This is a list of official national capitals by latitude, including territories and dependencies, non-sovereign states including associated states and entities whose sovereignty is disputed. Sovereign states are shown in bold text.
Latitude("−"indicatessouthernhemi-sphere)CityCountryNotes−0.25Quito EcuadorHighest official capital.0.3Kampala Uganda0.33São Tomé São Tomé and Príncipe0.38Libreville Gabon−0.53Yaren (de facto) NauruCountry does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren.−1.28Nairobi Kenya1.28Singapore SingaporeIsland City-state1.43Tarawa Kiribati−1.93Kigali Rwanda2.03Mogadishu Somalia3.13Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) Malaysia−3.43Gitega Burundi3.75Malabo Equatorial Guinea3.87Yaoundé Cameroon4.17Malé Maldives−4.27Brazzaville Republic of the Congo−4.32Kinshasa Democratic Republic of the Congo4.37Bangui Central African Republic4.58Bogotá Colombia−4.62Victoria Seychelles4.85Juba South Sudan4.88Bandar Seri Begawan Brunei4.92CayenneFrench GuianaOverseas department of France5.55Accra Ghana5.87Paramaribo Suriname6.12Lomé Togo−6.17Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (former capital; some government offices remaining) Tanzania−6.2Jakarta Indonesia6.3Monrovia Liberia6.48Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto) Benin6.8Georgetown Guyana6.82Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) Ivory Coast6.9Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices) Sri LankaAlso known as "Kotte". Until the 1980s, the capital was Colombo, where many important governmental institutions still remain and which is still designated as the commercial capital of Sri Lanka.6.92Palikir Federated States of Micronesia7.07Majuro Marshall Islands7.48Ngerulmud Palau−7.92GeorgetownAscension IslandPart of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha8.48Freetown Sierra Leone−8.52Funafuti TuvaluEasternmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world.−8.57Dili East Timor (Timor-Leste)−8.83Luanda Angola8.98Panama City Panama9.02Addis Ababa Ethiopia9.07Abuja Nigeria−9.43Honiara Solomon Islands−9.5Port Moresby Papua New Guinea9.52Conakry Guinea9.93San José Costa Rica10HargeisaSomalilandDe facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic.−10.42Flying Fish CoveChristmas IslandExternal territory of Australia10.5Caracas Venezuela10.67Port of Spain Trinidad and Tobago11.55Phnom Penh Cambodia11.58Djibouti Djibouti−11.68Moroni Comoros11.85Bissau Guinea-Bissau−12.03Lima Peru12.05St. George's Grenada12.1N'Djamena Chad12.12WillemstadCuraçaoSelf-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands12.13Managua Nicaragua−12.18West IslandCocos (Keeling) IslandsExternal territory of Australia12.35Ouagadougou Burkina Faso12.52OranjestadArubaSelf-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands12.65Bamako Mali13.1Bridgetown Barbados13.15Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines−13.28Mata-UtuWallis and FutunaOverseas collectivity of France13.45Banjul Gambia13.47HagåtñaGuamTerritory of the United States13.52Niamey Niger13.68San Salvador El Salvador13.75Bangkok Thailand−13.83Apia Samoa−13.98Lilongwe Malawi14.02Castries Saint Lucia14.1Tegucigalpa Honduras−14.27Pago PagoAmerican SamoaTerritory of the United States14.58Manila Philippines14.6Guatemala City Guatemala14.68Dakar Senegal14.92Praia Cape Verde15.17SaipanNorthern Mariana IslandsTerritory of the United States15.3Roseau Dominica15.33Asmara Eritrea15.33Sana'a Yemen−15.42Lusaka Zambia15.63Khartoum Sudan−15.78Brasília Brazil−15.92JamestownSaint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da CunhaBritish Overseas Territory−16.5Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative) BoliviaLa Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito.16.7Plymouth (official)
