List of national capitals by latitude
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 ("−" indicates southern hemisphere) |
City | Country | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| −0.25 | Quito | Ecuador | Highest official capital. |
| 0.3 | Kampala | Uganda | |
| 0.33 | São Tomé | São Tomé and Príncipe | |
| 0.38 | Libreville | Gabon | |
| −0.53 | Yaren (de facto) | Nauru | Country does not have an official capital; however, the government offices are in Yaren. |
| −1.28 | Nairobi | Kenya | |
| 1.28 | Singapore | Singapore | Island City-state |
| 1.43 | Tarawa | Kiribati | |
| −1.93 | Kigali | Rwanda | |
| 2.03 | Mogadishu | Somalia | |
| 3.13 | Kuala Lumpur (official, legislative and royal)
Putrajaya (administrative and judicial) |
Malaysia | |
| −3.43 | Gitega | Burundi | |
| 3.75 | Malabo | Equatorial Guinea | |
| 3.87 | Yaoundé | Cameroon | |
| 4.17 | Malé | Maldives | |
| −4.27 | Brazzaville | Republic of the Congo | |
| −4.32 | Kinshasa | Democratic Republic of the Congo | |
| 4.37 | Bangui | Central African Republic | |
| 4.58 | Bogotá | Colombia | |
| −4.62 | Victoria | Seychelles | |
| 4.85 | Juba | South Sudan | |
| 4.88 | Bandar Seri Begawan | Brunei | |
| 4.92 | Cayenne | French Guiana | Overseas department of France |
| 5.55 | Accra | Ghana | |
| 5.87 | Paramaribo | Suriname | |
| 6.12 | Lomé | Togo | |
| −6.17 | Dodoma (official)
Dar es Salaam (former capital; some government offices remaining) |
Tanzania | |
| −6.2 | Jakarta | Indonesia | |
| 6.3 | Monrovia | Liberia | |
| 6.48 | Porto-Novo (official)
Cotonou (de facto) |
Benin | |
| 6.8 | Georgetown | Guyana | |
| 6.82 | Yamoussoukro (official)
Abidjan (former capital; still has many government offices) |
Ivory Coast | |
| 6.9 | Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte (official)
Colombo (former capital; has some government offices) |
Sri Lanka | Also 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. |
| 6.92 | Palikir | Federated States of Micronesia | |
| 7.07 | Majuro | Marshall Islands | |
| 7.48 | Ngerulmud | Palau | |
| −7.92 | Georgetown | Ascension Island | Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
| 8.48 | Freetown | Sierra Leone | |
| −8.52 | Funafuti | Tuvalu | |
| −8.57 | Dili | East Timor (Timor-Leste) | |
| −8.83 | Luanda | Angola | |
| 8.98 | Panama City | Panama | |
| 9.02 | Addis Ababa | Ethiopia | |
| 9.07 | Abuja | Nigeria | |
| −9.43 | Honiara | Solomon Islands | |
| −9.5 | Port Moresby | Papua New Guinea | |
| 9.52 | Conakry | Guinea | |
| 9.93 | San José | Costa Rica | |
| 10 | Hargeisa | Somaliland | De facto independent state not diplomatically recognized by any other state, claimed in whole by the Somali Republic. |
| −10.42 | Flying Fish Cove | Christmas Island | External territory of Australia |
| 10.5 | Caracas | Venezuela | |
| 10.67 | Port of Spain | Trinidad and Tobago | |
| 11.55 | Phnom Penh | Cambodia | |
| 11.58 | Djibouti | Djibouti | |
| −11.68 | Moroni | Comoros | |
| 11.85 | Bissau | Guinea-Bissau | |
| −12.03 | Lima | Peru | |
| 12.05 | St. George's | Grenada | |
| 12.1 | N'Djamena | Chad | |
| 12.12 | Willemstad | Curaçao | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 12.13 | Managua | Nicaragua | |
| −12.18 | West Island | Cocos (Keeling) Islands | External territory of Australia |
| 12.35 | Ouagadougou | Burkina Faso | |
