This is a list of national capitals ordered by altitude. The high elevation of the cities affects the social and physical arrangement of the place. In many cases, the cold climate in winter necessitates a particular style of habitat.
The first item in this list, Bolivia, is a country with multiple capitals, La Paz and Sucre. La Paz is the seat of the government and Sucre is the constitutional capital. If La Paz is considered the national capital, then Bolivia is ranked on number one in the list. However, if Sucre is specified, then the capital of Ecuador, Quito, is the national capital at the highest altitude.
| Country |
Capital |
Altitude (m) |
Altitude (ft) |
 Bolivia |
La Paz (and Sucre) |
3640 (and 2750) |
11,942 (and 9,022) |
 Ecuador |
Quito |
2850 |
9,350 |
 Bhutan |
Thimphu |
2648 |
8,688 |
 Colombia |
Bogotá |
2625 |
8,612 |
 Ethiopia |
Addis Ababa |
2355 |
7,726 |
 Eritrea |
Asmara |
2325 |
7,628 |
 Yemen |
Sana'a |
2250 |
7,382 |
 Mexico |
Mexico City |
2240 |
7,350 |
 Kenya |
Nairobi |
1795 |
5,889 |
 Afghanistan |
Kabul |
1790 |
5,873 |
 Namibia |
Windhoek |
1721 |
5,646 |
 Lesotho |
Maseru |
1673 |
5,489 |
 Rwanda |
Kigali |
1567 |
5,141 |
 Guatemala |
Guatemala City |
1529 |
5,016 |
 Zimbabwe |
Harare |
1483 |
4,865 |
 Nepal |
Kathmandu |
1400 |
4,593 |
 Mongolia |
Ulan Bator |
1350 |
4,429 |
 Madagascar |
Antananarivo |
1288 |
4,226 |
 South Africa |
Pretoria |
1271 |
4,170 |
 Zambia |
Lusaka |
1270 |
4,167 |
 Swaziland |
Mbabane |
1243 |
4,078 |
 Uganda |
Kampala |
1190 |
3,904 |
 Costa Rica |
San José |
1146 |
3,760 |
 Iran |
Tehran |
1138 |
3,734 |
 Tanzania |
Dodoma |
1120 |
3,675 |
 Brazil |
Brasilia |
1079 |
3,540 |
 Malawi |
Lilongwe |
1024 |
3,360 |
 Andorra |
Andorra la Vella |
1023 |
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 |
 Burundi |
Bujumbura |
794 |
2,605 |
 Tajikistan |
Dushanbe |
789 |
2,589 |
 Nigeria |
Abuja |
777 |
2,549 |
 Kyrgyzstan |
Bishkek |
771 |
2,530 |
 Jordan |
Amman |
759 |
2,490 |
 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 |
 Switzerland |
Bern |
542 |
1,778 |
 Chile |
Santiago |
521 |
1,709 |
 Bosnia and Herzegovina |
Sarajevo |
518 |
1,699 |
 Pakistan |
Islamabad |
507 |
1,663 |
 Uzbekistan |
Tashkent |
459 |
1,506 |
 Liechtenstein |
Vaduz |
455 |
1,493 |
 Georgia |
T'bilisi |
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 |
City of 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 |
 Macedonia |
Skopje |
243 |
797 |
 Democratic Republic of the Congo |
Kinshasa |
240 |
787 |
 Côte d'Ivoire |
Yamoussoukro |
217 |
712 |
 Turkmenistan |
Asgabat |
215 |
705 |
 India |
New Delhi |
210 |
689 |
 Niger |
Niamey |
207 |
679 |
 Micronesia, Federated States of |
Palikir |
207 |
678 |
 St. Lucia |
Castries |
204 |
669 |
 Belarus |
Minsk |
198 |
650 |
 Austria |
Vienna |
170 |
558 |
 Cyprus |
Nicosia |
170 |
557 |
 Ukraine |
Kiev |
168 |
551 |
 Congo |
Brazzaville |
155 |
509 |
 Peru |
Lima |
154 |
506 |
 Greece |
Athens |
153 |
502 |
 Laos |
Vientiane |
148 |
486 |
 São Tomé and Príncipe |
Sao Tomé |
141 |
463 |
 Mauritius |
Port Louis |
134 |
440 |
 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 |
Chişinău |
80 |
263 |
 Myanmar |
Naypyidaw |
77 |
253 |
 Belize |
Belmopan |
76 |
250 |
 Belgium |
Brussels |
76 |
249 |
 Sierra Leone |
Freetown |
76 |
249 |
 Nicaragua |
Managua |
75 |
246 |
 Canada |
Ottawa |
74 |
243 |
 Palau |
Ngerulmud |
72 |
236 |
 Romania |
Bucharest |
70 |
230 |
 Oman |
Masqat |
68 |
223 |
 Mozambique |
Maputo |
63 |
207 |
 Togo |
Lome |
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 |
 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 |
10.5 |
33 |
 New Zealand |
Wellington |
10 |
32 |
 Nauru |
Yaren |
9 |
30 |
 Ireland |
Dublin |
8 |
26 |
 Latvia |
Riga |
8 |
26 |
 Philippines |
Manila |
7 |
23 |
 Bahrain |
Manama |
6 |
20 |
 North Korea |
P'yongyang |
6 |
20 |
 Barbados |
Bridgetown |
6 |
20 |
 Angola |
Luanda |
6 |
20 |
 Libya |
Tripoli |
6 |
20 |
 Mauritania |
Nouakchott |
6 |
20 |
 Taiwan |
Taipei |
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 |
 United States |
Washington, D.C. |
2 |
7 |
 Algeria |
Algiers |
1 |
3 |
 Thailand |
Bangkok |
1 |
3 |
 Suriname |
Paramaribo |
1 |
3 |
 Denmark |
Copenhagen |
0 |
0 |
 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 |
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 |
Bairiki |
0 |
0 |
 Samoa |
Apia |
0 |
0 |
 Tonga |
Nuku'alofa |
0 |
0 |
 Tuvalu |
Vaiaku |
0 |
0 |
 Vanuatu |
Port Vila |
0 |
0 |
 Netherlands |
Amsterdam |
-2 |
-12 |
 Azerbaijan |
Baku |
-28 |
-92 |
See also
