Elevation of Motril, Spain
125ft
above sea level · 38 m
Motril is a city of 59,862 people in Granada province, Andalusia, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 54th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.75° N · 3.52° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 44′ 43″ N · 3° 31′ 14″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 453,538 E · 4,066,750 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Motril
- INE code 18140
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 59,862 people
- 39.8 sq mi municipality · 1,503 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 125 ft (38 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 125 ft.
Population
Motril had 59,862 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 1.5% fewer than in 2015, when it had 60,777. The municipality covers 39.8 sq mi, a density of 1,503 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 174 municipalities in Granada province, after Granada (233,975), home to 6.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Motril sits 125 ft (38 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 Motril is 794 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Granada, is 30 mi away in a straight line and 2,113 ft higher than Motril.
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Granada province is Mulhacén, at 11,414 ft (3,479 m). It lies 24 mi away in a straight line, 11,289 ft above Motril.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Motril.
What is the elevation of Motril, Spain?
Motril sits at 125 feet (38 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 Motril?
Latitude 36.74535 and longitude -3.52046 in decimal degrees (36° 44′ 43″ N · 3° 31′ 14″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 453,538 E and 4,066,750 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Motril rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 54th 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, Motril or Granada?
Granada. Motril sits at 125 ft and Granada at 2,238 ft: a difference of 2,113 ft, 30 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