Elevation of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain
2,221ft
above sea level · 677 m
San Sebastián de los Reyes is a city of 96,992 people in the Community of Madrid, the 13th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 23rd highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.55° N · 3.63° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 32′ 51″ N · 3° 37′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 446,960 E · 4,488,723 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Sebastián de los Reyes
- INE code 28134
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 96,992 people
- 22.6 sq mi municipality · 4,282 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,219 ft (676.5 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,221 ft.
Population
San Sebastián de los Reyes had 96,992 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 14% more than in 2015, when it had 84,944. The municipality covers 22.6 sq mi, a density of 4,282 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 13th 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
San Sebastián de los Reyes sits 2,221 ft (677 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 San Sebastián de los Reyes is 1,302 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 9.5 mi away in a straight line and 105 ft lower than San Sebastián de los Reyes.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, San Sebastián de los Reyes is the 10th 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 27 mi away in a straight line, 5,745 ft above San Sebastián de los Reyes.
- 23 San Sebastián de los Reyes 2,221 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Sebastián de los Reyes.
What is the elevation of San Sebastián de los Reyes, Spain?
San Sebastián de los Reyes sits at 2,221 feet (677 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 San Sebastián de los Reyes?
Latitude 40.54756 and longitude -3.62640 in decimal degrees (40° 32′ 51″ N · 3° 37′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 446,960 E and 4,488,723 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Sebastián de los Reyes rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 23rd 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, San Sebastián de los Reyes or Madrid?
San Sebastián de los Reyes. San Sebastián de los Reyes sits at 2,221 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 105 ft, 9.5 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