Metropolitan city may refer to:

• Metropolitan cities of Italy, administrative divisions of Italy covering the main city and its metropolitan area
• Metropolitan cities of Australia, statistical divisions of Australia covering the main city and its metropolitan area, defined by Australian Bureau of Statistics
• Metropolitan municipalities in Turkey, districts includes a corresponding district municipality in Turkey
• Metropolitan municipalities in South Africa, municipalities which executes all the functions of local government for a city or conurbation in South Africa
• Metropolitan Municipality of Lima, government entity of Lima, Peru
• Metropolis GZM, metropolitan city-unit in Poland
• Metropolitan City, a type of provincial-level city of South Korea