathmandu	Nepal	1,303	4,275
17	Ulaanbaatar	Ulaanbaatar	Mongolia	1,300	4,265
18	Lusaka	Lusaka	Zambia	1,273	4,177
19	Kampala	Central	Uganda	1,222	4,009
20	Mbabane	Hhohho	Swaziland	1,186	3,891
21	Brasília	Distrito Federal	Brazil	1,139	3,737
22	Lilongwe	Lilongwe City	Malawi	1,048	3,438
23	Andorra la Vella	Andorra la Vella	Andorra	1,042	3,419
24	Yerevan	Yerevan	Armenia	1,027	3,369
25	Gaborone	Gaborone	Botswana	1,012	3,320

26	Tegucigalpa	Distrito Central	Honduras	952	3,123
27	Ankara	Ankara	Turkey	877	2,877
28	'Ammān	'Ammān	Jordan	782	2,566
29	Bişkek	Bişkek	Kyrgyzstan	764	2,507
30	Yaoundé	Centre	Cameroon	732	2,402
31	Damascus	Damascus	Syria	693	2,274
32	Madrid	Madrid	Spain	673	2,208
33	San Salvador	San Salvador	El Salvador	647	2,123
34	Tbilisi	Tbilisi	Georgia	625	2,051
35	Riyadh	Riyadh	Saudi Arabia	615	2,018
36	Priština		Kosovo	600	1,969
37	Islāmābād	Federal Capital Area	Pakistan	566	1,857
38	Sofia	Sofija grad	Bulgaria	553	1,814
39	Sofiya Kv.Ilientsi	Sofija grad	Bulgaria	553	1,814
40	Bern	Bern	Switzerland	530	1,739
41	Sarajevo	Federacija Bosna i Hercegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	522	1,713
42	San Marino	San Marino	San Marino	522	1,713
43	Abuja	Abuja Federal Capital Territory	Nigeria	492	1,614
44	Vaduz	Vaduz	Liechtenstein	472	1,549
45	Juba	Central Equatoria	South Sudan	461	1,512
46	Tashkent	Tashkent	Uzbekistan	428	1,404
47	Khartoum	Khartoum	Sudan	384	1,260
48	Bangui	Bangui	Central African Republic	351	1,152
49	Ljubljana	Osrednjeslovenska	Slovenia	302	991
50	Luxemburg	Luxembourg	Luxembourg	301	988
51	Ouagadougou	Kadiogo	Burkina Faso	299	981
52	N'Djaména	Chari-Baguirmi	Chad	297	974
53	Brazzaville	Brazzaville	Congo	283	928
54	Kinshasa	Kinshasa	Congo (Dem. Rep.)	280	919
55	Skopje	Skopje	Macedonia	275	902
56	Jamestown	Saint Helena	Saint Helena	272	892
57	Victoria		Seychelles	234	768
58	Aşgabat	Aşgabat	Turkmenistan	216	709
59	Yamoussoukro	Lacs	Ivory Coast	207	679
60	Niamey	Niamey	Niger	207	679
61	Minsk	Minsk	Belarus	203	666
62	Prague	Prague	Czech Republic	203	666
63	Vienna	Wien	Austria	185	607
64	Kiev	Kiev	Ukraine	179	587
65	Vientiane	Viangchan Prefecture	Laos	171	561
66	Bratislava	Bratislavský	Slovakia	163	535
67	Moscow	Moscow	Russia	149	489
68	Nicosia	Government controlled area	Cyprus	143	469
69	Budapest	Budapest	Hungary	136	446
70	Athens	Attikí	Greece	123	404
71	Belgrade	Central Serbia	Serbia	118	387
72	Warsaw	Mazowieckie	Poland	117	384
73	Tirana	Tirana	Albania	109	358
74	Vilnius	Vilniaus	Lithuania	103	338
75	Palikir	Pohnpei	Micronesia	103	338
76	Douglas	Douglas	Isle of Man	95	312
77	Bayrūt		Lebanon	95	312
78	Pago Pago	Eastern	American Samoa	94	308
79	Managua	Managua	Nicaragua	93	305
80	Bucharest	Bucharest	Romania	84	276
81	Asunción	Asunción	Paraguay	81	266
82	Ottawa	Ontario	Canada	77	253
83	Luanda	Luanda	Angola	74	243
84	Belmopan	Cayo	Belize	70	230
85	Saint-Barthélemy	Saint Barthélemy	Guadeloupe	65	213
86	Nuuk	Nuuk	Greenland	64	210
87	Kingston		Norfolk Island	64	210
88	Maputo	Maputo	Mozambique	63	207
89	Charlotte Amalie	Saint Thomas	Virgin Islands of the United States	62	203
90	Port Vila	Shefa	Vanuatu	59	194
91	Kingston		Jamaica	58	190
92	Saint George's	Saint George	Grenada	55	180
93	Chişinău	Chişinău	Moldova	55	180
94	Peking	Peking	China	54	177
95	Road Town	Tortola	British Virgin Islands	52	171
96	Grytviken	South Georgia	Falkland Islands	52	171
97	Tōkyō	Tōkyō	Japan	52	171
98	Kingstown	Saint George	Saint Vincent and The Grenadines	51	167
99	Rabat	Rabat-Salé-Zammour-Zaer	Morocco	49	161
100	Kuala Lumpur	Kuala Lumpur	Malaysia	46	151
101	Adamstown	Pitcairn	Smaller Territories of the UK	46	151
102	Tórshavn	Tórshavn	Faroe Islands	45	148
103	Rome	Lazio	Italy	45	148
