Highest Major Cities in North Macedonia

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

📅 2026📏 metres38 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.

Resen16,539 people · Resen

866 m

Kriva Palanka20,820 people · Kriva Palanka

742 m

Centar Župa45,412 people · Centar Zhupa

738 m

Ohrid42,033 people · Ohrid

701 m

Struga37,387 people · Struga

696 m

Debar18,074 people · Debar

667 m

Prilep73,814 people · Prilep

655 m

Kičevo31,123 people · Kichevo

615 m

Delcevo17,415 people · Delchevo

593 m

Bitola69,287 people · Bitola

583 m

Negotino17,518 people · Vrapchishte

576 m

Gostivar50,974 people · Gostivar

535 m

Tearce23,096 people · Tearce

521 m

Bogovinje15,166 people · Bogovinje

520 m

Kamenjane15,376 people · Bogovinje

485 m

Tetovo63,176 people · Tetovo

466 m

Vinica18,218 people · Vinica

458 m

Zelino25,422 people · Zhelino

448 m

Lipkovo28,102 people · Lipkovo

441 m

Brvenica16,267 people · Brvenica

435 m

Radovis24,984 people · Radovish

382 m

Kochani34,258 people · Kochani

354 m

Kumanovo75,051 people · Kumanovo

352 m

Šuto Orizare20,800 people · Grad Skopje

307 m

Shtip48,279 people · Shtip

294 m

Butel36,154 people · Grad Skopje

288 m

Kavadarci38,799 people · Kavadarci

276 m

Saraj25,379 people · Grad Skopje

271 m

Čair64,773 people · Grad Skopje

270 m

Gjorče Petro41,000 people · Grad Skopje

263 m

Studeničani18,219 people · Studenichani

259 m

Skopje474,889 people · Grad Skopje

247 m

Kisela Voda58,216 people · Grad Skopje

239 m

Ilinden16,406 people · Ilinden

231 m

Strumica33,825 people · Strumica

228 m

Veles57,873 people · Veles

207 m

Negotino (Negotino)19,515 people · Negotino

144 m

Gevgelija20,664 people · Gevgelija

30 m

Highlights

Within North Macedonia, Resen ranks first in 2026 with 866 m, followed by Kriva Palanka (742 m) and Centar Župa (738 m).

Across 38 entries, values run from 866 m (Resen) to 30 m (Gevgelija), with a median of 438 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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