Highest Elevation in Scotland

Top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation

Best Scotland Cities

Composite rankings combining multiple weighted metrics, 4 topics from climate and air quality data.

Best Climate Cities
Warm temperatures, plenty of sunshine and clean air.
Cleanest Air Cities
Lowest pollution levels for healthy outdoor living.
Sunniest Cities
Most days of sunshine per year, with warm and dry climate.
Most Urban Cities
Densely populated city centers with the largest urban footprints.
Population & Density
Largest Cities Smallest Cities Most Dense Least Dense
Climate & Air
Warmest Cities Coldest Cities Rainiest Cities Driest Cities Snowiest Cities
Geography & Infrastructure
Highest Elevation Most Restaurants
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Highest Elevation - Scotland

1 Isle of Arran 942 ft
2 Shotts 709 ft
3 Carluke 689 ft
4 Lanark 653 ft
5 Penicuik 614 ft
6 Armadale 614 ft
7 Gorebridge 614 ft
8 Strathaven 597 ft
9 Selkirk 584 ft
10 Whitburn 568 ft
11 Peebles 558 ft
12 Balerno 541 ft
13 East Kilbride 528 ft
14 Blackburn 525 ft
15 Livingston 515 ft
16 Kelty 515 ft
17 Mayfield 512 ft
18 Newmains 512 ft
19 Newarthill 509 ft
20 Stonehouse 502 ft
21 Loanhead 499 ft
22 Cumbernauld 489 ft
23 Currie 479 ft
24 Lochgelly 469 ft
25 Bathgate 463 ft
26 Chapelhall 456 ft
27 Wishaw 453 ft
28 Newton Mearns 449 ft
29 Neilston 446 ft
30 Meikle Earnock 440 ft
31 Kirriemuir 436 ft
32 Airdrie 427 ft
33 Cowdenbeath 420 ft
34 Westhill 417 ft
35 East Calder 410 ft
36 Ballingry 400 ft
37 Kinross 397 ft
38 Galashiels 390 ft
39 Larkhall 384 ft
40 Hawick 381 ft
41 Cumnock 377 ft
42 Colinton 367 ft
43 Auchterarder 354 ft
44 Dunfermline 351 ft
45 Bonnyrigg 338 ft
46 Holytown 335 ft
47 Stewarton 318 ft
48 Clarkston 312 ft
49 Beith 305 ft
50 New Stevenston 305 ft
51 Glenrothes 302 ft
52 Tranent 295 ft
53 Coatbridge 289 ft
54 Stepps 279 ft
55 Nigg 276 ft
56 Crieff 276 ft
57 Motherwell 272 ft
58 Moodiesburn 266 ft
59 Portlethen 262 ft
60 Blairgowrie and Rattray 262 ft
61 High Blantyre 256 ft
62 Mossend 256 ft
63 Dundee 253 ft
64 Cambuslang 249 ft
65 Bellshill 249 ft
66 Cove 249 ft
67 Viewpark 233 ft
68 Cardenden 233 ft
69 Broxburn 230 ft
70 Hamilton 223 ft
71 Blantyre 223 ft
72 Edinburgh 217 ft
73 Milngavie 217 ft
74 Dunblane 210 ft
75 Forfar 207 ft
76 Inverurie 207 ft
77 Lenzie 200 ft
78 Bishopbriggs 197 ft
79 Banchory 197 ft
80 Bonhill 194 ft
81 Bothwell 194 ft
82 Barrhead 190 ft
83 Dalkeith 190 ft
84 Duntocher 187 ft
85 Kilsyth 184 ft
86 Kilbirnie 184 ft
87 Haddington 180 ft
88 Dalserf 177 ft
89 Dyce 174 ft
90 Scone 171 ft
91 Kirkintilloch 167 ft
92 Paisley 164 ft
93 Linlithgow 164 ft
94 Bearsden 161 ft
95 Denny 161 ft
96 Uddingston 154 ft
97 Polmont 151 ft
98 Giffnock 148 ft
99 Dalry 144 ft
100 Bannockburn 135 ft

Explore the top 100 cities ranked by highest elevation in Scotland.

City rankings help residents, researchers, and policymakers understand how communities compare across important quality-of-life measures.

Data is sourced from the U.S. Census Bureau, FBI Crime Statistics, and NOAA climate records.

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