Málaga to Granada distance

Málaga to Granada by road

The fastest driving route is 128 km (79.4 mi) long and takes about 1 hr 40 min without stops or traffic. It runs mostly on the A-92 (87.9 km) and the A-45 (27.6 km).

The whole route stays in Andalusia. That’s an average of 77 km/h (48 mph), and at under two hours you can do it without stopping. The time is OSRM’s estimate with OpenStreetMap data: no traffic and speeds somewhat below the limits, so real trips can differ.

Straight-line distance and bearing

In a straight line, the shortest distance over the Earth’s surface, Málaga and Granada are 88.5 km (55.0 mi) apart. That’s the geodesic on the WGS84 ellipsoid, the distance “as the crow flies”.

The road is 44% longer: for every 100 km in a straight line you drive 144. That’s a big detour: the fastest route strays quite far from the straight line. Of the 40 Spanish pairs in this series, it has the biggest detour (the average is 24%).

From Málaga, Granada lies to the northeast (bearing 55°), and from Granada, Málaga lies to the southwest.

Halfway between Málaga and Granada

Halfway along the straight line, 44.2 km (27.5 mi) from each city, is the point 36.9480° N, 4.0080° W. It falls near Alhama de Granada (Granada, pop. 5,544), 6.3 km away. The nearest town of 20,000 people or more is Vélez-Málaga (Málaga, pop. 86,048), 20.4 km away.

By road, the halfway point is 63.9 km (39.7 mi) from each city, near Loja (Granada, pop. 20,951), 8.2 km away. The two midpoints are 30.0 km apart: if you want to meet halfway, the one on the road is the useful one.

The two cities

Málaga sits at 6 m (20 ft) and Granada at 682 m (2,238 ft), 676 m (2,218 ft) higher.

Málaga has 599,063 people and Granada 233,975 people (INE population register, January 1, 2025).