List of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia

The following is a list of cities and towns in Saudi Arabia.

List of Metro Cities

There are 5 large cities or metro cities in Saudi Arabia with the population over a million or more.

City	Population (2022)	Notes
Riyadh	7,000,100	Capital and largest city
Jeddah	3,751,917	Largest city of Mecca Province
Dammam	2,638,166	Capital of Eastern Province
Mecca	2,385,509	Capital of Mecca Province, holiest city of Islam
Medina	1,477,023	Capital of Medina Province, second holiest city of Islam

Alphabetical list of cities and towns

Map showing the major cities in Saudi Arabia.

City	Population[1]	Comments
Abha	334,290 (2022)	Capital city of Asir
Ad-Dilam	39,267 (2022)
Al-Abwa
Al Artaweeiyah
Al Bukayriyah	25,153
Badr	30,494 (2022)
Baljurashi	35,985 (2021)
Bisha	115,537 (2022)
Bareq	75,351 (2015)
Buraydah	574,169 (2022)	Capital and largest city of Al Qasim Province
Al Bahah	90,515 (2022)	Capital of Al Bahah Province
Arar	199,247 (2022)	Capital of Northern Borders Province
Dammam	1,386,166 (2022)	Capital of Eastern Province
Dhahran	143,936 (2022)
Dhurma	16,344 (2022)
Dahaban	9,436 (2022)[2]
Diriyah		Capital of the First Saudi state
Duba	39,543 (2022)
Dumat Al-Jandal	49,538 (2022)
Dawadmi	86,861 (2022)
Farasan
Gatgat
Gerrha
Ghawiyah		Village in Jizan Province
Al-Gwei'iyyah
Hautat Sudair	14,813 (2022)[3]	Capital of Sudair
Habaala
Hajrah
Haql
Al-Hareeq	6,895 (2022)
Harmah	7,775 (2022)
Ha'il	448,623 (2022)	Capital of Ha'il Province
Hotat Bani Tamim	30,720 (2022)
Hofuf-Al-Mubarraz	729,606 (2022)
Huraymila
Hafr Al-Batin	387,096 (2022)
Jabal Umm al Ru'us
Jalajil	3,411 (2022)
Jeddah	3,712,917 (2022)	Largest city of Mecca Province
Jizan	173,919 (2022)	Capital of Jizan Province
Jazan Economic City		Planned city
Jubail	474,679 (2022)
Al Jafr	12,000 (1997)
Irqah	42,179 (2022)
Khafji	78,691 (2022)
Khaybar
King Abdullah Economic City	15,100 (2022)	Planned city
Khamis Mushait	535,065 (2022)
King Khalid Military City	25,356 (2022)
Al-Saih	295,462
Knowledge Economic City, Medina
Khobar	409,549 (2022)
Al-Khutt
Layla	29,698 (2022)
Lihyan
Al Lith	20,811 (2022)
Al Majma'ah	70,243 (2022)
Mastoorah
Al Mikhwah
Al Mawain
Medina	1,411,599 (2022)	Capital of Medina Province, second holiest city of Islam
Mecca	2,385,509 (2022)	Capital of Mecca Province, holiest city of Islam
Muzahmiyya	55,604 (2022)
Najran	381,431 (2022)	Capital of Najran Province
Al-Namas	22,541 (2022)
Neom		Planned city being built
Umluj	46,229 (2022)
Al-Omran	22,781 (2022)
Al-Oyoon	35,226 (2022)
Qadeimah
Qatif	87,332 (2022)
Qaisumah	20,887 (2005)
Al Qadeeh
Al Qunfudhah	42,447 (2022)
Qurayyat	167,104 (2022)	Second Largest city of Al Jowf Province
Rabigh	72,928 (2022)
Rafha	63,929 (2022)	Northern Border Province
Ar Rass	107,902 (2022)	Third Largest city in Al-Qassim
Ras Tanura	57,030 (2022)	Eastern Province
Rumah
Raghbah
Ranyah	28,681 (2022)
Riyadh	7,000,100 (2022)	Capital and largest city
Riyadh Al-Khabra	25,588 (2022)	Historical city best known for trading and goods exchange
Rumailah	10,000 (2006)	Small village in Al-Hasa
Sabt Al Alaya
Sabya	72,086 (2022)
Sarat Abidah	19,855 (2022)
Saihat	84,818 (2022)
Safwa city	45,676 (2022)
Sakakah	204,362 (2022)	Capital of Al Jawf Province
Sharurah	89,456 (2022)
Shaqra	32,215 (2022)
Shaybah
As Sulayyil
Taif	770,752 (2022)
Tabuk	594,350 (2022)	Capital of Tabuk Province
Tanomah	12,442 (2022)
Tarout	117,646 (2022)
Tayma	37,579 (2022)
Thadiq
Thuwal	26,957 (2022)
Thuqbah	248,888 (2022)
Turaif	61,395 (2022)
Tabarjal	78,662 (2022)
Udhailiyah
Al-'Ula	40,760 (2022)
Um Al-Sahek
Unaizah	183,319 (2022)	Second largest city in Al-Qassim Province
Uqair
Uyayna
Uyun AlJiwa	26,544
Wadi Al-Dawasir	77,433 (2022)
Al Wajh	33,868 (2022)
Yanbu	331,916 (2022)
Az Zaimah
Zulfi (Al-Zulfi City)	68,317 (2022)