Elevation of Alcalá de Henares, Spain
1,923ft
above sea level · 586 m
Alcalá de Henares is a city of 203,208 people in the Community of Madrid, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 38th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.48° N · 3.36° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 28′ 54″ N · 3° 21′ 54″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 469,075 E · 4,481,298 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alcalá de Henares
- INE code 28005
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 203,208 people
- 33.9 sq mi municipality · 6,000 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 1,923 ft (586.1 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 1,923 ft.
Population
Alcalá de Henares had 203,208 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.2% more than in 2015, when it had 198,750. The municipality covers 33.9 sq mi, a density of 6,000 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 2.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Alcalá de Henares sits 1,923 ft (586 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 Alcalá de Henares is 1,004 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 18 mi away in a straight line and 194 ft higher than Alcalá de Henares.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Alcalá de Henares is the 3rd lowest. The highest is Collado Villalba (3,005 ft) and the lowest, Aranjuez (1,627 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 7,966 ft (2,428 m). It lies 40 mi away in a straight line, 6,043 ft above Alcalá de Henares.
- 38 Alcalá de Henares 1,923 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alcalá de Henares.
What is the elevation of Alcalá de Henares, Spain?
Alcalá de Henares sits at 1,923 feet (586 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 Alcalá de Henares?
Latitude 40.48179 and longitude -3.36487 in decimal degrees (40° 28′ 54″ N · 3° 21′ 54″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 469,075 E and 4,481,298 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alcalá de Henares rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 38th 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, Alcalá de Henares or Madrid?
Madrid. Alcalá de Henares sits at 1,923 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 194 ft, 18 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