This list of the highest cities in the world includes only cities with a population greater than 100,000 inhabitants and an average height above sea level over .

Average HeightTown / CityCountryPopulationEst. Year El Alto 1,184,942 2014 Potosí 170,000 2007 Shigatse 117,000 2013 Juliaca 225,146 2007INEI, Censos Nacionales 2007: XI de Población y VI de Vivienda (2007). «Puno/San Román/Juliaca» Puno 120,229 2007 Oruro 250,700 2011 Lhasa 373,000 2009 La Paz 845,480 2010 Cusco 358,052 2011 Shangri-La City 186,412 2020 Huancayo 425,000 2012 Huaraz 135,000 2011 Ipiales 116,136 2018 Quito 2,239,191 2010 Debre Berhan 160,408 2012 Tunja 172,548 2018 Golmud 205,700 2011 Sucre 300,000 2007 Riobamba 161,788 2010 Ayacucho 151,019 2011 Cajamarca 283,767 2011 Sacaba 149,570 2020 Toluca de Lerdo 910,608 2020 Zipaquirá 130,537 2018 Bogotá 7,412,566 2018 Metepec 242,307 2020 Chía 132,181 2018 Facatativá 139,441 2018 Cochabamba 618,376 2010 Sogamoso 127,235 2010 Soacha 660,179 2018 Kangding 126,785 2020 Cuenca 331,888 2010 Duitama 122,436 2018 San Juan de Pasto 392,930 2018 Addis Ababa 6,287,000 2025 Ambato 178,538 2010 Lerma 170,327 2020 Zacatecas 149,607 2020 Totonicapán 103,952 2018 Dessie 169,104 2005 Pachuca de Soto 314,331 2020 Chimalhuacán 525,389 2010 Atizapán de Zaragoza 523,674 2020 Dhamar 118,400 2003 Lijiang 288,787 2021 Sana'a 2,431,649 2010 Arequipa 836,859 2005 Quetzaltenango 180,706 2018 Asmara 649,000 2009 Thimphu 114,551 2017 Eldoret 289,380 2009 Shimla 171,817 2011 Xining 1,954,795 2020 Abha 1,093,705 2021 Calama 147,886 2012 Cuautitlán Izcalli 555,163 2020 Mekele 201,528 2005 Ecatepec de Morelos 1,645,352 2020 Los Reyes Acaquilpan 304,088 2020 Cuautitlán, State of Mexico 178,847 2020 Texcoco 277,562 2020 Mexico City 9,209,944 2020 Tlalnepantla de Baz 672,202 2020 Skardu 260,000 2024 Ibarra 139,721 2010 Nezahualcóyotl 1,072,676 2020 Ghazni 205,965 2025 Valle de Chalco Solidaridad 384,327 2020 San Cristóbal de las Casas 158,027 2010 Santa Fe 144,217 2010 Tulancingo de Bravo 168,369 2020 Manizales 434,403 2018 Puebla de Zaragoza 1,542,232 2020 Rionegro 135,465 2018 Tizayuca 168,302 20202,106 m (6,910 ft)Flagstaff145,1012020 Shahr-e Kord 190,441 2016 Loja 180,617 2010 Kunming 8,460,088 2020 Dali City 652,700 2020

See also List of cities by elevation

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