104	Berlin	Berlin	Germany	42	138
105	Vatican City		Vatican City	41	135
106	Paris	Île-de-France	France	40	131
107	Tunis	Tunis	Tunisia	40	131
108	Bagdād	Baghdad	Iraq	39	128
109	Freetown	Western	Sierra Leone	37	121
110	Fort-de-France	Fort-de-France	Martinique	36	118
111	Praia	São Tiago	Cape Verde	35	115
112	Port Stanley	Falkland Islands	Falkland Islands	35	115
113	Port-au-Prince	Ouest	Haiti	35	115
114	Hamilton	Hamilton	Bermuda	33	108
115	Mamoudzou	Mayotte	Mayotte	33	108
116	Cairo	Cairo	Egypt	32	105
117	Valletta	Southern Harbour	Malta	32	105
118	Aomen	Aomen	China	31	102
119	Basseterre	Saint George Basseterre	Saint Kitts and Nevis	31	102
120	Saint-Pierre	Saint-Pierre	Saint Pierre and Miquelon	30	98
121	Accra	Greater Accra	Ghana	29	95
122	Moroni	Ngazidja	Comoros	28	92
123	Mata'utu	Hahake	Wallis and Futuna	28	92
124	Saint-Denis	Saint-Denis	Reunion	26	85
125	Brussels	Brussels	Belgium	25	82
126	Nouméa	Sud	New Caledonia	25	82
127	Helsinki	Uusimaa	Finland	23	75
128	Bissau	Bissau	Guinea-Bissau	23	75
129	Port-aux-Français	Kerguelen	French Southern Territories	22	72
130	Yaren		Nauru	22	72
131	Alofi		Niue	21	69
132	Montevideo	Montevideo	Uruguay	21	69
133	Porto Novo	Ouémé	Benin	20	66
134	Panamá	Panamá	Panama	20	66
135	The Valley		Anguilla	19	62
136	Phnum Pénh	Phnum Pénh	Cambodia	19	62
137	al-Kuwayt	al-'Āşamah	Kuwait	19	62
138	Monrovia	Montserrado	Liberia	17	56
139	Oslo		Norway	17	56
140	Honiara	Honiara	Solomon Islands	17	56
141	London	England	United Kingdom	17	56
142	Libreville	Estuaire	Gabon	16	52
143	Washington	District of Columbia	United States of America	16	52
144	Hà Nội	Đồng bằng sông Hồng	Vietnam	16	52
145	Bandar Seri Begawan	Brunei-Muara	Brunei	15	49
146	Longyearbyen	Svalbard	Svalbard and Jan Mayen	15	49
147	Dhāka	Dhāka	Bangladesh	14	46
148	Jakarta	Jakarta	Indonesia	14	46
149	Cayenne	Cayenne	French Guiana	13	43
150	Saint Helier	Saint Helier	Jersey	13	43
151	Doha	Doha	Qatar	13	43
152	Oranjestad		Aruba	12	39
153	Maarianhamina	Ahvenanmaa	Finland	12	39
154	Gibraltar		Gibraltar	12	39
155	Conakry	Conakry	Guinea	12	39
156	Dublin	Dublin	Ireland	12	39
157	Wellington	Wellington	New Zealand	12	39
158	Colombo	Colombo	Sri Lanka	12	39
159	Port of Spain	Port of Spain	Trinidad and Tobago	12	39
160	Bangkok	Bangkok	Thailand	10	33
161	Saint Peter Port	Saint Peter Port	Guernsey and Alderney	9	30
162	Amsterdam	Essequibo Islands-West Demerara	Guyana	9	30
163	Amsterdam	Noord-Holland	Netherlands	9	30
164	Bridgetown	Saint Michael	Barbados	8	26
165	Nouakchott	Nouakchott	Mauritania	8	26
166	Port Louis		Mauritius	8	26
167	Nassau	New Providence	Bahamas	7	23
168	Tallinn	Harju	Estonia	7	23
169	Manila	National Capital Region	Philippines	7	23
170	Singapore		Singapore	7	23
171	Manama	Capital	Bahrain	6	20
172	George Town	Grand Cayman	Cayman Islands	6	20
173	Djibouti	Djibouti	Djibouti	6	20
174	Reykjavík	Höfuðborgarsvæði	Iceland	6	20
175	West Island	Cocos Islands	External Territories of Australia	5	16
176	Banjul	Banjul	Gambia	5	16
177	Avarua	Rarotonga	Cook Islands	4	13
178	Dili	Dili	East Timor	4	13
179	Papeete	Îles du Vent	French Polynesia	4	13
180	Georgetown	Demerara-Mahaica	Guyana	4	13
181	Rīga	Rīga	Latvia	4	13
182	Malé	Malé	Maldives	4	13
183	Apia	Apia Urban Area	Samoa	4	13
184	Agana	Hagatña	Guam	3	10
185	San Juan	San Juan	Puerto Rico	3	10
186	Vaiaku	Funafuti	Tuvalu	3	10
187	Kralendijk	Bonaire	Caribbean Netherlands	2	7
188	Roseau	Saint George	Dominica	0	0
189	Basse-Terre	Basse-Terre	Guadeloupe	0	0
190	Plymouth		Montserrat	0	0
191	São Tomé	Água Grande	São Tomé and Príncipe	0	0
192	Nuku'alofa	Tongatapu	Tonga	0	0

Other lists: The highest towns in the world · Towns below sea level · Towns above 3,000 metres.