Highest Major Cities in Guatemala

Cities in Guatemala 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.

San Francisco El Alto57,894 people · Totonicapán

2,642 m

Cabricán23,033 people · Quetzaltenango

2,617 m

Ostuncalco51,828 people · Quetzaltenango

2,506 m

Totonicapán103,952 people · Totonicapán

2,499 m

Nahualá27,690 people · Sololá

2,467 m

La Esperanza16,461 people · Quetzaltenango

2,465 m

San Andrés Xecul15,074 people · Totonicapán

2,437 m

San Marcos47,063 people · San Marcos

2,380 m

Cantel42,142 people · Quetzaltenango

2,364 m

Quetzaltenango180,706 people · Quetzaltenango

2,351 m

Salcajá19,434 people · Quetzaltenango

2,322 m

San Pedro Sacatepéquez40,021 people · San Marcos

2,321 m

Tecpán Guatemala34,519 people · Chimaltenango

2,292 m

Comitancillo59,489 people · San Marcos

2,271 m

Soloma49,030 people · Huehuetenango

2,270 m

Patzún58,240 people · Chimaltenango

2,229 m

Momostenango31,739 people · Totonicapán

2,215 m

Patzicía21,249 people · Chimaltenango

2,129 m

Comalapa32,312 people · Chimaltenango

2,115 m

San Lucas Sacatepéquez20,723 people · Sacatepéquez

2,082 m

Chichicastenango141,567 people · Quiché

2,077 m

Santa María de Jesús21,795 people · Sacatepéquez

2,063 m

Zaragoza24,022 people · Chimaltenango

2,062 m

Sololá45,373 people · Sololá

2,044 m

Santiago Sacatepéquez29,238 people · Sacatepéquez

2,033 m

Santa Cruz del Quiché78,279 people · Quiché

1,979 m

Nebaj23,301 people · Quiché

1,909 m

Huehuetenango79,426 people · Huehuetenango

1,907 m

Sumpango28,488 people · Sacatepéquez

1,900 m

San Andrés Itzapa24,992 people · Chimaltenango

1,842 m

San Juan Sacatepéquez136,886 people · Guatemala

1,842 m

Chimaltenango96,985 people · Chimaltenango

1,795 m

El Tejar15,639 people · Chimaltenango

1,766 m

San José Pinula79,844 people · Guatemala

1,752 m

Mixco465,773 people · Guatemala

1,726 m

Fraijanes58,922 people · Guatemala

1,641 m

Santiago Atitlán33,309 people · Sololá

1,603 m

Antigua Guatemala46,054 people · Sacatepéquez

1,583 m

Jocotenango17,918 people · Sacatepéquez

1,542 m

Santa Catarina Pinula80,582 people · Guatemala

1,538 m

Ciudad Vieja33,405 people · Sacatepéquez

1,529 m

Guatemala City994,938 people · Guatemala

1,508 m

Jacaltenango37,171 people · Huehuetenango

1,459 m

Alotenango23,986 people · Sacatepéquez

1,405 m

San Cristóbal Verapaz19,664 people · Alta Verapaz

1,395 m

Yepocapa34,948 people · Chimaltenango

1,394 m

Palencia18,574 people · Guatemala

1,368 m

Jalapa159,840 people · Jalapa

1,360 m

Villa Nueva618,397 people · Guatemala

1,331 m

Cobán212,047 people · Alta Verapaz

1,326 m

Highlights

Within Guatemala, San Francisco El Alto ranks first in 2026 with 2,642 m, followed by Cabricán (2,617 m) and Ostuncalco (2,506 m).

The top two are virtually level: San Francisco El Alto and Cabricán differ by less than 1%.

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,642 m (San Francisco El Alto) to 1,326 m (Cobán), with a median of 2,006 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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Highlights

Within Guatemala, San Francisco El Alto ranks first in 2026 with 2,642 m, followed by Cabricán (2,617 m) and Ostuncalco (2,506 m).

The top two are virtually level: San Francisco El Alto and Cabricán differ by less than 1%.

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,642 m (San Francisco El Alto) to 1,326 m (Cobán), with a median of 2,006 m.

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