Elevation of Avilés, Spain
33ft
above sea level · 10 m
Avilés is a city of 75,517 people in Asturias, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 27th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.56° N · 5.92° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 33′ 20″ N · 5° 55′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 263,994 E · 4,826,675 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Avilés
- INE code 33004
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 75,517 people
- 10.3 sq mi municipality · 7,320 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 33 ft (10 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 33 ft.
Population
Avilés had 75,517 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 80,880. The municipality covers 10.3 sq mi, a density of 7,320 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 78 municipalities in Asturias, after Gijón (269,894), home to 7.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Avilés sits 33 ft (10 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 Avilés is 886 ft below it.
The regional capital, Oviedo, is 14 mi away in a straight line and 738 ft higher than Avilés.
Of the 4 cities in Asturias with an elevation page, Avilés is the 2nd lowest. The others are Oviedo (771 ft), Siero (699 ft), and Gijón (23 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Asturias is Torre Cerredo, at 8,691 ft (2,649 m). It lies 59 mi away in a straight line, 8,658 ft above Avilés.
- 127 Avilés 33 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Avilés.
What is the elevation of Avilés, Spain?
Avilés sits at 33 feet (10 meters) 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 Avilés?
Latitude 43.55569 and longitude -5.92189 in decimal degrees (43° 33′ 20″ N · 5° 55′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 263,994 E and 4,826,675 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Avilés rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 27th 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, Avilés or Oviedo?
Oviedo. Avilés sits at 33 ft and Oviedo at 771 ft: a difference of 738 ft, 14 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 · 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know