Elevation of Almoradí, Spain
9m
above sea level · 30 ft
Almoradí is a city of 22,965 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 24th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 40th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.11° N · 0.79° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 6′ 39″ N · 0° 47′ 25″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 693,719 E · 4,220,413 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Almoradí
- INE code 03015
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,965 people
- 42.7 km² municipality · 538 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 8.4 m (28 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 9 m.
Population
Almoradí had 22,965 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 15% more than in 2015, when it had 19,955. The municipality covers 42.7 km², a density of 538 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 24th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 1.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Almoradí sits 9 m (30 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Almoradí is 204 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 38 km away in a straight line and 4 m lower than Almoradí. Madrid is 358 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Orihuela, 14 km away in a straight line and 16 m higher.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Almoradí is the 5th lowest. The highest is Ibi (754 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Alicante province is Aitana, at 1,557 m (5,108 ft). It lies 75 km away in a straight line, 1,548 m above Almoradí.
- 239 Almoradí 9 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Almoradí.
What is the elevation of Almoradí, Spain?
Almoradí sits at 9 meters (30 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Almoradí?
Latitude 38.11078 and longitude -0.79037 in decimal degrees (38° 6′ 39″ N · 0° 47′ 25″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 693,719 E and 4,220,413 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Almoradí rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 40th lowest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Almoradí or Alicante?
Almoradí. Almoradí sits at 9 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 4 m, 38 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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