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 located close to the sea.

Some countries on the main list have multiple or disputed national capitals.

The second list below contains several states with limited recognition.

The values can vary slightly between sources due to selection of reference points. For cities indicated as zero above sea, the shore was selected as references, even if main squares or streets rarely are below two meters since that would make them sensitive to flooding at high tide or certain weather types.

List

Member and observer states of the United Nations CountryCapitalElevation (m)Elevation (ft)La Paz (government seat)3,64011,942Quito 2,850 9,350Sucre (de jure capital) 2,790 9,220Bogotá 2,625 8,612Addis Ababa 2,355 7,726Thimphu 2,334 7,657Asmara 2,325 7,628Sanaa 2,250 7,382Mexico City 2,240 7,350Nairobi 1,795 5,889Kabul 1,790 5,873Windhoek 1,721 5,646Maseru 1,673 5,489Kigali 1,567 5,141Guatemala City 1,529 5,016Gitega 1,504 4,934Harare 1,483 4,865Tehran 1,400 4,900Kathmandu 1,400 4,593Ulaanbaatar 1,350 4,429Antananarivo 1,288 4,226Pretoria 1,271 4,170Lusaka 1,270 4,167Mbabane 1,243 4,078Kampala 1,190 3,904San José 1,146 3,760Tegucigalpa 1,120 3,675Brasília 1,079 3,540Lilongwe 1,024 3,360Andorra la Vella 1,023 3,356Dodoma 1,010 3,299Yerevan 989 3,246Gaborone 983 3,225Ankara 938 3,077Caracas 935 2,982Amman 900 2,953Ramallah 880 2,890Dushanbe 789 2,589East Jerusalem 779 2,557Abuja 777 2,549Bishkek 771 2,530Jerusalem7542,474San Marino 749 2,457Yaoundé 726 2,382Damascus 691 2,267Madrid 667 2,188San Salvador 658 2,159Riyadh 624 2,047Canberra 605 1,985Sofia 560 1,840Islamabad 560 1,830Sarajevo 550 1,800Juba5501,800Bern 542 1,778Santiago 521 1,709Tashkent 459 1,506Vaduz 455 1,493Tbilisi 451 1,480Khartoum 377 1,237Bangui 369 1,211Bamako 349 1,145Astana 338 1,109Ouagadougou 305 1,001N'Djamena 298 978Ljubljana 281 922Luxembourg 273 896Prague 244 801Skopje 243 797Kinshasa 240 787Yamoussoukro 217 712Ashgabat 215 705New Delhi 210 689Niamey 207 679Minsk 198 650Vienna 170 558Nicosia 170 557Kyiv 168 551Brazzaville 155 509Lima 154 506Athens 153 502Vientiane 174 570São Tomé 141 463Bratislava 131 430Zagreb 130 427Vilnius 124 407Moscow 124 407Belgrade 116 381Moroni 110 361Malabo 107 351Tirana 104 341Budapest 102 335Port-au-Prince 98 322Accra 98 322Warsaw 93 305Palikir 90 300Chișinău 80 263Naypyidaw 77 253Belmopan 76 250Brussels 76 249Freetown 76 249Managua 83 272Ottawa 74 243Ngerulmud 72 236Bucharest 70 230Muscat 68 223Maputo 63 207Lomé 63 207Podgorica 61 200Kuala Lumpur 60 197Beirut 55 180Valletta 54 186Asunción 54 177Kingston 53 174Rabat 53 174Port Louis 50 170Beijing 44 144Montevideo 43 141Vatican City 41 135Baghdad 40 131Port Moresby 39 128Porto-Novo 38 125Tallinn 37 121Dakar 37 121Paris 34 112Berlin 34 112Seoul 33 108Honiara 29 95Mogadishu 28 92Helsinki 25 82Hanoi 25 82Saint George's 25 82Cairo 22 72Tokyo 17 56Reykjavík 15 49Lisbon 15 49Stockholm 15 49Phnom Penh 15 49Rome 14 46London 14 46Doha 13 43Abu Dhabi 13 43Oslo 12 40Dili 11 36Buenos Aires 10 33Wellington 10 32Yaren 9 30Jakarta 8 26Dublin 8 26Riga 8 26Manila 7 23Manama 6 20Pyongyang 6 20Bridgetown 6 20Luanda 6 20Tripoli 6 20Nouakchott 6 20Copenhagen 5 16Kuwait 5 16Sri Jayawardenapura-Kotte 4 13Havana 4 13Dhaka 3 10Majuro 3 10Nassau 2 7Castries 2 7Washington, D.C. 2 7Algiers 1 3Bangkok 1 3Paramaribo 1 3Monaco City 0 0Bandar Seri Begawan 0 0Malé 0 0Singapore 0 0Saint John's 0 0Roseau 0 0Santo Domingo 0 0Georgetown 0 0Panama City 0 0Basseterre 0 0Kingstown 0 0Port of Spain 0 0Praia 0 0Djibouti 0 0Libreville 0 0Banjul 0 0Conakry 0 0Bissau 0 0Monrovia 0 0Victoria 0 0Tunis 0 0Suva 0 0South Tarawa 0 0Apia 0 0Nuku'alofa 0 0Vaiaku 0 0Port Vila 0 0Amsterdam −2 −7Baku −28 −92

Other states (including de facto independent states, autonomous region and dependencies) CountryCapitalAltitude (m)Altitude (ft)See: List of states with limited recognition.Hargeisa 1,334 4,377 South OssetiaTskhinvali 860 2,820Pristina 603 1,977Tifariti 490 1,610Adamstown 330 1,080Papeete 224 735North Nicosia 130 428Georgetown 86 282Laayoune 68 223Stanley 51 167Douglas 47 154St Helier 37 121Hagåtña 28 92Tiraspol 26 85Saint Peter Port 23 75Saipan 22 72Nouméa 20 66Gustavia 14 46Pago Pago 9 30San Juan 8 26Avarua 7 23Mariehamn 6 20Mata Utu 6 20Nuuk 5 16Sukhumi 5 16Oranjestad 4 13Oranjestad 4 13George Town 3 10In 1949, the Republic of China government led by the Kuomintang (KMT) lost the Chinese Civil War to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and set up a provisional capital in Taipei, which serves as the seat of government to this day. The CCP established the People's Republic. As such, the political status of the ROC and the legal status of Taiwan (alongside the territories under ROC jurisdiction) are in dispute. In 1971, the United Nations gave the China seat to the PRC instead of the ROC: most states recognize the PRC to be the sole legitimate representative of all China, and the UN classifies Taiwan as "Taiwan, Province of China". The ROC has de facto relations with most sovereign states. A significant political movement within Taiwan advocates Taiwan independence.Taipei 0 0 MartiniqueFort-de-France 0 0Victoria 0 0Jamestown 0 0 Saint Pierre and Miquelon Saint-Pierre 0 0 French GuianaCayenne 0 0Brades 0 0Edinburgh of the Seven Seas 0 0Hamilton 0 0Nam Van 0 0Alofi 0 0Tórshavn 0 0Road Town 0 0The Valley 0 0Charlotte Amalie 0 0Cockburn Town 0 0 GuadeloupeBasse-Terre 0 0Willemstad 0 0 Saint MartinMarigot 0 0Kralendijk 0 0Gibraltar 0 0 Sint MaartenPhilipsburg 0 0

See also List of cities by elevation List of highest towns by country List of highest settlements List of highest large cities

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