Elevation of Alcobendas, Spain
688m
above sea level · 2,257 ft
Alcobendas is a city of 123,342 people in the Community of Madrid, the 10th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 19th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.55° N · 3.64° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 32′ 51″ N · 3° 38′ 31″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 445,650 E · 4,488,721 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Alcobendas
- INE code 28006
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 123,342 people
- 45.0 km² municipality · 2,742 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 687.7 m (2,256 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 688 m.
Population
Alcobendas had 123,342 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.1% more than in 2015, when it had 113,055. The municipality covers 45.0 km², a density of 2,742 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 10th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 1.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Alcobendas sits 688 m (2,257 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 Alcobendas is 408 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 15 km away in a straight line and 43 m lower than Alcobendas.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Alcobendas is the 8th highest. The highest is Collado Villalba (916 m) and the lowest, Aranjuez (496 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 2,428 m (7,966 ft). It lies 43 km away in a straight line, 1,740 m above Alcobendas.
- 19 Alcobendas 688 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Alcobendas.
What is the elevation of Alcobendas, Spain?
Alcobendas sits at 688 meters (2,257 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 Alcobendas?
Latitude 40.54746 and longitude -3.64187 in decimal degrees (40° 32′ 51″ N · 3° 38′ 31″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 445,650 E and 4,488,721 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Alcobendas rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 19th highest 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, Alcobendas or Madrid?
Alcobendas. Alcobendas sits at 688 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 43 m, 15 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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