Highest Major Cities in Slovenia

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

📅 2026📏 metres9 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.

Velenje24,327 people · Urban Municipality of Velenje

428 m

Trbovlje15,163 people · Municipality of Trbovlje

409 m

Kranj37,966 people · Urban Municipality of Kranj

387 m

Ljubljana272,220 people · Ljubljana

295 m

Maribor96,209 people · Urban Municipality of Maribor

262 m

Celje38,059 people · Urban Municipality of Celje

240 m

Ptuj17,984 people · Urban Municipality of Ptuj

237 m

Novo Mesto24,446 people · Urban Municipality of Novo Mesto

187 m

Koper25,753 people · Urban Municipality of Koper

12 m

Highlights

Within Slovenia, Velenje ranks first in 2026 with 428 m, followed by Trbovlje (409 m) and Kranj (387 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.