Elevation of Arrecife, Spain
3m
above sea level · 10 ft
Arrecife is a city of 70,811 people in Las Palmas province, Canary Islands, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 2nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 28.96° N · 13.55° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 28° 57′ 34″ N · 13° 32′ 48″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 641,618 E · 3,204,360 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- Arrecife
- INE code 35004
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 70,811 people
- 24.3 km² municipality · 2,916 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2.9 m (10 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3 m.
Population
Arrecife had 70,811 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 24% more than in 2015, when it had 56,940. The municipality covers 24.3 km², a density of 2,916 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 34 municipalities in Las Palmas province, after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (381,868), home to 6.1% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Arrecife sits 3 m (10 ft) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 1,125 m, and the lowest is Melilla, at 2 m. The average is 280 m, so Arrecife is 277 m below it.
The provincial capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is 206 km away in a straight line and 2 m higher than Arrecife.
Of the 5 cities in Las Palmas province with an elevation page, Arrecife is the lowest. The others are San Bartolomé de Tirajana (887 m), Santa Lucía de Tirajana (691 m), Telde (116 m), and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (5 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Las Palmas province is Morro de La Agujerada, at 1,960 m (6,430 ft). It lies 227 km away in a straight line, 1,957 m above Arrecife.
- 151 Arrecife 3 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Arrecife.
What is the elevation of Arrecife, Spain?
Arrecife sits at 3 meters (10 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 Arrecife?
Latitude 28.95943 and longitude -13.54666 in decimal degrees (28° 57′ 34″ N · 13° 32′ 48″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 641,618 E and 3,204,360 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does Arrecife rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 2nd lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (1,125 m) and the lowest, Melilla (2 m).
Which is higher, Arrecife or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. Arrecife sits at 3 m and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 5 m: a difference of 2 m, 206 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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