Elevation of Collado Villalba, Spain
3,005ft
above sea level · 916 m
Collado Villalba is a city of 67,274 people in the Community of Madrid, the 18th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 4th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.65° N · 3.99° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 38′ 45″ N · 3° 59′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 416,160 E · 4,499,911 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Collado Villalba
- INE code 28047
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 67,274 people
- 10.2 sq mi municipality · 6,570 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 3,005 ft (916 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 3,005 ft.
Population
Collado Villalba had 67,274 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.4% more than in 2015, when it had 62,056. The municipality covers 10.2 sq mi, a density of 6,570 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 18th 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
Collado Villalba sits 3,005 ft (916 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 Collado Villalba is 2,087 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 22 mi away in a straight line and 889 ft lower than Collado Villalba.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Collado Villalba is the highest. 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 14 mi away in a straight line, 4,961 ft above Collado Villalba.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Collado Villalba.
What is the elevation of Collado Villalba, Spain?
Collado Villalba sits at 3,005 feet (916 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 Collado Villalba?
Latitude 40.64580 and longitude -3.99159 in decimal degrees (40° 38′ 45″ N · 3° 59′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 416,160 E and 4,499,911 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Collado Villalba rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 4th 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, Collado Villalba or Madrid?
Collado Villalba. Collado Villalba sits at 3,005 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 889 ft, 22 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