Elevation of Telde, Spain
381ft
above sea level · 116 m
Telde is a city of 104,168 people in Las Palmas province, Canary Islands, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 75th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 28.00° N · 15.41° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 28° 0′ 12″ N · 15° 24′ 53″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 459,227 E · 3,097,628 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- Telde
- INE code 35026
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 104,168 people
- 38.7 sq mi municipality · 2,689 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 382 ft (116.4 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 381 ft.
Population
Telde had 104,168 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.0% more than in 2015, when it had 102,078. The municipality covers 38.7 sq mi, a density of 2,689 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 34 municipalities in Las Palmas province, after Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (381,868), home to 8.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Telde sits 381 ft (116 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 Telde is 538 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, is 8.5 mi away in a straight line and 364 ft lower than Telde.
Of the 5 cities in Las Palmas province with an elevation page, Telde is the 3rd highest. The others are San Bartolomé de Tirajana (2,910 ft), Santa Lucía de Tirajana (2,267 ft), Las Palmas de Gran Canaria (16 ft), and Arrecife (10 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Las Palmas province is Morro de La Agujerada, at 6,430 ft (1,960 m). It lies 10.0 mi away in a straight line, 6,050 ft above Telde.
- 75 Telde 381 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Telde.
What is the elevation of Telde, Spain?
Telde sits at 381 feet (116 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 Telde?
Latitude 28.00322 and longitude -15.41470 in decimal degrees (28° 0′ 12″ N · 15° 24′ 53″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 459,227 E and 3,097,628 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does Telde rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 75th highest 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, Telde or Las Palmas de Gran Canaria?
Telde. Telde sits at 381 ft and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria at 16 ft: a difference of 364 ft, 8.5 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