European capitals

All 44 capitals in Europe, from the ones everyone names first to the ones few people think of, with each capital’s country and region.

18 Plankton
21 Too Clever
5 Schooler
0 Rare
0 Deep Cut
0 One in a Krillion

All 44 European capitals

Sorted by search interest, most familiar first. The last column is average monthly US Google searches.

Showing all 44. Tap a name to copy it.

European capitals, with definition, region, rarity tier and monthly searches
Name	What it is	Region
	Capital of France, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	450K
	Capital of the United Kingdom, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Plankton	450K
	Capital of Monaco, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	est.
	Capital of the Netherlands, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	368K
	Capital of Czechia, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Plankton	301K
	Capital of Italy, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Plankton	301K
	Capital of Spain, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Plankton	301K
	Capital of Denmark, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Plankton	246K
	Capital of Germany, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	246K
	Capital of Greece, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Plankton	246K
	Capital of Ireland, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Plankton	246K
	Capital of Austria, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	201K
	Capital of Hungary, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Plankton	201K
	Capital of Luxembourg, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Plankton	est.
	Capital of Portugal, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Plankton	165K
	Capital of Russia, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Plankton	165K
	Capital of Iceland, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Sweden, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Plankton	110K
	Capital of Belgium, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of Norway, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of Poland, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	91K
	Capital of Bosnia and Herzegovina, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	74K
	Capital of Finland, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Too Clever	74K
	Seat of government of the Netherlands, in Western Europe. It is not the official capital.	Western Europe	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of Romania, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of Serbia, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of Slovenia, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	61K
	Capital of Croatia, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Latvia, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Too Clever	50K
	Capital of Slovakia, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	50K
also Kiev	Capital of Ukraine, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	41K
	Capital of Belarus, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Estonia, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Too Clever	33K
	Capital of Bulgaria, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Too Clever	est.
	Capital of Lithuania, in Northern Europe.	Northern Europe	Too Clever	27K
also Berne	Capital of Switzerland, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Too Clever	27K
	Capital of Albania, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	18K
	Capital of Malta, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	15K
	Capital of North Macedonia, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Too Clever	15K
	Capital of Liechtenstein, in Western Europe.	Western Europe	Schooler	9.9K
	Capital of Montenegro, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Schooler	9.9K
	Capital of Andorra, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Schooler	8.1K
	Capital of Moldova, in Eastern Europe.	Eastern Europe	Schooler	8.1K
	Capital of San Marino, in Southern Europe.	Southern Europe	Schooler	5.4K

Questions about European capitals

How many capitals are in Europe?

RareList lists 44 capitals for 43 countries in Europe. The Netherlands has more than one capital city, and each is listed with its role.

What are the best-known capitals in Europe?

The most searched in the US are Paris, London, Amsterdam, Prague and Rome.

Which capital in Europe is the least searched?

City of San Marino, with about 5.4K US searches a month. Capital of San Marino, in Southern Europe.

Which capitals in Europe are named after their country?

Monaco (Monaco), Luxembourg (Luxembourg) and City of San Marino (San Marino).

Capitals are listed for the 193 UN member states and the State of Palestine, except where we cannot state one: Israel and Palestine (the capital is disputed), Equatorial Guinea (a move from Malabo could not be confirmed) and Nauru (no official capital). Vatican City is a city-state and is left out. Where a country splits its capital functions, each city is listed with its role. Capitals come from the open mledoze/countries dataset, checked by hand.

Searches marked “est.” are estimates: for a capital whose name mostly means something else, such as Victoria or Georgetown, we count searches for the city plus its country; for Singapore, Monaco, Luxembourg and Djibouti the city and the country share one name, so the figure is the country’s.