🇸🇰 Cities in Slovakia — API & JSON data

Looking for a JSON API covering cities in Slovakia? Geomelon has 459 of them, organized into 8 regions and searchable in 27 languages. Bratislava tops the list by population (479,389).

Data updated: 2026-07-14

Live demo

Type to search Slovakia cities…

Top 10 cities by population

City	Region	Population
Bratislava	Bratislava Region	479,389
Košice	Košice Region	223,678
Petržalka	Bratislava Region	112,380
Prešov	Prešov Region	81,702
Žilina	Žilina region	80,257
Nitra	Nitra Region	75,945
Banská Bystrica	Banská Bystrica Region	73,533
Trnava	Trnava Region	63,180
Trenčín	Trenčín Region	54,130
Martin	Žilina region	50,346

Sample API response

GET /cities/search?countryCode=sk&sort=population_desc&limit=3

[
  {
    "id": "70df2031-ccb6-41dd-bfe3-d319a38de3de",
    "name": "Bratislava",
    "population": 479389,
    "countryName": "Slovakia",
    "countryCode": "SK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇰",
    "regionName": "Bratislava Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "38ea9f97-f590-42d3-a5b4-afc03003b334",
    "name": "Košice",
    "population": 223678,
    "countryName": "Slovakia",
    "countryCode": "SK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇰",
    "regionName": "Košice Region"
  },
  {
    "id": "05685632-19f8-4708-9c41-4dabfc136f35",
    "name": "Petržalka",
    "population": 112380,
    "countryName": "Slovakia",
    "countryCode": "SK",
    "countryEmoji": "🇸🇰",
    "regionName": "Bratislava Region"
  }
]

Try it

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=sk&sort=population_desc&limit=10' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-host: geomelon.p.rapidapi.com' \
  --header 'x-rapidapi-key: YOUR_API_KEY'

const res = await fetch(
  'https://geomelon.p.rapidapi.com/cities/search?countryCode=sk&sort=population_desc&limit=10',
  {
    headers: {
      'x-rapidapi-host': 'geomelon.p.rapidapi.com',
      'x-rapidapi-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY',
    },
  },
)
const cities = await res.json()

Multilingual city names

City names in Slovakia are available in 27 languages.

en: Bratislava
zh: 布拉迪斯拉发
ar: براتيسلافا

Free dataset

Prefer a static file? Download 183 Slovakia cities as JSON (28 KB, no API key) from the Slovakia cities dataset page.

FAQ

How many cities in Slovakia does the API return?

Geomelon currently has 459 cities in Slovakia across 8 regions. Results are paginated, up to 100 per request.

Is there a free tier?

Yes. RapidAPI's free tier covers a fixed number of requests per month with no credit card required. There is also a free, no-key city-autocomplete endpoint (the demo above) for prefix search.

Can I get Slovakia city names in other languages?

Yes — city names in Slovakia are available in 27 languages. Pass the languages you want via the preferredLanguages parameter, most-preferred first.

Do I need an API key?

The main search and lookup endpoints require a free RapidAPI key. The prefix-search autocomplete endpoint used in the demo above is public and does not require a key.

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