Elevation of Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain
688m
above sea level · 2,257 ft
Paracuellos de Jarama is a city of 27,650 people in the Community of Madrid, the 30th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 22nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.51° N · 3.53° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 30′ 18″ N · 3° 31′ 55″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 454,937 E · 4,483,960 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Paracuellos de Jarama
- INE code 28104
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,650 people
- 43.9 km² municipality · 630 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 688 m (2,257 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 688 m.
Population
Paracuellos de Jarama had 27,650 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 24% more than in 2015, when it had 22,293. The municipality covers 43.9 km², a density of 630 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 30th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Paracuellos de Jarama sits 688 m (2,257 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 Paracuellos de Jarama is 475 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 17 km away in a straight line and 43 m lower than Paracuellos de Jarama.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrejón de Ardoz, 6.7 km away in a straight line and 102 m lower.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Paracuellos de Jarama is the 11th 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 52 km away in a straight line, 1,740 m above Paracuellos de Jarama.
- 22 Paracuellos de Jarama 688 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Paracuellos de Jarama.
What is the elevation of Paracuellos de Jarama, Spain?
Paracuellos de Jarama 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 Paracuellos de Jarama?
Latitude 40.50513 and longitude -3.53186 in decimal degrees (40° 30′ 18″ N · 3° 31′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 454,937 E and 4,483,960 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Paracuellos de Jarama rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 22nd 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, Paracuellos de Jarama or Madrid?
Paracuellos de Jarama. Paracuellos de Jarama sits at 688 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 43 m, 17 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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