Highest Major Cities in Latvia

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

📅 2026📏 metres15 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.

Rēzekne26,429 people · Rēzekne

156 m

Daugavpils78,126 people · Daugavpils

103 m

Cēsis15,020 people · Cēsis Municipality

102 m

Jēkabpils21,014 people · Jēkabpils Municipality

83 m

Tukums16,182 people · Tukums Municipality

62 m

Valmiera22,812 people · Valmiera

43 m

Ogre22,767 people · Ogre

21 m

Salaspils17,826 people · Salaspils Municipality

21 m

Mārupe19,096 people · Mārupe

11 m

Ventspils32,723 people · Ventspils

9 m

Jūrmala52,001 people · Jūrmala

6 m

Liepāja67,421 people · Liepaja

6 m

Riga742,572 people · Riga

6 m

Dārzciems17,599 people · Riga

5 m

Jelgava54,834 people · Jelgava

5 m

Highlights

Within Latvia, Rēzekne ranks first in 2026 with 156 m, followed by Daugavpils (103 m) and Cēsis (102 m).

Rēzekne is 1.5 times higher than Daugavpils, the runner-up.

Across 15 entries, values run from 156 m (Rēzekne) to 5 m (Jelgava), with a median of 21 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.