Cities Worldwide Ranked by Latitude (northernmost cities)
Latitude of the city’s coordinates in Wikidata, northernmost first. Source: Wikidata (CC0 1.0 (public domain)).
Summary
Saint Petersburg ranks #1 with 59.95°. Perm is second with 58.01°. The top five are Saint Petersburg, Perm, Yekaterinburg, Nizhny Novgorod and Krasnoyarsk. The median across all 653 is 29.88°; Melbourne is last at -37.81°.
- #1
- Saint Petersburg · 59.95°
- Median
- 29.88°
- Coverage
- 653 cities with at least 1 million people
- Data year
- As recorded in Wikidata
- Last updated
- 2026-11-14
Full ranking
| Rank | City | Country | Latitude |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Saint Petersburg | Russian Federation | 59.95° |
| 2 | Perm | Russian Federation | 58.01° |
| 3 | Yekaterinburg | Russian Federation | 56.84° |
| 4 | Nizhny Novgorod | Russian Federation | 56.33° |
| 5 | Krasnoyarsk | Russian Federation | 56.01° |
| 6 | Kazan | Russian Federation | 55.79° |
| 7 | Moscow | Russian Federation | 55.75° |
| 8 | Novosibirsk | Russian Federation | 55.03° |
| 9 | Omsk | Russian Federation | 54.97° |
| 10 | Minsk | Belarus | 53.90° |
| 11 | Hamburg | Germany | 53.55° |
| 12 | Edmonton | Canada | 53.53° |
| 13 | Samara | Russian Federation | 53.18° |
| 14 | East Berlin | DDR | 52.52° |
| 15 | Berlin | Germany | 52.52° |
| 16 | Birmingham | United Kingdom | 52.48° |
| 17 | Warsaw | Poland | 52.23° |
| 18 | Voronezh | Russian Federation | 51.67° |
| 19 | London | United Kingdom | 51.51° |
| 20 | Astana | Kazakhstan | 51.13° |
| 21 | Calgary | Canada | 51.05° |
| 22 | Cologne | Germany | 50.94° |
| 23 | Kyiv | Ukraine | 50.45° |
| 24 | Katowice urban area | Poland | 50.25° |
| 25 | Heihe | China | 50.25° |
| 26 | Prague | Czechia | 50.09° |
| 27 | Kharkiv | Ukraine | 49.99° |
| 28 | Hulunbuir | China | 49.22° |
| 29 | Paris | France | 48.86° |
| 30 | Volgograd | Russian Federation | 48.71° |
| 31 | Vienna | Austria | 48.21° |
| 32 | Munich | Germany | 48.14° |
| 33 | Ulaanbaatar | Mongolia | 47.92° |
| 34 | Budapest | Hungary | 47.50° |
| 35 | Qiqihar | China | 47.34° |
| 36 | Rostov-on-Don | Russian Federation | 47.22° |
| 37 | Jiamusi | China | 46.81° |
| 38 | Shuangyashan | China | 46.64° |
| 39 | Suihua | China | 46.64° |
| 40 | Daqing | China | 46.60° |
| 41 | Odesa | Ukraine | 46.48° |
| 42 | Metropolis of Lyon | France | 45.76° |
| 43 | Harbin | China | 45.75° |
| 44 | Baicheng | China | 45.62° |
| 45 | Montreal | Canada | 45.50° |
| 46 | Milan | Italy | 45.47° |
| 47 | Ottawa | Canada | 45.42° |
| 48 | Jixi | China | 45.29° |
| 49 | Songyuan | China | 45.14° |
| 50 | Krasnodar | Russian Federation | 45.03° |
| 51 | Belgrade | Serbia | 44.82° |
| 52 | City of Belgrade | Serbia | 44.82° |
| 53 | Mudanjiang | China | 44.59° |
| 54 | Bucharest | Romania | 44.41° |
| 55 | Changchun | China | 43.88° |
| 56 | Jilin City | China | 43.85° |
| 57 | Ürümqi | China | 43.82° |
| 58 | Toronto | Canada | 43.67° |
| 59 | Tongliao | China | 43.62° |
| 60 | Almaty | Kazakhstan | 43.24° |
| 61 | Siping | China | 43.17° |
| 62 | Sapporo | Japan | 43.06° |
| 63 | Bishkek | Kyrgyz Republic | 42.87° |
| 64 | Sofia | Bulgaria | 42.70° |
| 65 | Shymkent | Kazakhstan | 42.30° |
| 66 | Tieling | China | 42.28° |
| 67 | Chifeng | China | 42.26° |
| 68 | Fuxin | China | 42.01° |
| 69 | Rome | Italy | 41.89° |
| 70 | Chicago | United States | 41.88° |
| 71 | Fushun | China | 41.87° |
| 72 | Shenyang | China | 41.80° |
| 73 | Tonghua | China | 41.73° |
| 74 | Tbilisi | Georgia | 41.72° |
| 75 | Chaoyang | China | 41.58° |
| 76 | Barcelona | Spain | 41.38° |
| 77 | Tashkent | Uzbekistan | 41.31° |
| 78 | Benxi | China | 41.29° |
| 79 | Samsun | Türkiye | 41.29° |
| 80 | Liaoyang | China | 41.26° |
| 81 | Panjin | China | 41.12° |
| 82 | Jinzhou | China | 41.11° |
| 83 | Anshan | China | 41.11° |
| 84 | Istanbul | Türkiye | 41.01° |
| 85 | Ulanqab | China | 40.99° |
| 86 | Chengde | China | 40.97° |
| 87 | Hohhot | China | 40.81° |
| 88 | Zhangjiakou | China | 40.81° |
| 89 | New York metropolitan area | United States | 40.81° |