Brades (de facto)MontserratBritish Overseas Territory. Plymouth was abandoned after the eruption of the Soufriere Hills volcano in 1997. Government offices since then have been moved to Brades Estate, which is in the northwestern part of Montserrat.17.12St. John's Antigua and Barbuda17.25Belmopan Belize17.3Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis−17.53PapeeteFrench PolynesiaOverseas collectivity of France−17.75Port Vila Vanuatu−17.85Harare Zimbabwe17.88GustaviaSaint BarthélemyOverseas collectivity of France17.97Vientiane Laos17.98Kingston Jamaica18.02PhilipsburgSint MaartenSelf-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands18.07MarigotSaint MartinOverseas collectivity of France18.1Nouakchott Mauritania−18.13Suva Fiji18.22The ValleyAnguillaBritish Overseas Territory18.35Charlotte AmalieUnited States Virgin IslandsTerritory of the United States18.42Road TownBritish Virgin IslandsBritish Overseas Territory18.45San JuanPuerto RicoTerritory of the United States18.47Santo Domingo Dominican Republic18.53Port-au-Prince Haiti−18.93Antananarivo Madagascar−19.07AlofiNiueSelf-governing in free association with New Zealand19.3George TownCayman IslandsBritish Overseas Territory19.43Mexico City Mexico19.75Naypyidaw Myanmar−20.15Port Louis Mauritius21.03Hanoi Vietnam−21.13Nukuʻalofa TongaWesternmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world.−21.2AvaruaCook IslandsSelf-governing in free association with New Zealand.22.18VictoriaHong KongSpecial Administrative Region of China−22.27NouméaNew CaledoniaSui generis collectivity of France−22.57Windhoek Namibia23.13Havana Cuba23.6Muscat Oman23.73Dhaka Bangladesh24.47Abu Dhabi United Arab Emirates24.63Riyadh Saudi Arabia−24.65Gaborone Botswana25.03Taipei TaiwanOfficially the Republic of China (ROC), it has been competing for recognition with the People's Republic of China (PRC) as the sole Chinese government since 1949. Taiwan controls the island of Taiwan and its associated islands, Quemoy, Matsu, the Pratas, and part of the Spratly Islands The territory of Taiwan is claimed in whole by China. The Republic of China participates in the World Health Organization and a number of non-UN international organizations such as the World Trade Organization, International Olympic Committee and others under a variety of pseudonyms, most commonly Chinese Taipei.−25.07AdamstownPitcairn IslandsBritish Overseas Territory25.07Nassau Bahamas−25.27Asunción Paraguay25.28Doha Qatar−25.73Pretoria (executive) South Africa−25.97Maputo Mozambique26.22Manama Bahrain−26.32Mbabane (administrative) Eswatini−26.42Lobamba (royal and legislative) Eswatini (Swaziland)27.15El Aaiún (declared)Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic [c]The Sahrawi Republic, recognised by 82 states, claims the mostly Moroccan controlled Western Sahara. Moroccan-controlled territory includes El Aaiún, and Morocco claims all Sahrawi controlled territory. The Sahrawi government resides in exile in Tindouf, Algeria. See Politics of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic.−27.15Hanga RoaEaster IslandSpecial territory of Chile27.47Thimphu Bhutan27.7Kathmandu Nepal28.6New Delhi India−29.05KingstonNorfolk IslandExternal territory of Australia−29.12Bloemfontein (judicial) South Africa−29.3Maseru Lesotho29.37Kuwait City Kuwait30.05Cairo Egypt31.77Jerusalem Israel31.77Jerusalem (East)Palestine31.93Amman Jordan32.28HamiltonBermudaBritish Overseas Territory32.9Tripoli Libya33.33Baghdad Iraq−33.45Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative) Chile33.5Damascus Syria33.72Islamabad Pakistan33.88Beirut Lebanon−33.92Cape Town (legislative) South Africa34.03Rabat Morocco34.53Kabul Afghanistan−34.6Buenos Aires Argentina34.67Episkopi CantonmentAkrotiri and DhekeliaBritish Overseas Territory−34.88Montevideo Uruguay35.17Nicosia Cyprus35.17NicosiaNorthern CyprusDe facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus.−35.3Canberra Australia35.68Tehran Iran35.68Tokyo Japan35.88Valletta Malta36.13GibraltarGibraltarBritish Overseas Territory36.77Algiers Algeria36.8Tunis Tunisia−37.07Edinburgh of the Seven SeasTristan da CunhaPart of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha37.55Seoul South Korea37.93Ashgabat Turkmenistan37.97Athens Greece38.53Dushanbe Tajikistan38.7Lisbon Portugal38.9Washington, D.C. United States39.02Pyongyang North Korea39.87Ankara Turkey39.9Beijing ChinaSee also: List of historical capitals of China40.18Yerevan Armenia40.38Baku Azerbaijan40.38Madrid Spain41.27Tashkent Uzbekistan−41.28Wellington New ZealandSouthernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world.41.32Tirana Albania41.72Tbilisi (official) Georgia41.9Rome Italy41.9Vatican City Vatican CityCity-state42Skopje North Macedonia42.23TskhinvaliSouth OssetiaDe facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nicaragua, Nauru, Venezuela, Abkhazia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Georgia as the Provisional Administrative Entity of South Ossetia.42.25Kutaisi (legislative) Georgia42.43Podgorica (official)