Highest Major Cities in Bulgaria

Cities in Bulgaria with more than 15,000 inhabitants, ranked by elevation above sea level (GeoNames digital elevation model).

📅 2026📏 metres50 entries🇧🇬 See all of this country’s rankings →

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Every dot is one entry, placed by its value (metres); the vertical bar marks each row’s median.

Samokov26,765 people · Sofia

956 m

Smolyan30,689 people · Smolyan

907 m

Pernik82,467 people · Pernik

751 m

Velingrad20,286 people · Pazardzhik

750 m

Sofia1,152,556 people · Sofia-Capital

562 m

Dupnitsa34,764 people · Kyustendil

536 m

Gabrovo48,133 people · Gabrovo

536 m

Gotse Delchev20,522 people · Blagoevgrad

535 m

Panagyurishte19,389 people · Pazardzhik

518 m

Kyustendil46,856 people · Kyustendil

514 m

Peshtera18,676 people · Pazardzhik

440 m

Blagoevgrad67,810 people · Blagoevgrad

408 m

Karlovo30,340 people · Plovdiv

406 m

Troyan21,162 people · Lovech

389 m

Botevgrad20,909 people · Sofia

385 m

Berkovitsa15,027 people · Montana

369 m

Kazanlak47,918 people · Stara Zagora

366 m

Vratsa49,569 people · Vratsa

352 m

Sliven83,740 people · Sliven

281 m

Kardzhali44,071 people · Kardzhali

248 m

Sandanski28,510 people · Blagoevgrad

246 m

Shumen72,342 people · Shumen

237 m

Asenovgrad54,778 people · Plovdiv

226 m

Dobrich69,434 people · Dobrich

215 m

Pazardzhik55,220 people · Pazardzhik

213 m

Sevlievo24,582 people · Gabrovo

210 m

Karnobat19,709 people · Burgas

208 m

Veliko Tŭrnovo59,166 people · Veliko Tarnovo

207 m

Stara Zagora121,582 people · Stara Zagora

205 m

Lovech27,910 people · Lovech

201 m

Chirpan15,109 people · Stara Zagora

195 m

Haskovo64,564 people · Haskovo

195 m

Popovo16,571 people · Targovishte

190 m

Razgrad28,931 people · Razgrad

190 m

Targovishte34,793 people · Targovishte

186 m

Petrich30,722 people · Blagoevgrad

185 m

Rakovski15,782 people · Plovdiv

174 m

Plovdiv329,489 people · Plovdiv

163 m

Montana47,445 people · Montana

151 m

Aytos20,986 people · Burgas

149 m

Gorna Oryahovitsa32,792 people · Veliko Tarnovo

146 m

Parvomay17,000 people · Plovdiv

134 m

Nova Zagora23,625 people · Sliven

130 m

Yambol63,656 people · Yambol

115 m

Dimitrovgrad38,015 people · Haskovo

111 m

Pleven90,209 people · Pleven

89 m

Varna318,737 people · Varna

83 m

Svishtov30,157 people · Veliko Tarnovo

74 m

Harmanli18,931 people · Haskovo

61 m

Svilengrad16,959 people · Haskovo

53 m

Highlights

Within Bulgaria, Samokov ranks first in 2026 with 956 m, followed by Smolyan (907 m) and Pernik (751 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 956 m (Samokov) to 53 m (Svilengrad), with a median of 212 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants · CC BY 4.0 (GeoNames) · fetched Oct 17, 2026 — Elevation is the GeoNames digital elevation model value at the populated place coordinates; population figures are shown for context.

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