Highest Capital Cities in the World
Quito is the highest national capital in our data, at about 2,854 m above sea level.
Nationale hoofdsteden met beschikbare elevation-gegevens; 100 steden weergegeven.
Topsteden gerangschikt op Elevation
| # | Stad | Land | Bevolking | Elevation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 🥇 | Quito | Ecuador | 1,900,000 | 2,854 m |
| 🥈 | Sucre | Bolivia | 300,000 | 2,798 m |
| 🥉 | Bogota | Colombia | 7,740,000 | 2,582 m |
| 4 | Addis Abeba | Ethiopië | 4,800,000 | 2,405 m |
| 5 | Asmara | Eritrea | 960,000 | 2,334 m |
| 6 | Thimphu | Bhutan | 114,000 | 2,320 m |
| =7 | Sanaa | Jemen | 2,900,000 | 2,253 m |
| =7 | Sanaa | Jemen | 1,937,451 | 2,253 m |
| 8 | Mexico-stad | Mexico | 9,200,000 | 2,240 m |
| 9 | Kabul | Afghanistan | 4,273,000 | 1,798 m |
| 10 | Windhoek | Namibië | 430,000 | 1,700 m |
| =11 | Gitega | Burundi | 135,000 | 1,684 m |
| =11 | Nairobi | Kenia | 4,400,000 | 1,684 m |
| 12 | Maseru | Lesotho | 330,000 | 1,552 m |
| 13 | Kigali | Rwanda | 1,100,000 | 1,542 m |
| 14 | Guatemala-stad | Guatemala | 3,000,000 | 1,508 m |
| 15 | Harare | Zimbabwe | 1,600,000 | 1,494 m |
| 16 | Pretoria | Zuid-Afrika | 740,000 | 1,332 m |
| 17 | Kathmandu | Nepal | 1,400,000 | 1,317 m |
| =18 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolië | 1,400,000 | 1,284 m |
| =18 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolië | 844,818 | 1,284 m |
| 19 | Lusaka | Zambia | 2,500,000 | 1,277 m |
| 20 | Antananarivo | Madagaskar | 1,300,000 | 1,274 m |
| 21 | Kampala | Oeganda | 1,680,000 | 1,223 m |
| 22 | Mbabane | Eswatini | 94,000 | 1,209 m |
| 23 | Teheran | Iran | 9,100,000 | 1,178 m |
| 24 | San José | Costa Rica | 333,000 | 1,161 m |
| 25 | Brasilia | Brazilië | 3,055,000 | 1,136 m |
| 26 | Dodoma | Tanzania | 410,000 | 1,125 m |
| 27 | Lilongwe | Malawi | 980,000 | 1,056 m |
| 28 | Andorra la Vella | Andorra | 22,000 | 1,037 m |
| 29 | Gaborone | Botswana | 231,000 | 1,011 m |
| 30 | Jerevan | Armenië | 1,080,000 | 994 m |
| 31 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | 1,150,000 | 944 m |
| 32 | Caracas | Venezuela | 2,900,000 | 887 m |
| 33 | Ramallah | Palestina | 38,000 | 879 m |
| 34 | Ankara | Turkije | 5,100,000 | 850 m |
| 35 | Jeruzalem | Israël | 936,000 | 786 m |
| =36 | Bisjkek | Kirgizië | 1,000,000 | 767 m |
| =36 | Doesjanbe | Tadzjikistan | 860,000 | 767 m |
| 37 | Amman | Jordanië | 4,000,000 | 757 m |
| 38 | Yaoundé | Kameroen | 3,820,000 | 726 m |
| 39 | Damascus | Syrië | 1,700,000 | 701 m |
| 40 | Madrid | Spanje | 3,300,000 | 665 m |
| 41 | San Salvador | El Salvador | 560,000 | 653 m |
| 42 | Riyad | Saudi-Arabië | 7,600,000 | 612 m |
| 43 | Islamabad | Pakistan | 1,100,000 | 579 m |
| 44 | Canberra | Australië | 431,000 | 571 m |