| 12.52 | Oranjestad | Aruba | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 12.65 | Bamako | Mali | |
| 13.1 | Bridgetown | Barbados | |
| 13.15 | Kingstown | Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | |
| −13.28 | Mata-Utu | Wallis and Futuna | Overseas collectivity of France |
| 13.45 | Banjul | Gambia | |
| 13.47 | Hagåtña | Guam | Territory of the United States |
| 13.52 | Niamey | Niger | |
| 13.68 | San Salvador | El Salvador | |
| 13.75 | Bangkok | Thailand | |
| −13.83 | Apia | Samoa | |
| −13.98 | Lilongwe | Malawi | |
| 14.02 | Castries | Saint Lucia | |
| 14.1 | Tegucigalpa | Honduras | |
| −14.27 | Pago Pago | American Samoa | Territory of the United States |
| 14.58 | Manila | Philippines | |
| 14.6 | Guatemala City | Guatemala | |
| 14.68 | Dakar | Senegal | |
| 14.92 | Praia | Cape Verde | |
| 15.17 | Saipan | Northern Mariana Islands | Territory of the United States |
| 15.3 | Roseau | Dominica | |
| 15.33 | Asmara | Eritrea | |
| 15.33 | Sana'a | Yemen | |
| −15.42 | Lusaka | Zambia | |
| 15.63 | Khartoum | Sudan | |
| −15.78 | Brasília | Brazil | |
| −15.92 | Jamestown | Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | British Overseas Territory |
| −16.5 | Sucre (constitutional)
La Paz (administrative) |
Bolivia | La Paz is the highest administrative capital, higher than Quito. |
| 16.7 | Plymouth (official)
Brades Estate (de facto) |
Montserrat | British 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. |
| 17.12 | St. John's | Antigua and Barbuda | |
| 17.25 | Belmopan | Belize | |
| 17.3 | Basseterre | Saint Kitts and Nevis | |
| −17.53 | Papeete | French Polynesia | Overseas collectivity of France |
| −17.75 | Port Vila | Vanuatu | |
| −17.85 | Harare | Zimbabwe | |
| 17.88 | Gustavia | Saint Barthélemy | Overseas collectivity of France |
| 17.97 | Vientiane | Laos | |
| 17.98 | Kingston | Jamaica | |
| 18.02 | Philipsburg | Sint Maarten | Self-governing part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands |
| 18.07 | Marigot | Saint Martin | Overseas collectivity of France |
| 18.1 | Nouakchott | Mauritania | |
| −18.13 | Suva | Fiji | |
| 18.22 | The Valley | Anguilla | British Overseas Territory |
| 18.35 | Charlotte Amalie | United States Virgin Islands | Territory of the United States |
| 18.42 | Road Town | British Virgin Islands | British Overseas Territory |
| 18.45 | San Juan | Puerto Rico | Territory of the United States |
| 18.47 | Santo Domingo | Dominican Republic | |
| 18.53 | Port-au-Prince | Haiti | |
| −18.93 | Antananarivo | Madagascar | |
| −19.07 | Alofi | Niue | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand |
| 19.3 | George Town | Cayman Islands | British Overseas Territory |
| 19.43 | Mexico City | Mexico | |
| 19.75 | Naypyidaw | Myanmar | |
| −20.15 | Port Louis | Mauritius | |
| 21.03 | Hanoi | Vietnam | |
| −21.13 | Nukuʻalofa | Tonga | |
| −21.2 | Avarua | Cook Islands | Self-governing in free association with New Zealand. |
| 22.18 | Victoria | Hong Kong | Special Administrative Region of China |
| −22.27 | Nouméa | New Caledonia | Sui generis collectivity of France |
| −22.57 | Windhoek | Namibia | |
| 23.13 | Havana | Cuba | |
| 23.6 | Muscat | Oman | |
| 23.73 | Dhaka | Bangladesh | |
| 24.47 | Abu Dhabi | United Arab Emirates | |
| 24.63 | Riyadh | Saudi Arabia | |
| −24.65 | Gaborone | Botswana | |
| 25.03 | Taipei | Taiwan | Officially 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. |
