Elevation of El Puerto de Santa María, Spain
23ft
above sea level · 7 m
El Puerto de Santa María is a city of 89,983 people in Cádiz province, Andalusia, the 6th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 18th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.60° N · 6.23° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 36′ 2″ N · 6° 13′ 31″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 748,187 E · 4,054,136 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- El Puerto de Santa María
- INE code 11027
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 89,983 people
- 61.4 sq mi municipality · 1,465 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 23 ft (6.9 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 23 ft.
Population
El Puerto de Santa María had 89,983 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.9% more than in 2015, when it had 88,335. The municipality covers 61.4 sq mi, a density of 1,465 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 6th most populous of the 45 municipalities in Cádiz province, after Jerez de la Frontera (213,634), home to 7.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
El Puerto de Santa María sits 23 ft (7 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 Puerto de Santa María is 896 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Cádiz, is 6.2 mi away in a straight line and 10 ft lower than El Puerto de Santa María.
Of the 8 cities in Cádiz province with an elevation page, El Puerto de Santa María is the 4th lowest. The highest is Jerez de la Frontera (161 ft) and the lowest, La Línea de la Concepción (13 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cádiz province is Pinar, at 5,407 ft (1,648 m). It lies 46 mi away in a straight line, 5,384 ft above El Puerto de Santa María.
- 135 El Puerto de Santa María 23 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of El Puerto de Santa María.
What is the elevation of El Puerto de Santa María, Spain?
El Puerto de Santa María sits at 23 feet (7 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 El Puerto de Santa María?
Latitude 36.60046 and longitude -6.22540 in decimal degrees (36° 36′ 2″ N · 6° 13′ 31″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 748,187 E and 4,054,136 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does El Puerto de Santa María rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 18th 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 Puerto de Santa María or Cádiz?
El Puerto de Santa María. El Puerto de Santa María sits at 23 ft and Cádiz at 13 ft: a difference of 10 ft, 6.2 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