Elevation of Leganés, Spain
2,129ft
above sea level · 649 m
Leganés is a city of 195,734 people in the Community of Madrid, the 4th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 27th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.33° N · 3.76° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 19′ 37″ N · 3° 45′ 30″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 435,575 E · 4,464,334 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Leganés
- INE code 28074
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 195,734 people
- 16.6 sq mi municipality · 11,765 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,129 ft (649 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,129 ft.
Population
Leganés had 195,734 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.7% more than in 2015, when it had 186,907. The municipality covers 16.6 sq mi, a density of 11,765 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 2.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Leganés sits 2,129 ft (649 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 Leganés is 1,211 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 7.3 mi away in a straight line and 13 ft lower than Leganés.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Leganés is the 12th 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 38 mi away in a straight line, 5,837 ft above Leganés.
- 27 Leganés 2,129 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Leganés.
What is the elevation of Leganés, Spain?
Leganés sits at 2,129 feet (649 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 Leganés?
Latitude 40.32705 and longitude -3.75838 in decimal degrees (40° 19′ 37″ N · 3° 45′ 30″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 435,575 E and 4,464,334 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Leganés rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 27th 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, Leganés or Madrid?
Leganés. Leganés sits at 2,129 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 13 ft, 7.3 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