Elevation of Algete, Spain
707m
above sea level · 2,320 ft
Algete is a city of 21,144 people in the Community of Madrid, the 35th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 16th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.60° N · 3.50° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 35′ 46″ N · 3° 29′ 52″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 457,877 E · 4,494,058 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Algete
- INE code 28009
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 21,144 people
- 37.9 km² municipality · 558 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 706.4 m (2,318 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 707 m.
Population
Algete had 21,144 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.9% more than in 2015, when it had 20,148. The municipality covers 37.9 km², a density of 558 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 35th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Algete sits 707 m (2,320 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Algete is 494 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 26 km away in a straight line and 62 m lower than Algete.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is San Sebastián de los Reyes, 12 km away in a straight line and 30 m lower.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Algete is the 9th 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 48 km away in a straight line, 1,721 m above Algete.
- 16 Algete 707 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Algete.
What is the elevation of Algete, Spain?
Algete sits at 707 meters (2,320 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 Algete?
Latitude 40.59625 and longitude -3.49784 in decimal degrees (40° 35′ 46″ N · 3° 29′ 52″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 457,877 E and 4,494,058 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Algete rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 16th highest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Algete or Madrid?
Algete. Algete sits at 707 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 62 m, 26 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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