Cities That Start With U

23 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with U are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 23 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 9 US cities that start with U, followed by capital cities.

Only 23 cities begin with U, so the letter runs fairly lean. Urumqi in western China leads the list, and Russia adds Ufa, just three letters long. Ulsan in South Korea and Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, are other strong answers.

India contributes Udaipur, often called a city of lakes. The US list is mostly smaller places, such as Utica in New York, and Union City appears in both California and New Jersey. Ufa is an excellent short answer for word games.

Big cities starting with U: 23
Largest: Urumqi China
Largest in the US: Upper West Side New York

Cities that start with U around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Urumqi	China	3.0 million
2	Ufa	Russia	1.1 million
3	Ulsan	South Korea	1.1 million
4	Ulan Bator	Mongolia	844,818
5	Ulyanovsk	Russia	626,540
6	Umraniye	Turkey	573,265
7	Uberlandia	Brazil	563,536
8	Ulanqab	China	550,231
9	Uskudar	Turkey	524,452
10	Utsunomiya	Japan	518,757
11	Ulhasnagar	India	516,584
12	Ujjain	India	515,215
13	Uijeongbu-si	South Korea	479,141
14	Udaipur	India	451,100
15	Uyo	Nigeria	436,606
16	Uvira	Democratic Republic of the Congo	407,092
17	Utrecht	The Netherlands	376,435
18	Umuahia	Nigeria	370,000
19	Usak	Turkey	369,433
20	Ulan-Ude	Russia	360,278
21	Uberaba	Brazil	337,836
22	Uige	Angola	322,531
23	Ust-Kamenogorsk	Kazakhstan	319,067

US cities that start with U

City	State	Population
Upper West Side	New York	226,989
Universal City	California	105,000
Upland	California	76,443
Union City	California	74,494
Union City	New Jersey	69,156
Utica	New York	61,100
Union	New Jersey	56,771
Uptown	Illinois	55,137
University of Texas	Texas	53,082

Capital cities that start with U

Capital	Country
Ulan Bator	Mongolia

Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with U?

Urumqi in China, with about 3.0 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with U?

The largest are Upper West Side, New York, Universal City, California, Upland, California, Union City, California, Union City, New Jersey.

What capital cities start with U?

Ulan Bator (Mongolia).

Which country has the most big cities starting with U?

Russia, with 3 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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