Elevation of Almuñécar, Spain
16m
above sea level · 52 ft
Almuñécar is a city of 27,544 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 3rd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 61st lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.73° N · 3.69° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 44′ 2″ N · 3° 41′ 28″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 438,289 E · 4,065,569 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Almuñécar
- INE code 18017
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,544 people
- 83.4 km² municipality · 330 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 16 m (52 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 16 m.
Population
Almuñécar had 27,544 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 0.6% more than in 2015, when it had 27,391. The municipality covers 83.4 km², a density of 330 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 174 municipalities in Granada province, after Granada (233,975), home to 2.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Almuñécar sits 16 m (52 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 Almuñécar is 197 m below it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 50 km away in a straight line and 666 m higher than Almuñécar. Madrid is 410 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Motril, 15 km away in a straight line and 22 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Granada province with an elevation page, Almuñécar is the lowest. The highest is Baza (844 m) and the lowest, Almuñécar (16 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Granada province is Mulhacén, at 3,479 m (11,414 ft). It lies 49 km away in a straight line, 3,463 m above Almuñécar.
- 215 Almuñécar 16 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Almuñécar.
What is the elevation of Almuñécar, Spain?
Almuñécar sits at 16 meters (52 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 Almuñécar?
Latitude 36.73384 and longitude -3.69116 in decimal degrees (36° 44′ 2″ N · 3° 41′ 28″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 438,289 E and 4,065,569 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Almuñécar rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 61st lowest 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, Almuñécar or Granada?
Granada. Almuñécar sits at 16 m and Granada at 682 m: a difference of 666 m, 50 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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