Highest port cities

Highest port cities ranked by elevation above sea level.

Last updated . Source: Wikidata.

As of 2026-10-12, Mwanza tops the list with 1,140 m.

  1. #1 Mwanza — 1,140 m

    Lakeside City

    Mwanza City, also known as Rock City to the residents, is a port city and capital of Mwanza Region on the southern shore of Lake Victoria in north-western Tanzania. With an urban population of 1,104,521 and a population of 3,699,872 in the region, it is Tanzania's second largest city, after Dar es Salaam. It is also the second largest city in the Lake Victoria basin after Kampala, Uganda and ahead of Kisumu, Kenya at least in population size. Within the East African community, Mwanza city is... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  2. #2 La Ciotat — 388 m

    commune in Bouches-du-Rhône, France

    La Ciotat is a commune in the French department of Bouches-du-Rhône in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, southern France. It is the southeasternmost commune of the Aix-Marseille-Provence Metropolis. La Ciotat is located at about 25 km (15.5 mi) to the east of Marseille, at an equal distance from Toulon. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  3. #3 Reni — 285 m

    city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, Ukraine

    Reni is a small city in Izmail Raion, Odesa Oblast, southern Ukraine. It hosts the administration of Reni urban hromada, one of the hromadas of Ukraine. Reni is located in the Bessarabian historic district of Budjak and on the left bank of the Danube. The settlement was founded around 1548, acquiring city status in 1821. Population: 17,736. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  4. #4 Auckland — 196 m

    city on the North Island, New Zealand

    Auckland is a large metropolitan city in the North Island of New Zealand. It has an urban population of approximately 1,547,200. It is located in the greater Auckland Region, the area governed by Auckland Council, which includes outlying rural areas and the islands of the Hauraki Gulf, and which has a total population of 1,816,000 as of June 2025. It is the most populous city of New Zealand and the fifth-most populous city in Oceania. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  5. #5 Ningbo — 150 m

    prefecture-level city in Zhejiang, China

    Ningbo is a sub-provincial city in the northeast of Zhejiang, People's Republic of China. It comprises six urban districts, two satellite county-level cities, and two rural counties, including several islands in Hangzhou Bay and the East China Sea. Ningbo is the southern economic center of the Yangtze Delta megalopolis, which includes Shanghai among other cities. The port of Ningbo–Zhoushan, spread across several locations, is the world's busiest port by cargo tonnage and the world's... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  6. #6 Port Louis — 134 m

    capital city of Mauritius

    Port Louis is the capital and most populous city of Mauritius, mainly located in the Port Louis District, with a small western part in the Black River District. Port Louis is the country's financial and political centre. It is administered by the Municipal City Council of Port Louis. According to the 2018 census conducted by Statistics Mauritius, the population was 147,066. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  7. #7 Le Havre — 105 m

    commune in Seine-Maritime, France

    Le Havre is a major port city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Normandy region of northern France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the English Channel southwest of the Pays de Caux, very close to the Prime Meridian. Le Havre is the busiest port on the northern French Coast and largest container port in France. it is the second largest city in the Normandy region of France with total population of the greater Le Havre conurbation being smaller than... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  8. #8 Puerto Suárez — 103 m

    city in Bolivia

    Puerto Suárez is an inland river port and municipality in far eastern Bolivia, within Santa Cruz Department. It is located 10 km west of the border with Brazil. Read more on Wikipedia.

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  9. #9 Brest — 103 m

    port city in the Finistère department, Brittany, France

    Brest is a port city in the French department of Finistère, Brittany. Located in a sheltered bay not far from the western tip of a peninsula and the western extremity of metropolitan France, Brest is an important harbour and the second largest French military port after Toulon. The city is located on the western edge of continental France with 142,346 inhabitants (2023), Brest forms Western Brittany's largest metropolitan area, ranking third behind Nantes and Rennes in Brittany, and the 26th... Read more on Wikipedia.

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  10. #10 Istanbul — 100 m

    largest city in Turkey

    Istanbul is the largest city in Turkey, a megacity, constituting the country's economic, cultural, and historical center. With a population of over 15 million, it is home to 18% of the population of Turkey. Istanbul is among the largest cities in Europe and in the world by population. It is a city on two continents; about two-thirds of its population live in Europe and the rest in Asia. Istanbul straddles the Bosphorus – one of the world's busiest waterways – in northwestern Turkey, between... Read more on Wikipedia.

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