| −25.07 | Adamstown | Pitcairn Islands | British Overseas Territory |
| 25.07 | Nassau | Bahamas | |
| −25.27 | Asunción | Paraguay | |
| 25.28 | Doha | Qatar | |
| −25.73 | Pretoria (executive) | South Africa | |
| −25.97 | Maputo | Mozambique | |
| 26.22 | Manama | Bahrain | |
| −26.32 | Mbabane (administrative) | Eswatini | |
| −26.42 | Lobamba (royal and legislative) | Eswatini (Swaziland) | |
| 27.15 | El 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. |
| −27.15 | Hanga Roa | Easter Island | Special territory of Chile |
| 27.47 | Thimphu | Bhutan | |
| 27.7 | Kathmandu | Nepal | |
| 28.6 | New Delhi | India | |
| −29.05 | Kingston | Norfolk Island | External territory of Australia |
| −29.12 | Bloemfontein (judicial) | South Africa | |
| −29.3 | Maseru | Lesotho | |
| 29.37 | Kuwait City | Kuwait | |
| 30.05 | Cairo | Egypt | |
| 31.77 | Jerusalem | Israel | |
| 31.93 | Amman | Jordan | |
| 32.28 | Hamilton | Bermuda | British Overseas Territory |
| 32.9 | Tripoli | Libya | |
| 33.33 | Baghdad | Iraq | |
| −33.45 | Santiago (official)
Valparaíso (legislative) |
Chile | |
| 33.5 | Damascus | Syria | |
| 33.72 | Islamabad | Pakistan | |
| 33.88 | Beirut | Lebanon | |
| −33.92 | Cape Town (legislative) | South Africa | |
| 34.03 | Rabat | Morocco | |
| 34.53 | Kabul | Afghanistan | |
| −34.6 | Buenos Aires | Argentina | |
| 34.67 | Episkopi Cantonment | Akrotiri and Dhekelia | British Overseas Territory |
| −34.88 | Montevideo | Uruguay | |
| 35.17 | Nicosia | Cyprus | |
| 35.17 | Nicosia | Northern Cyprus | De facto independent state that is recognised only by Turkey. Northern Cyprus is claimed in whole by the Republic of Cyprus. |
| −35.3 | Canberra | Australia | |
| 35.68 | Tehran | Iran | |
| 35.68 | Tokyo | Japan | |
| 35.88 | Valletta | Malta | |
| 36.13 | Gibraltar | Gibraltar | British Overseas Territory |
| 36.77 | Algiers | Algeria | |
| 36.8 | Tunis | Tunisia | |
| −37.07 | Edinburgh of the Seven Seas | Tristan da Cunha | Part of the British Overseas Territory of Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha |
| 37.55 | Seoul | South Korea | |
| 37.93 | Ashgabat | Turkmenistan | |
| 37.97 | Athens | Greece | |
| 38.53 | Dushanbe | Tajikistan | |
| 38.7 | Lisbon | Portugal | |
| 38.9 | Washington, D.C. | United States | |
| 39.02 | Pyongyang | North Korea | |
| 39.87 | Ankara | Turkey | |
| 39.9 | Beijing | China | See also: List of historical capitals of China |
| 40.18 | Yerevan | Armenia | |
| 40.38 | Baku | Azerbaijan | |
| 40.38 | Madrid | Spain | |
| 41.27 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | |
| −41.28 | Wellington | New Zealand | Southernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world. |
| 41.32 | Tirana | Albania | |
| 41.72 | Tbilisi (official) | Georgia | |
| 41.9 | Rome | Italy | |
| 41.9 | Vatican City | Vatican City | City-state |
| 42 | Skopje | North Macedonia | |
| 42.23 | Tskhinvali | South Ossetia | De 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. |
| 42.25 | Kutaisi (legislative) | Georgia | |
| 42.43 | Podgorica (official) | Montenegro | |
| 42.5 | Andorra la Vella | Andorra | |
| 42.67 | Pristina | Kosovo[g] | De facto independent state that is recognised by 112 UN member states and by Taiwan. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Serbia as part of its Autonomous province of Kosovo and Metohija. Republic of Kosovo has de facto control over most of the territory, with limited control in North Kosovo. |