| 90 | Kocaeli Province | Türkiye | 40.76° |
| 91 | Bayannur | China | 40.76° |
| 92 | New York City | United States | 40.71° |
| 93 | Huludao | China | 40.71° |
| 94 | Yingkou | China | 40.66° |
| 95 | Baotou | China | 40.66° |
| 96 | Madrid city | Spain | 40.41° |
| 97 | Baku | Azerbaijan | 40.37° |
| 98 | Bursa | Türkiye | 40.19° |
| 99 | Yerevan | Armenia | 40.18° |
| 100 | Dandong | China | 40.12° |
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About the top 10
#1 Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg ranks #1 on this list with 59.95°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 5,652,922 people (2025)
- Area
- 1,439 km²
- Density
- 3,928 people per km²
- Elevation
- 3 m
- Founded
- 1703
- Coordinates
- 59.95° N, 30.32° E
Also ranks #25 in elevation · #117 in population · #135 in founded.
#2 Perm
Perm ranks #2 on this list with 58.01°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,027,518 people (2025)
- Area
- 799.7 km²
- Density
- 1,285 people per km²
- Elevation
- 171 m
- Founded
- 1723
- Coordinates
- 58.01° N, 56.25° E
Also ranks #138 in founded · #206 in elevation · #280 in elevation.
#3 Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg ranks #3 on this list with 56.84°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,468,833 people (2018)
- Area
- 468 km²
- Density
- 3,139 people per km²
- Elevation
- 270 m
- Founded
- 1723
- Coordinates
- 56.84° N, 60.61° E
Also ranks #139 in founded · #167 in elevation · #211 in population density.
#4 Nizhny Novgorod
Nizhny Novgorod ranks #4 on this list with 56.33°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,198,245 people (2025)
- Area
- 410.6 km²
- Density
- 2,918 people per km²
- Elevation
- 200 m
- Founded
- 1221
- Coordinates
- 56.33° N, 44.01° E
Also ranks #48 in founded · #193 in elevation · #221 in population density.
#5 Krasnoyarsk
Krasnoyarsk ranks #5 on this list with 56.01°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,092,851 people (2021)
- Area
- 348 km²
- Density
- 3,140 people per km²
- Elevation
- 287 m
- Founded
- 1628
- Coordinates
- 56.01° N, 92.87° E
Also ranks #116 in founded · #163 in elevation · #209 in population density.
#6 Kazan
Kazan ranks #6 on this list with 55.79°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,329,825 people (2025)
- Area
- 425.3 km²
- Density
- 3,127 people per km²
- Elevation
- 60 m
- Founded
- 1005
- Coordinates
- 55.79° N, 49.11° E
Also ranks #37 in founded · #193 in elevation · #213 in population density.
#7 Moscow
Moscow ranks #7 on this list with 55.75°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 13,274,285 people (2025)
- Area
- 2,562 km²
- Density
- 5,181 people per km²
- Elevation
- 156 m
- Coordinates
- 55.75° N, 37.62° E
Also ranks #21 in population · #141 in population density · #210 in elevation.
#8 Novosibirsk
Novosibirsk ranks #8 on this list with 55.03°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,637,266 people (2025)
- Area
- 505.6 km²
- Density
- 3,238 people per km²
- Elevation
- 153 m
- Founded
- 1893
- Coordinates
- 55.03° N, 82.92° E
Also ranks #206 in population density · #213 in founded · #215 in elevation.
#9 Omsk
Omsk ranks #9 on this list with 54.97°.
- Country
- Russian Federation
- Population
- 1,101,367 people (2025)
- Area
- 572.9 km²
- Density
- 1,922 people per km²
- Elevation
- 90 m
- Founded
- 1716
- Coordinates
- 54.97° N, 73.38° E
Also ranks #136 in founded · #227 in elevation · #258 in elevation.
#10 Minsk
Minsk ranks #10 on this list with 53.90°.
- Country
- Belarus
- Population
- 1,995,091 people (2026)
- Area
- 409.5 km²
- Density
- 4,872 people per km²
- Elevation
- 280 m
- Coordinates
- 53.90° N, 27.56° E
Also ranks #148 in population density · #164 in elevation · #321 in elevation.
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Source and method
Latitude of the city’s coordinates in Wikidata, northernmost first.
Source: Wikidata. Licence: CC0 1.0 (public domain). Retrieved: 2026-11-14.
Data: Wikidata (CC0)
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