Elevation of El Ejido, Spain
240ft
above sea level · 73 m
El Ejido is a city of 91,440 people in Almería province, Andalusia, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 71st lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.77° N · 2.81° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 46′ 29″ N · 2° 48′ 46″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 516,711 E · 4,069,911 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- El Ejido
- INE code 04902
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 91,440 people
- 87.3 sq mi municipality · 1,047 people/sq mi
Population
El Ejido had 91,440 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.4% more than in 2015, when it had 85,961. The municipality covers 87.3 sq mi, a density of 1,047 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 103 municipalities in Almería province, after Almería (205,468), home to 12% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
El Ejido sits 240 ft (73 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so El Ejido is 679 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Almería, is 20 mi away in a straight line and 164 ft lower than El Ejido.
Of the 3 cities in Almería province with an elevation page, El Ejido is the highest. The others are Almería (75 ft) and Roquetas de Mar (20 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Almería province is Chullo, at 8,570 ft (2,612 m). It lies 24 mi away in a straight line, 8,330 ft above El Ejido.
- 83 El Ejido 240 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of El Ejido.
What is the elevation of El Ejido, Spain?
El Ejido sits at 240 feet (73 meters) 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 El Ejido?
Latitude 36.77484 and longitude -2.81274 in decimal degrees (36° 46′ 29″ N · 2° 48′ 46″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 516,711 E and 4,069,911 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does El Ejido rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 71st lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, El Ejido or Almería?
El Ejido. El Ejido sits at 240 ft and Almería at 75 ft: a difference of 164 ft, 20 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know