Cities That Start With H

83 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with H are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 83 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 37 US cities that start with H, followed by capital cities.

H brings 83 cities, and Vietnam stands out with Hanoi and the port of Haiphong. Chinese cities include Hangzhou and Harbin, which is known for its winter ice festival. Havana in Cuba and Hamburg in Germany add plenty of variety.

The US list starts with Houston in Texas and Honolulu, the island capital of Hawaii. Many H names are easy to sound out, so beginning readers can manage this page well.

Big cities starting with H: 83
Largest: Ho Chi Minh City Vietnam
Largest in the US: Houston Texas

Cities that start with H around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Ho Chi Minh City	Vietnam	14.0 million
2	Hangzhou	China	9.2 million
3	Hanoi	Vietnam	8.1 million
4	Hong Kong	Hong Kong	7.4 million
5	Hyderabad	India	7.0 million
6	Harbin	China	5.2 million
7	Hefei	China	5.0 million
8	Huizhou	China	2.9 million
9	Haikou	China	2.9 million
10	Haiphong	Vietnam	2.6 million
11	Huai'an	China	2.5 million
12	Hohhot	China	2.4 million
13	Houston	United States	2.3 million
14	Havana	Cuba	2.2 million
15	Hamburg	Germany	2.0 million
16	Hyderabad	Pakistan	1.9 million
17	Huainan	China	1.7 million
18	Harare	Zimbabwe	1.5 million
19	Hue	Vietnam	1.4 million
20	Handan	China	1.4 million
21	Heze	China	1.3 million
22	Heshan	China	1.2 million
23	Hiroshima	Japan	1.2 million
24	Hong Kong Island	Hong Kong	1.2 million
25	Huaibei	China	1.1 million
26	Hengyang	China	1.1 million
27	Howrah	India	1.0 million
28	Huzhou	China	1.0 million
29	Hanzhong	China	1.0 million
30	Hezhou	China	1.0 million
31	Huludao	China	944,495
32	Hubballi	India	943,788
33	Hermosillo	Mexico	812,229
34	Hamamatsu	Japan	791,707
35	Homs	Syria	775,404
36	Hegang	China	743,307
37	Huangshi	China	688,090
38	Hlaingthaya	Myanmar	687,867
39	Hongkou	China	687,500
40	Helsinki	Finland	658,864
41	Honcho	Japan	644,668
42	Hoji ya Henda	Angola	642,050
43	Hwaseong-si	South Korea	640,890
44	Hebi	China	634,721
45	Ha'il	Saudi Arabia	605,930
46	Huambo	Angola	595,304
47	Hachioji	Japan	579,355
48	Herat	Afghanistan	574,300
49	Hamilton	Canada	569,353
50	Hamhung	North Korea	559,056
51	Huaihua	China	552,622
52	Himeji	Japan	530,495
53	Hamadan	Iran	528,256
54	Hengshui	China	522,147
55	Hannover	Germany	515,140
56	Heroica Matamoros	Mexico	510,739
57	Huangpu	China	504,700
58	Homyel'	Belarus	501,193
59	Hathazari	Bangladesh	498,179
60	Higashiosaka	Japan	493,940
61	Hargeysa	Somalia	477,876
62	Halifax	Canada	471,559
63	Heyuan	China	463,907
64	Huangshan	China	460,786
65	Hamah	Syria	460,602
66	Huancayo	Peru	456,250
67	Hsinchu	Taiwan	453,536
68	Hirakata	Japan	406,331
69	Hechuan	China	377,213
70	Huanggang	China	366,769
71	Hrodna	Belarus	363,718
72	Huocheng	China	360,000
73	Honolulu	United States	350,964
74	Hulunbuir	China	349,400
75	Hungnam	North Korea	346,082
76	Hadaiq al Qubbah	Egypt	339,612
77	Hechi	China	330,131
78	Holguin	Cuba	319,102
79	Hafizabad	Pakistan	318,621
80	Hamburg-Nord	Germany	315,514

US cities that start with H

City	State	Population
Houston	Texas	2.3 million
Honolulu	Hawaii	350,964
Henderson	Nevada	285,667
Hialeah	Florida	237,069
Huntsville	Alabama	215,006
Huntington Beach	California	201,899
Hollywood	California	167,664
Hayward	California	158,289
Hollywood	Florida	149,728
Hampton	Virginia	137,148
Hartford	Connecticut	121,054
Harlem	New York	116,345
High Point	North Carolina	110,268
Hillsboro	Oregon	102,347
Highlands Ranch	Colorado	96,713
Hesperia	California	93,295
Hawthorne	California	88,451
Hoover	Alabama	84,848
Hemet	California	83,861
Homestead	Florida	80,737
Hammond	Indiana	77,614
Harlingen	Texas	65,774
Haverhill	Massachusetts	62,765
Hamilton	Ohio	62,407
Hamden	Connecticut	59,847
Huntington Park	California	59,430
Hendersonville	Tennessee	56,018
Hanford	California	55,659
Hempstead	New York	55,547
Highland	California	54,854
Hacienda Heights	California	54,038
Hoboken	New Jersey	53,635
Huntersville	North Carolina	52,704
Harrisonburg	Virginia	52,538
Hoffman Estates	Illinois	52,138
Havertown	Pennsylvania	50,430
Harrisburg	Pennsylvania	50,183

Capital cities that start with H

Capital	Country
Hanoi	Vietnam
Harare	Zimbabwe
Havana	Cuba
Helsinki	Finland
Honiara	Solomon Islands

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with H?

Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, with about 14.0 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with H?

The largest are Houston, Texas, Honolulu, Hawaii, Henderson, Nevada, Hialeah, Florida, Huntsville, Alabama.

What capital cities start with H?

Hanoi (Vietnam), Harare (Zimbabwe), Havana (Cuba), Helsinki (Finland), Honiara (Solomon Islands).

Which country has the most big cities starting with H?

China, with 31 of the cities on this list.

Source: the GeoNames database: world cities with 300,000 or more people and US cities with 50,000 or more. Population figures are the latest GeoNames counts and can lag behind new census results.

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