Elevation of Boadilla del Monte, Spain
683m
above sea level · 2,241 ft
Boadilla del Monte is a city of 66,349 people in the Community of Madrid, the 19th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 20th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.41° N · 3.88° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 24′ 28″ N · 3° 52′ 45″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 425,402 E · 4,473,394 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Boadilla del Monte
- INE code 28022
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 66,349 people
- 47.2 km² municipality · 1,406 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 682.9 m (2,240 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 683 m.
Population
Boadilla del Monte had 66,349 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 36% more than in 2015, when it had 48,775. The municipality covers 47.2 km², a density of 1,406 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 19th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Boadilla del Monte sits 683 m (2,241 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 Boadilla del Monte is 403 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 16 km away in a straight line and 38 m lower than Boadilla del Monte.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Boadilla del Monte 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 50 km away in a straight line, 1,745 m above Boadilla del Monte.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Boadilla del Monte.
What is the elevation of Boadilla del Monte, Spain?
Boadilla del Monte sits at 683 meters (2,241 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 Boadilla del Monte?
Latitude 40.40782 and longitude -3.87917 in decimal degrees (40° 24′ 28″ N · 3° 52′ 45″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 425,402 E and 4,473,394 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Boadilla del Monte rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 20th 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, Boadilla del Monte or Madrid?
Boadilla del Monte. Boadilla del Monte sits at 683 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 38 m, 16 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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