Elevation of Durango, Spain
118m
above sea level · 387 ft
Durango is a city of 30,192 people in Bizkaia province, Basque Country, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 122nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.17° N · 2.63° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 10′ 2″ N · 2° 37′ 55″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 529,911 E · 4,779,440 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Durango
- INE code 48027
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 30,192 people
- 10.7 km² municipality · 2,814 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 118 m (387 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 118 m.
Population
Durango had 30,192 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.5% more than in 2015, when it had 28,899. The municipality covers 10.7 km², a density of 2,814 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 113 municipalities in Bizkaia province, after Bilbao (351,124), home to 2.6% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Durango sits 118 m (387 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 Durango is 95 m below it.
The provincial capital, Bilbao, is 26 km away in a straight line and 111 m lower than Durango. Madrid is 318 km away.
Of the 11 cities in Bizkaia province with an elevation page, Durango is the highest. The highest is Durango (118 m) and the lowest, Erandio (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Bizkaia province is Gorbeia, at 1,481 m (4,859 ft). It lies 19 km away in a straight line, 1,363 m above Durango.
- 122 Durango 118 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Durango.
What is the elevation of Durango, Spain?
Durango sits at 118 meters (387 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 Durango?
Latitude 43.16713 and longitude -2.63203 in decimal degrees (43° 10′ 2″ N · 2° 37′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 529,911 E and 4,779,440 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Durango rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 122nd highest 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, Durango or Bilbao?
Durango. Durango sits at 118 m and Bilbao at 7 m: a difference of 111 m, 26 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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