Cities That Start With Q

24 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with Q are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 24 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 3 US cities that start with Q, followed by capital cities.

Q has 24 cities, and most of them are in China. In Chinese spelling, Q sounds close to an English ch, which explains names like Qingdao, Quanzhou and Qiqihar. These are worth knowing because Q is otherwise a hard letter to fill.

Outside China, Quezon City in the Philippines, Quito in Ecuador and Quetta in Pakistan are the easiest picks. The US list is short: Queens in New York and Quincy in Massachusetts. For young players, Queens is the friendliest answer.

Big cities starting with Q: 24
Largest: Qingdao China
Largest in the US: Queens New York

Cities that start with Q around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Qingdao	China	7.2 million
2	Quezon City	Philippines	3.1 million
3	Quito	Ecuador	2.8 million
4	Queens	United States	2.3 million
5	Qingyang	China	2.1 million
6	Qingyuan	China	1.7 million
7	Quetta	Pakistan	1.6 million
8	Quanzhou	China	1.5 million
9	Qujing	China	1.4 million
10	Qinzhou	China	1.3 million
11	Qingpu	China	1.3 million
12	Quzhou	China	902,767
13	Qom	Iran	900,000
14	Qiqihar	China	882,364
15	Qinhuangdao	China	759,718
16	Quebec	Canada	531,902
17	Qionghai	China	528,238
18	Qui Nhon	Vietnam	519,208
19	Quan Muoi	Vietnam	399,000
20	Quelimane	Mozambique	349,842
21	Qitaihe	China	345,033
22	Qazvin	Iran	333,635
23	Quan Muoi Mot	Vietnam	332,536
24	Qods	Iran	309,605

US cities that start with Q

City	State	Population
Queens	New York	2.3 million
Quincy	Massachusetts	93,618
Queens Village	New York	51,919

Capital cities that start with Q

Capital	Country
Quito	Ecuador

More that start with Q

Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with Q?

Qingdao in China, with about 7.2 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with Q?

The largest are Queens, New York, Quincy, Massachusetts, Queens Village, New York.

What capital cities start with Q?

Quito (Ecuador).

Which country has the most big cities starting with Q?

China, with 12 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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