Highest Major Cities in Jamaica

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

📅 2026📏 metres13 entries🇯🇲 See all of this country’s rankings →

All entries · 13

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

Mandeville47,115 people · Manchester

609 m

Linstead20,660 people · Saint Catherine Parish

119 m

New Kingston583,958 people · Saint Andrew Parish

99 m

May Pen44,755 people · Clarendon

81 m

Half Way Tree18,552 people · Saint Andrew Parish

72 m

Kingston937,700 people · Kingston

65 m

Barrett Town17,169 people · Saint James Parish

53 m

Spanish Town145,018 people · Saint Catherine Parish

31 m

Old Harbour26,024 people · Saint Catherine Parish

30 m

Montego Bay82,867 people · Saint James Parish

12 m

Portmore102,861 people · Saint Catherine Parish

7 m

Savanna-la-Mar16,553 people · Westmoreland

7 m

Ocho Rios26,503 people · Saint Ann Parish

6 m

Highlights

Within Jamaica, Mandeville ranks first in 2026 with 609 m, followed by Linstead (119 m) and New Kingston (99 m).

Mandeville is 5.1 times higher than Linstead, the runner-up.

Across 13 entries, values run from 609 m (Mandeville) to 6 m (Ocho Rios), with a median of 53 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.