Elevation of Alcázar de San Juan, Spain
640m
above sea level · 2,100 ft
Alcázar de San Juan is a city of 31,914 people in Ciudad Real province, Castilla–La Mancha, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 32nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 39.39° N · 3.21° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 39° 23′ 21″ N · 3° 12′ 38″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 481,870 E · 4,359,974 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alcázar de San Juan
- INE code 13005
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 31,914 people
- 667 km² municipality · 48 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 640.4 m (2,101 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 640 m.
Population
Alcázar de San Juan had 31,914 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.1% more than in 2015, when it had 31,269. The municipality covers 667 km², a density of 48 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 102 municipalities in Ciudad Real province, after Ciudad Real (76,217), home to 6.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Alcázar de San Juan sits 640 m (2,100 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 Alcázar de San Juan is 427 m above it.
The provincial capital, Ciudad Real, is 76 km away in a straight line and 15 m lower than Alcázar de San Juan. Madrid is 122 km away.
Of the 5 cities in Ciudad Real province with an elevation page, Alcázar de San Juan is the 2nd lowest. The others are Valdepeñas (704 m), Puertollano (699 m), Tomelloso (662 m), and Ciudad Real (625 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Ciudad Real province is El Telégrafo (an area the IGN lists as a paraje, not a peak), at 1,373 m (4,505 ft). It lies 83 km away in a straight line, 733 m above Alcázar de San Juan.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alcázar de San Juan.
What is the elevation of Alcázar de San Juan, Spain?
Alcázar de San Juan sits at 640 meters (2,100 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 Alcázar de San Juan?
Latitude 39.38907 and longitude -3.21053 in decimal degrees (39° 23′ 21″ N · 3° 12′ 38″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 481,870 E and 4,359,974 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alcázar de San Juan rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 32nd 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, Alcázar de San Juan or Ciudad Real?
Alcázar de San Juan. Alcázar de San Juan sits at 640 m and Ciudad Real at 625 m: a difference of 15 m, 76 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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