The highest marks recorded in central and southwestern parts of the city (within the Dnieper Upland, particularly the Kyiv plateau).

Hilly landscape is the reason for the unusual depths and two-fold escalators of underground Kyiv Metro (subway) stations in the city center (with the deepest one, Arsenalna, measuring 105.5 metres).

The Kyiv plateau as a geologic creation presents itself as a rolling meadow plain dissected with ravines and gulches.

The highest elevation of the Kyiv Mountains is an upland that corresponds to historic city neighborhood Pechersk (Caves).

Considering that the absolute water level in Dnieper is recorded at 91.5 m (300 ft), the upland rises over the river some 100 meters.

To the west of Dytynets, there is a smaller hill, Dytynka, that is located between old neighborhoods of Dehtyari (Tarboilers), Honchari (Potters), and Kozhumyaki (Tanners).

High is also an area adjacent to the Old Kyiv Hill from the south where is located Sofia Square.

To the northwest of Old Kyiv is located the Castle Hill (Zamkova Hora), the highest point of which reaches 169.1 m (555 ft).