South Africa elevation
On our site we have elevation data and maps for 339 cities from South Africa including Pretoria as capital of the country.
South Africa on topographic map
South Africa elevation extremes
Land surface elevation extremes in South Africa:
- Highest point in South Africa: Mafadi with 3450 meters (=11319 ft)
- Lowest point: South Atlantic Ocean, Indian Ocean with 0 meters (=0 ft)
- Elevation span: 3450 m (=11319 ft)
Statistics
- Main average elevation: 1034 meters (= 3392 ft)
- Average elevation of cities: 972 m (= 3189 ft), and this is 576 m (1890 ft) above average city elevation worldwide..[1]
- Area: 1,219,912 km² (= 471,011 sq mi)
- Population: 49,000,000
This is only the list of largest 150 cities in ABC order:
If the city you are looking for is not listed, use the search box above.
Search by letter:
A B C D E F G H J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W e
A:
Alberton Aliwal North Allanridge Atlantis
B:
Balfour Barberton Beaufort West Benoni Bethal Bethlehem Bhisho Bloemfontein Boksburg Bothaville Botshabelo Brakpan Brits Bronkhorstspruit Butterworth
C:
Cape Town Carletonville Centurion Ceres Cradock Cullinan
D:
De Aar Delmas Diepsloot Driefontein Duiwelskloof Dundee Durban
E:
East London Edenvale Ekangala Empangeni Ermelo
F:
Fochville Fort Beaufort
G:
Ga-Rankuwa Giyani Graaff-Reinet Grabouw Grahamstown
H:
Harrismith Heidelberg Heilbron Hennenman Hermanus Howick
J:
Johannesburg
K:
Kimberley Klerksdorp Knysna Kokstad Komatipoort Kraaifontein Kroonstad Krugersdorp Kruisfontein Kutloanong KwaDukuza
L:
Lady Frere Lebowakgomo Lichtenburg Louis Trichardt Lydenburg
M:
Mabopane Malmesbury Margate Middelburg Midrand Midstream Mmabatho Modimolle Mokopane Mondlo Mossel Bay Mpophomeni Mpumalanga Mthatha
N:
Nelspruit Newcastle Nigel Nkowakowa
O:
Orkney Oudtshoorn
P:
Paarl Pampierstad Parys Phalaborwa Phuthaditjhaba Piet Retief Pietermaritzburg Plettenberg Bay Polokwane Port Elizabeth Port Shepstone Postmasburg Potchefstroom Pretoria
Q:
Queensdale Queenstown
R:
Randburg Randfontein Retreat Richards Bay Richmond Robertson Roodepoort Rustenburg
S:
Saldanha Sasolburg Schweizer-Reneke Scottburgh Secunda Senekal Siyabuswa Soweto Springs Standerton Stellenbosch Stilfontein Stutterheim
T:
Tembisa Thaba Nchu Theunissen Thohoyandou
U:
Uitenhage Ulundi Upington
V:
Vanderbijlpark Vereeniging Viljoenskroon Virginia Volksrust Vredenburg Vryburg Vryheid
W:
Warmbaths Welkom Wellington Wesselsbron Westonaria Witbank Wolmaransstad Worcester
e:
eMbalenhle eMkhomazi eSikhaleni
15 most populated cities are in red/bold font style.
A:
Alberton Aliwal North Allanridge Atlantis
B:
Balfour Barberton Beaufort West Benoni Bethal Bethlehem Bhisho Bloemfontein Boksburg Bothaville Botshabelo Brakpan Brits Bronkhorstspruit Butterworth
C:
Cape Town Carletonville Centurion Ceres Cradock Cullinan
D:
De Aar Delmas Diepsloot Driefontein Duiwelskloof Dundee Durban
E:
East London Edenvale Ekangala Empangeni Ermelo
F:
Fochville Fort Beaufort
G:
Ga-Rankuwa Giyani Graaff-Reinet Grabouw Grahamstown
H:
Harrismith Heidelberg Heilbron Hennenman Hermanus Howick
J:
Johannesburg
K:
Kimberley Klerksdorp Knysna Kokstad Komatipoort Kraaifontein Kroonstad Krugersdorp Kruisfontein Kutloanong KwaDukuza
L:
Lady Frere Lebowakgomo Lichtenburg Louis Trichardt Lydenburg
M:
Mabopane Malmesbury Margate Middelburg Midrand Midstream Mmabatho Modimolle Mokopane Mondlo Mossel Bay Mpophomeni Mpumalanga Mthatha
N:
Nelspruit Newcastle Nigel Nkowakowa
O:
Orkney Oudtshoorn
P:
Paarl Pampierstad Parys Phalaborwa Phuthaditjhaba Piet Retief Pietermaritzburg Plettenberg Bay Polokwane Port Elizabeth Port Shepstone Postmasburg Potchefstroom Pretoria
Q:
Queensdale Queenstown
R:
Randburg Randfontein Retreat Richards Bay Richmond Robertson Roodepoort Rustenburg
S:
Saldanha Sasolburg Schweizer-Reneke Scottburgh Secunda Senekal Siyabuswa Soweto Springs Standerton Stellenbosch Stilfontein Stutterheim
T:
Tembisa Thaba Nchu Theunissen Thohoyandou
U:
Uitenhage Ulundi Upington
V:
Vanderbijlpark Vereeniging Viljoenskroon Virginia Volksrust Vredenburg Vryburg Vryheid
W:
Warmbaths Welkom Wellington Wesselsbron Westonaria Witbank Wolmaransstad Worcester
e:
eMbalenhle eMkhomazi eSikhaleni
Sources
- Elevation extremes by country from wikipedia.
- Base map data: © OpenStreetMap contributors, | map style: © OpenTopoMap (CC-BY-SA)
- [1] Calculated only from 339 cities in our database
- Other city data from geonames.org with taken over terms of usage.
- Min/max latitude and longitude coordinates per country from latitudelongitude.org website.