Highest Major Cities in El Salvador

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

📅 2026📏 metres35 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.

Santa Tecla124,694 people · La Libertad Department

965 m

Santiago de María15,032 people · Usulutan

896 m

Antiguo Cuscatlán33,767 people · La Libertad Department

891 m

Cojutepeque48,411 people · Cuscatlan

836 m

Ahuachapán34,102 people · Ahuachapan

770 m

San Marcos54,615 people · San Salvador Department

733 m

Ayutuxtepeque25,426 people · San Salvador Department

711 m

Chalchuapa32,282 people · Santa Ana Department

710 m

Sensuntepeque20,386 people · Cabanas

702 m

Cuscatancingo44,369 people · San Salvador Department

655 m

San Salvador525,990 people · San Salvador Department

653 m

Mejicanos160,317 people · San Salvador Department

652 m

Santa Ana176,661 people · Santa Ana Department

645 m

Delgado71,594 people · San Salvador Department

644 m

Soyapango329,708 people · San Salvador Department

634 m

San Martín39,361 people · Cuscatlan

622 m

Ilopango38,890 people · San Salvador Department

620 m

Metapán19,143 people · Santa Ana Department

471 m

Quezaltepeque28,886 people · La Libertad Department

443 m

Apopa112,158 people · San Salvador Department

434 m

Izalco19,197 people · Sonsonate Department

422 m

San Vicente41,504 people · San Vicente Department

405 m

Chalatenango19,364 people · Chalatenango Department

400 m

Aguilares21,445 people · San Salvador Department

304 m

Sonzacate15,446 people · Sonsonate Department

275 m

San Francisco16,152 people · Morazan

249 m

Sonsonate59,468 people · Sonsonate Department

245 m

Zacatecoluca39,613 people · La Paz Department

220 m

San Rafael Oriente19,095 people · San Miguel Department

212 m

San Miguel247,126 people · San Miguel Department

130 m

Usulután51,910 people · Usulutan

100 m

Acajutla22,763 people · Sonsonate Department

26 m

Puerto El Triunfo19,074 people · Usulutan

15 m

La Libertad16,855 people · La Libertad Department

13 m

La Unión26,807 people · La Union

10 m

Highlights

Within El Salvador, Santa Tecla ranks first in 2026 with 965 m, followed by Santiago de María (896 m) and Antiguo Cuscatlán (891 m).

Across 35 entries, values run from 965 m (Santa Tecla) to 10 m (La Unión), with a median of 471 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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Highlights

Within El Salvador, Santa Tecla ranks first in 2026 with 965 m, followed by Santiago de María (896 m) and Antiguo Cuscatlán (891 m).

Across 35 entries, values run from 965 m (Santa Tecla) to 10 m (La Unión), with a median of 471 m.

Source: GeoNames, cities with more than 15,000 inhabitants, 2026. Unit: metres.