Cities That Start With W

38 cities Places Checked 9 Oct 2026

These cities that start with W are the world's big cities with 300,000 or more people, 38 in all, ranked by population. A separate list covers 56 US cities that start with W, followed by capital cities.

W has 38 cities, and a cluster of Chinese names starting with Wu dominates the top: Wuhan, Wuxi and Wuhu among them. Warsaw, the capital of Poland, and Winnipeg in Canada are the most familiar picks outside Asia.

The US list includes Wichita in Kansas and Winston-Salem in North Carolina. Worcester in Massachusetts is a famous pronunciation puzzle, said roughly as Wuss-ter, which delights kids who like tricky words. W is a fair letter for city games, though rarely a crowded one.

Big cities starting with W: 38
Largest: Wuhan China
Largest in the US: Washington District of Columbia

Cities that start with W around the world

#	City	Country	Population
1	Wuhan	China	10.4 million
2	Wuzhong	China	7.2 million
3	Wuxi	China	4.4 million
4	Wenzhou	China	2.6 million
5	Weifang	China	2.0 million
6	Warsaw	Poland	1.7 million
7	Wuhu	China	1.6 million
8	Wanzhou	China	1.5 million
9	Weinan	China	1.2 million
10	Wuwei	China	1.0 million
11	Warri	Nigeria	910,000
12	Wanxian	China	859,662
13	Weihai	China	844,310
14	Wuzhou	China	761,948
15	Winnipeg	Canada	749,607
16	Warangal	India	704,570
17	Washington	United States	689,545
18	Wrocaw	Poland	672,545
19	Wenchang	China	560,894
20	Wanning	China	545,992
21	Wafangdian	China	454,338
22	Warder	Ethiopia	450,400
23	Wenshan City	China	450,000
24	Welkom	South Africa	431,944
25	Wong Tai Sin	Hong Kong	425,235
26	Wandsbek	Germany	411,422
27	Wah Cantt	Pakistan	400,733
28	West Jerusalem	Israel	400,000
29	Wichita	United States	396,119
30	Windhoek	Namibia	386,219
31	Wellington	New Zealand	381,900
32	Wuppertal	Germany	360,797
33	Wakayama	Japan	356,729
34	West Raleigh	United States	338,759
35	Wonju	South Korea	332,849
36	Wad Medani	Sudan	332,714
37	Wonsan	North Korea	329,207
38	Winejok	South Sudan	300,000

US cities that start with W

City	State	Population
Washington	District of Columbia	689,545
Wichita	Kansas	396,119
West Raleigh	North Carolina	338,759
Winston-Salem	North Carolina	241,218
Worcester	Massachusetts	206,518
Washington Heights	New York	152,613
West Valley City	Utah	136,208
Warren	Michigan	134,056
Waco	Texas	132,356
West Palm Beach	Florida	120,932
Westminster	Colorado	116,317
Wilmington	North Carolina	115,933
West Jordan	Utah	111,946
Waterbury	Connecticut	108,802
West Covina	California	108,484
Wichita Falls	Texas	104,710
West Albany	New York	93,794
Westminster	California	92,114
Waukegan	Illinois	88,475
Whittier	California	87,438
West Town	Illinois	86,429
Westland	Michigan	82,000
Warwick	Rhode Island	81,699
Waterford	Michigan	75,737
Wyoming	Michigan	75,275
Warner Robins	Georgia	73,490
West Ridge	Illinois	72,211
Waukesha	Wisconsin	71,970
West Gulfport	Mississippi	71,329
Wilmington	Delaware	70,898
Woodland Hills	California	70,000
Weston	Florida	69,959
Walnut Creek	California	68,910
Waterloo	Iowa	68,460
Woodbury	Minnesota	67,855
Waldorf	Maryland	67,752
West Lynchburg	Virginia	65,517
West Bloomfield Township	Michigan	64,690
West Des Moines	Iowa	64,113
Waltham	Massachusetts	63,378
West Hartford	Connecticut	63,268
Wellington	Florida	62,560
West Coon Rapids	Minnesota	62,528
West Hollywood	Florida	60,806
West Allis	Wisconsin	60,620
Woodland	California	58,567
White Plains	New York	58,459
Wayne	New Jersey	57,915
West Haven	Connecticut	54,927
Weymouth	Massachusetts	54,395

Capital cities that start with W

Capital	Country
Warsaw	Poland
Washington D.C.	United States
Wellington	New Zealand
Windhoek	Namibia

Questions people ask

What is the biggest city that starts with W?

Wuhan in China, with about 10.4 million people in the GeoNames count.

What US cities start with W?

The largest are Washington, District of Columbia, Wichita, Kansas, West Raleigh, North Carolina, Winston-Salem, North Carolina, Worcester, Massachusetts.

What capital cities start with W?

Warsaw (Poland), Washington D.C. (United States), Wellington (New Zealand), Windhoek (Namibia).

Which country has the most big cities starting with W?

China, with 16 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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