# List of capital cities by elevation

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.
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) | 3,640 | 11,942 |
| Ecuador | Quito | 2,850 | 9,350 |
| Bolivia | Sucre (de jure capital) | 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 | 560 | 1,840 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Micronesia, Federated States of | Palikir | 90 | 300 |
| 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 |
| Mauritius | Port Louis | 50 | 170 |
| 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 |
| Indonesia | Jakarta | 8 | 26 |
| 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 |
| 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)

| Country | Capital | Altitude (m) | Altitude (ft) |
| Tibet Autonomous Region | Lhasa | 3,656 | 11,995 |
| Somaliland | Hargeisa | 1,334 | 4,377 |
| South Ossetia | Tskhinvali | 860 | 2,820 |
| Kosovo | Pristina | 603 | 1,977 |
| Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | Tifariti and Laayoune | 490 (and 68) | 1,610 (and 223) |
| Northern Cyprus | North Nicosia | 130 | 428 |
| Transnistria | Tiraspol | 26 | 85 |
| Greenland | Nuuk | 5 | 16 |
| Abkhazia | Sukhumi | 5 | 16 |
| Sint Eustatius | Oranjestad | 4 | 13 |
| Aruba | Oranjestad | 4 | 13 |
| Cayman Islands | George Town | 3 | 10 |
| Taiwan | Taipei | 0 | 0 |
| Martinique | Fort-de-France | 0 | 0 |
| Hong Kong | Admiralty | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Helena | Jamestown | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Saint-Pierre | 0 | 0 |
| French Guiana | Cayenne | 0 | 0 |
| Montserrat | Brades | 0 | 0 |
| Tristan da Cunha | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | 0 | 0 |
| Bermuda | Hamilton | 0 | 0 |
| Macau | Nam Van | 0 | 0 |
| Niue | Alofi | 0 | 0 |
| Faroe Islands | Tórshavn | 0 | 0 |
| British Virgin Islands | Road Town | 0 | 0 |
| Anguilla | The Valley | 0 | 0 |
| United States Virgin Islands | Charlotte Amalie | 0 | 0 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | Cockburn Town | 0 | 0 |
| Guadeloupe | Basse-Terre | 0 | 0 |
| Curaçao | Willemstad | 0 | 0 |
| Saint Martin | Marigot | 0 | 0 |
| Bonaire | Kralendijk | 0 | 0 |
| Gibraltar | Gibraltar | 0 | 0 |
| Sint Maarten | Philipsburg | 0 | 0 |