Highest Major Cities in Montenegro

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

📅 2026📏 metres8 entries🇲🇪 See all of this country’s rankings →

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

Pljevlja19,489 people · Pljevlja

772 m

Cetinje15,137 people · Cetinje

686 m

Nikšić58,212 people · Opština Nikšić

630 m

Bijelo Polje15,400 people · Bijelo Polje

623 m

Herceg Novi19,536 people · Herceg Novi

87 m

Podgorica236,852 people · Podgorica

49 m

Bar15,868 people · Bar

5 m

Budva18,000 people · Budva

4 m

Highlights

Within Montenegro, Pljevlja ranks first in 2026 with 772 m, followed by Cetinje (686 m) and Nikšić (630 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.