Elevation of Adra, Spain
6m
above sea level · 20 ft
Adra is a city of 25,501 people in Almería province, Andalusia, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 22nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.75° N · 3.01° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 44′ 57″ N · 3° 0′ 52″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 498,701 E · 4,067,062 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Adra
- INE code 04003
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 25,501 people
- 89.7 km² municipality · 284 people/km²
Population
Adra had 25,501 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 3.4% more than in 2015, when it had 24,670. The municipality covers 89.7 km², a density of 284 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 6th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Almería province, after Almería (205,468), home to 3.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Adra sits 6 m (20 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 Adra is 207 m below it.
The provincial capital, Almería, is 50 km away in a straight line and 17 m higher than Adra. Madrid is 412 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is El Ejido, 18 km away in a straight line and 67 m higher.
Of the 8 cities in Almería province with an elevation page, Adra is the lowest. The highest is Níjar (336 m) and the lowest, Roquetas de Mar (6 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Almería province is Chullo, at 2,612 m (8,570 ft). It lies 38 km away in a straight line, 2,606 m above Adra.
- 253 Adra 6 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Adra.
What is the elevation of Adra, Spain?
Adra sits at 6 meters (20 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Adra?
Latitude 36.74930 and longitude -3.01455 in decimal degrees (36° 44′ 57″ N · 3° 0′ 52″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 498,701 E and 4,067,062 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Adra rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 22nd 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, Adra or Almería?
Almería. Adra sits at 6 m and Almería at 23 m: a difference of 17 m, 50 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 · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. 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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