Highest Major Cities in Iran

Cities in Iran 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 →

All entries · 50

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

Semīrom26,942 people · Isfahan

2,425 m

Dārān20,078 people · Isfahan

2,312 m

Şafāshahr26,933 people · Fars

2,299 m

Bāft34,517 people · Kerman

2,268 m

Borūjen57,071 people · Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2,230 m

Khānsār21,883 people · Isfahan

2,230 m

Eqlīd44,341 people · Fars

2,212 m

Surian20,000 people · Fars

2,182 m

Farrokh Shahr32,391 people · Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2,106 m

Shahr-e Kord129,153 people · Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2,066 m

Bardsīr25,152 people · Kerman

2,049 m

Hafshejān21,352 people · Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2,049 m

Dehāqān17,945 people · Isfahan

2,045 m

Fārsān30,504 people · Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

2,039 m

Abadeh59,116 people · Fars

2,006 m

Qīdar34,921 people · Zanjan

1,994 m

Alīgūdarz89,268 people · Lorestan Province

1,985 m

Damāvand29,144 people · Tehran

1,959 m

Fīrūzkūh17,453 people · Tehran

1,943 m

Bījār50,014 people · Kurdistan Province

1,929 m

Mahājerān20,346 people · Markazi

1,919 m

Tafresh16,493 people · Markazi

1,910 m

Māhān19,423 people · Kerman

1,909 m

Qorveh87,953 people · Kurdistan Province

1,909 m

Shāzand21,181 people · Markazi

1,906 m

Aznā47,489 people · Lorestan Province

1,862 m

Pāsārgād29,825 people · Fars

1,851 m

Pardīs114,249 people · Tehran

1,848 m

Shahr-e Bābak51,620 people · Kerman

1,846 m

Yasuj96,786 people · Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

1,841 m

Shahr-e Ṣadrā122,226 people · Fars

1,839 m

Tīrān21,703 people · Isfahan

1,839 m

Dīvāndarreh34,007 people · Kurdistan Province

1,838 m

Seyah Cheshmeh17,804 people · West Azerbaijan

1,832 m

Tūyserkān50,455 people · Hamadan Province

1,829 m

Shahreẕā134,952 people · Isfahan

1,822 m

Hamadān528,256 people · Hamadan Province

1,820 m

Golpāyegān58,936 people · Isfahan

1,817 m

Karahrūd29,721 people · Markazi

1,810 m

Khomeyn77,425 people · Markazi

1,809 m

Takāb51,541 people · West Azerbaijan

1,798 m

Rūdehen28,533 people · Tehran

1,796 m

Khalkhāl51,024 people · Ardabil Province

1,795 m

Nūrābād65,547 people · Lorestan Province

1,790 m

Sa‘ādat Shahr17,131 people · Fars

1,784 m

Mādavān18,078 people · Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

1,775 m

Kerman577,514 people · Kerman

1,760 m

Malāyer170,237 people · Hamadan Province

1,760 m

Maḩallāt43,245 people · Markazi

1,751 m

Sirjan199,704 people · Kerman

1,744 m

Highlights

Within Iran, Semīrom ranks first in 2026 with 2,425 m, followed by Dārān (2,312 m) and Şafāshahr (2,299 m).

Across 50 entries, values run from 2,425 m (Semīrom) to 1,744 m (Sirjan), with a median of 1,884 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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