Elevation of Onda, Spain
192m
above sea level · 630 ft
Onda is a city of 26,190 people in Castellón province, Valencian Community, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 104th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.96° N · 0.26° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 57′ 46″ N · 0° 15′ 51″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 733,663 E · 4,427,198 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Onda
- INE code 12084
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 26,190 people
- 108 km² municipality · 242 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 192 m (630 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 192 m.
Population
Onda had 26,190 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.9% more than in 2015, when it had 24,963. The municipality covers 108 km², a density of 242 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 135 municipalities in Castellón province, after Castellón de la Plana (183,711), home to 4.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Onda sits 192 m (630 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 Onda is 21 m below it.
The provincial capital, Castellón de la Plana, is 19 km away in a straight line and 164 m lower than Onda. Madrid is 296 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vila-real, 14 km away in a straight line and 151 m lower.
Of the 9 cities in Castellón province with an elevation page, Onda is the highest. The highest is Onda (192 m) and the lowest, Vinaròs (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Castellón province is Penyagolosa, at 1,812 m (5,945 ft). It lies 30 km away in a straight line, 1,620 m above Onda.
- 104 Onda 192 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Onda.
What is the elevation of Onda, Spain?
Onda sits at 192 meters (630 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 Onda?
Latitude 39.96266 and longitude -0.26429 in decimal degrees (39° 57′ 46″ N · 0° 15′ 51″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 733,663 E and 4,427,198 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Onda rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 104th 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, Onda or Castellón de la Plana?
Onda. Onda sits at 192 m and Castellón de la Plana at 28 m: a difference of 164 m, 19 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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