Elevation of Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain
1,847ft
above sea level · 563 m
Rivas-Vaciamadrid is a city of 103,148 people in the Community of Madrid, the 11th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 42nd highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.33° N · 3.52° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 19′ 41″ N · 3° 30′ 58″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 456,157 E · 4,464,292 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Rivas-Vaciamadrid
- INE code 28123
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 103,148 people
- 26.0 sq mi municipality · 3,965 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 1,848 ft (563.3 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 1,847 ft.
Population
Rivas-Vaciamadrid had 103,148 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 27% more than in 2015, when it had 81,473. The municipality covers 26.0 sq mi, a density of 3,965 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 11th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 1.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Rivas-Vaciamadrid sits 1,847 ft (563 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 Rivas-Vaciamadrid is 928 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 11 mi away in a straight line and 269 ft higher than Rivas-Vaciamadrid.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Rivas-Vaciamadrid is the 2nd 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 43 mi away in a straight line, 6,119 ft above Rivas-Vaciamadrid.
- 42 Rivas-Vaciamadrid 1,847 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Rivas-Vaciamadrid.
What is the elevation of Rivas-Vaciamadrid, Spain?
Rivas-Vaciamadrid sits at 1,847 feet (563 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 Rivas-Vaciamadrid?
Latitude 40.32801 and longitude -3.51610 in decimal degrees (40° 19′ 41″ N · 3° 30′ 58″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 456,157 E and 4,464,292 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Rivas-Vaciamadrid rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 42nd 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, Rivas-Vaciamadrid or Madrid?
Madrid. Rivas-Vaciamadrid sits at 1,847 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 269 ft, 11 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