| 42.7 | Sofia | Bulgaria | |
| 42.87 | Bishkek | Kyrgyzstan | |
| 43 | Sukhumi | Abkhazia | De facto independent state recognised by Russia, Nauru, Nicaragua, Venezuela, South Ossetia and Transnistria. Claimed in whole by Republic of Georgia as the Autonomous Republic of Abkhazia. |
| 43.72 | Monaco | Monaco | City-state |
| 43.87 | Sarajevo | Bosnia and Herzegovina | |
| 43.93 | San Marino | San Marino | |
| 44.42 | Bucharest | Romania | |
| 44.82 | Belgrade | Serbia | |
| 45.42 | Ottawa | Canada | |
| 45.82 | Zagreb | Croatia | |
| 46.05 | Ljubljana | Slovenia | |
| 46.77 | St. Pierre | Saint Pierre and Miquelon | Overseas collectivity of France |
| 46.85 | Tiraspol | Transnistria | De facto independent state, not recognized by any UN-member, but by Abkhazia and South Ossetia. Claimed in whole by the Republic of Moldova as the Territorial Unit of Transnistria. |
| 46.95 | Bern | Switzerland | |
| 47 | Chișinău | Moldova | |
| 47.13 | Vaduz | Liechtenstein | |
| 47.47 | Budapest | Hungary | |
| 47.92 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | |
| 48.13 | Bratislava | Slovakia | |
| 48.2 | Vienna | Austria | |
| 48.85 | Paris | France | |
| 49.18 | St. Helier | Jersey | British Crown Dependency |
| 49.45 | St. Peter Port | Guernsey | British Crown Dependency |
| 49.6 | Luxembourg | Luxembourg | |
| 50.08 | Prague | Czech Republic | |
| 50.45 | Kyiv | Ukraine | |
| 50.85 | Brussels | Belgium | Also the de facto capital of the European Union |
| 51.17 | Astana | Kazakhstan | |
| 51.48 | Cardiff | Wales | Constituent country of the United Kingdom |
| 51.5 | London | United Kingdom | Also the capital of the constituent country of England |
| −51.68 | Stanley | Falkland Islands | British Overseas Territory |
| 52.23 | Warsaw | Poland | |
| 52.37 | Amsterdam | Netherlands | The Dutch constitution refers to Amsterdam as the "capital". The Dutch government is located in The Hague. See Capital of the Netherlands. |
| 52.52 | Berlin | Germany | |
| 53.33 | Dublin | Ireland | |
| 53.9 | Minsk | Belarus | |
| 54.13 | Douglas | Isle of Man | British Crown Dependency |
| −54.27 | King Edward Point | South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands | British Overseas Territory |
| 54.60 | Belfast | Northern Ireland | Constituent country of the United Kingdom |
| 54.68 | Vilnius | Lithuania | |
| 55.67 | Copenhagen | Denmark | |
| 55.76 | Moscow | Russia | |
| 55.95 | Edinburgh | Scotland | Constituent country of the United Kingdom |
| 56.95 | Riga | Latvia | |
| 59.33 | Stockholm | Sweden | |
| 59.44 | Tallinn | Estonia | |
| 59.91 | Oslo | Norway | |
| 60.1 | Mariehamn | Åland | Autonomous region of Finland |
| 60.17 | Helsinki | Finland | |
| 62.01 | Tórshavn | Faroe Islands | Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm |
| 64.15 | Reykjavík | Iceland | Northernmost capital of an independent sovereign state in the world. |
| 64.18 | Nuuk | Greenland | Self-governing territory of the Danish Realm. Northernmost capital of a constituent state in the world. |
| 78.22 | Longyearbyen | Svalbard | Longyearbyen is the administrative center of Svalbard, a Norwegian Arctic unincorporated area. |
See also
- List of capital cities by elevation
- List of national capitals by population
- List of national capitals by area