Cities That Start With M

148 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with M are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 148 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 66 US cities that start with M, followed by capital cities.

M runs deep, with 148 cities. Mumbai, Mexico City and Moscow are the giants, and Madrid is the capital of Spain. Melbourne in Australia and Montreal in Canada are big cities that are not national capitals, a point that often catches out quiz players.

The US list includes Manhattan, Miami and Minneapolis. Many M names are long, so they are good for practising syllables with children who are just learning to break words into parts.

Big cities starting with M: 148
Largest: Mumbai India
Largest in the US: Manhattan New York

Cities that start with M around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Mumbai	India	12.7 million
2	Mexico City	Mexico	12.3 million
3	Moscow	Russia	10.4 million
4	Melbourne	Australia	5.4 million
5	Madrid	Spain	3.3 million
6	Minhang	China	2.7 million
7	Mogadishu	Somalia	2.6 million
8	Medan	Indonesia	2.5 million
9	Mashhad	Iran	2.3 million
10	Manaus	Brazil	2.2 million
11	Multan	Pakistan	2.2 million
12	Mbuji-Mayi	Democratic Republic of the Congo	2.1 million
13	Medellin	Colombia	2.0 million
14	Montreal	Canada	1.8 million
15	Maracaibo	Venezuela	1.8 million
16	Minsk	Belarus	1.7 million
17	Mosul	Iraq	1.7 million
18	Manila	Philippines	1.6 million
19	Makkah	Saudi Arabia	1.6 million
20	Mianyang	China	1.6 million
21	Monrovia	Liberia	1.5 million
22	Munich	Germany	1.5 million
23	Manhattan	United States	1.5 million
24	Makassar	Indonesia	1.5 million
25	Madurai	India	1.5 million
26	Milan	Italy	1.4 million
27	Maoming	China	1.3 million
28	Madinah	Saudi Arabia	1.3 million
29	Montevideo	Uruguay	1.3 million
30	Maputo	Mozambique	1.3 million
31	Meerut	India	1.2 million
32	Mombasa	Kenya	1.2 million
33	Mandalay	Myanmar	1.2 million
34	Merida	Mexico	1.2 million
35	Matola	Mozambique	1.2 million
36	Monterrey	Mexico	1.1 million
37	Malingao	Philippines	1.1 million
38	Maiduguri	Nigeria	1.1 million
39	Meishan	China	1.1 million
40	Mwanza	Tanzania	1.1 million
41	Mexicali	Mexico	1.0 million
42	Maceio	Brazil	1.0 million
43	Marrakesh	Morocco	995,871
44	Meizhou	China	992,351
45	Managua	Nicaragua	973,087
46	Mysuru	India	920,550
47	Malang	Indonesia	889,359
48	Mulenvos	Angola	882,014
49	Marseille	France	877,215
50	Muscat	Oman	797,000
51	Malatya	Turkey	750,491
52	Morelia	Mexico	743,275
53	Maanshan	China	741,531
54	Maianga	Angola	727,681
55	Muzaffarabad	Pakistan	725,000
56	Moradabad	India	721,139
57	Mississauga	Canada	717,961
58	Madinat an Nasr	Egypt	668,413
59	Mudanjiang	China	665,915
60	Macau	Macao	649,335
61	Maturin	Venezuela	647,459
62	Memphis	United States	633,104
63	Makhachkala	Russia	596,356
64	Mengzi	China	595,100
65	Mukalla	Yemen	594,951
66	Mar del Plata	Argentina	593,337
67	Malaga	Spain	592,346
68	Malacca	Malaysia	579,000
69	Manchester	United Kingdom	568,996
70	Meknes	Morocco	568,295
71	Milwaukee	United States	563,531
72	Muntinlupa	Philippines	552,225
73	Mirpur Model Thana	Bangladesh	546,503
74	Mbeya	Tanzania	541,603
75	Mersin	Turkey	537,842
76	Mohammadpur	Bangladesh	527,571
77	Mazar-e Sharif	Afghanistan	523,300
78	Macapa	Brazil	512,902
79	Matsuyama	Japan	511,192
80	Makati City	Philippines	510,383

US cities that start with M

City	State	Population
Manhattan	New York	1.5 million
Memphis	Tennessee	633,104
Milwaukee	Wisconsin	563,531
Miami	Florida	487,014
Mesa	Arizona	471,825
Minneapolis	Minnesota	410,939
Meads	Kentucky	288,649
Madison	Wisconsin	280,305
Modesto	California	211,266
Maryvale	Arizona	208,189
Moreno Valley	California	204,198
Montgomery	Alabama	195,287
Mobile	Alabama	183,289
Murfreesboro	Tennessee	165,430
McKinney	Texas	162,898
Mesquite	Texas	144,788
Metairie Terrace	Louisiana	142,489
McAllen	Texas	140,269
Metairie	Louisiana	138,481
Miramar	Florida	137,132
Midland	Texas	132,524
Miami Gardens	Florida	113,187
Manchester	New Hampshire	110,229
Murrieta	California	109,830
Mission Viejo	California	97,156
Miami Beach	Florida	92,312
Macon	Georgia	91,351
Meridian	Idaho	90,739
Menifee	California	87,174
Melbourne	Florida	84,678
Mission	Texas	83,298
Mid-City	California	83,000
Merced	California	82,436
Mount Pleasant	South Carolina	81,317
Mountain View	California	80,435
Medford	Oregon	79,805
Milpitas	California	77,604
Manteca	California	75,448
Missouri City	Texas	74,139
Missoula	Montana	71,022
Muncie	Indiana	70,087
Mira Mesa	California	70,000
Mount Vernon	New York	68,628
Maple Grove	Minnesota	68,385
Marysville	Washington	66,773
Middletown	New Jersey	65,490
Mansfield	Texas	64,274
Madera	California	64,208
Montebello	California	63,921
Millcreek	Utah	62,139

Capital cities that start with M

Capital	Country
Madrid	Spain
Majuro	Marshall Islands
Malabo	Equatorial Guinea
Malé	Maldives
Managua	Nicaragua
Manama	Bahrain
Manila	Philippines
Maputo	Mozambique
Maseru	Lesotho
Mexico City	Mexico
Minsk	Belarus
Mogadishu	Somalia
Monaco	Monaco
Monrovia	Liberia
Montevideo	Uruguay
Moroni	Comoros
Moscow	Russia
Muscat	Oman

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Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with M?

Mumbai in India, with about 12.7 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with M?

The largest are Manhattan, New York, Memphis, Tennessee, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Miami, Florida, Mesa, Arizona.

What capital cities start with M?

Madrid (Spain), Majuro (Marshall Islands), Malabo (Equatorial Guinea), Malé (Maldives), Managua (Nicaragua), Manama (Bahrain).

Which country has the most big cities starting with M?

India, with 11 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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