| 45 | Sofia | Bulgarije | 1,240,000 | 562 m |
| 46 | Santiago | Chili | 6,150,000 | 556 m |
| 47 | Bern | Zwitserland | 133,000 | 549 m |
| 48 | Juba | Zuid-Soedan | 500,000 | 518 m |
| 49 | Sarajevo | Bosnië-Herzegovina | 275,000 | 509 m |
| 50 | Tbilisi | Georgië | 1,100,000 | 491 m |
| 51 | Abuja | Nigeria | 3,000,000 | 476 m |
| 52 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | 5,600 | 465 m |
| 53 | Tasjkent | Oezbekistan | 2,500,000 | 424 m |
| 54 | Khartoem | Soedan | 5,200,000 | 381 m |
| 55 | Astana | Kazachstan | 1,130,000 | 358 m |
| 56 | Bangui | Centraal-Afrikaanse Republiek | 889,000 | 351 m |
| 57 | Bamako | Mali | 2,500,000 | 338 m |
| =58 | Luxemburg | Luxemburg | 122,000 | 316 m |
| =58 | Luxemburg | Luxemburg | 76,684 | 316 m |
| =59 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | 2,450,000 | 299 m |
| =59 | Ndjamena | Tsjaad | 1,400,000 | 299 m |
| =59 | Ndjamena | Tsjaad | 1,359,526 | 299 m |
| 60 | Ljubljana | Slovenië | 280,000 | 295 m |
| 61 | Brazzaville | Congo (Republiek) | 2,300,000 | 284 m |
| 62 | Kinshasa | Congo (DRC) | 14,970,000 | 281 m |
| 63 | Skopje | Noord-Macedonië | 500,000 | 247 m |
| 64 | Minsk | Belarus | 2,020,000 | 222 m |
| 65 | Asjchabad | Turkmenistan | 1,000,000 | 219 m |
| 66 | Yamoussoukro | Ivoorkust | 355,000 | 214 m |
| 67 | New Delhi | India | 250,000 | 211 m |
| 68 | Niamey | Niger | 1,300,000 | 206 m |
| 69 | Praag | Tsjechië | 1,300,000 | 202 m |
| 70 | Kyiv | Oekraïne | 2,900,000 | 187 m |
| 71 | Vientiane | Laos | 820,000 | 174 m |
| 72 | Wenen | Oostenrijk | 1,911,000 | 171 m |
| 73 | Bratislava | Slowakije | 430,000 | 157 m |
| 74 | Lima | Peru | 9,750,000 | 152 m |
| 75 | Nicosia | Cyprus | 300,000 | 147 m |
| 76 | Moskou | Rusland | 12,500,000 | 144 m |
| =77 | Flying Fish Cove | Christmaseiland | 1,500 | 135 m |
| =77 | Zagreb | Kroatië | 800,000 | 135 m |
| =78 | Naypyidaw | Myanmar (Birma) | 1,100,000 | 122 m |
| =78 | Nay Pyi Taw | Myanmar (Birma) | 925,000 | 122 m |
| 79 | Belgrado | Servië | 1,160,000 | 120 m |
| 80 | Castries | St. Lucia | 20,000 | 119 m |
| =81 | Tirana | Albanië | 494,000 | 113 m |
| =81 | Algiers | Algerije | 3,415,000 | 113 m |
| =81 | Asunción | Paraguay | 525,000 | 113 m |
| =81 | Warschau | Polen | 1,790,000 | 113 m |
| 82 | Managua | Nicaragua | 1,050,000 | 108 m |
| 83 | Boedapest | Hongarije | 1,750,000 | 104 m |
| 84 | Vilnius | Litouwen | 580,000 | 98 m |
| 85 | Palikir | Micronesia | 6,600 | 90 m |
| 86 | Boekarest | Roemenië | 1,800,000 | 83 m |
| 87 | Plymouth | Montserrat | - | 77 m |
| 88 | Berlijn | Duitsland | 3,645,000 | 74 m |
Methodologie: Population, coordinates and elevation come from the Time.now geographic city index; population figures use city boundaries rather than metro areas.