Elevation of Tres Cantos, Spain
2,418ft
above sea level · 737 m
Tres Cantos is a city of 54,592 people in the Community of Madrid, the 24th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 11th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.60° N · 3.71° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 35′ 57″ N · 3° 42′ 44″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 439,741 E · 4,494,495 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Tres Cantos
- INE code 28903
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 54,592 people
- 14.6 sq mi municipality · 3,728 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,418 ft (737 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,418 ft.
Population
Tres Cantos had 54,592 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 26% more than in 2015, when it had 43,309. The municipality covers 14.6 sq mi, a density of 3,728 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 24th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Tres Cantos sits 2,418 ft (737 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 Tres Cantos is 1,499 ft above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 12 mi away in a straight line and 302 ft lower than Tres Cantos.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Tres Cantos is the 4th 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 22 mi away in a straight line, 5,548 ft above Tres Cantos.
- 12 Tres Cantos 2,418 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Tres Cantos.
What is the elevation of Tres Cantos, Spain?
Tres Cantos sits at 2,418 feet (737 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 Tres Cantos?
Latitude 40.59907 and longitude -3.71221 in decimal degrees (40° 35′ 57″ N · 3° 42′ 44″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 439,741 E and 4,494,495 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Tres Cantos rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 11th 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, Tres Cantos or Madrid?
Tres Cantos. Tres Cantos sits at 2,418 ft and Madrid at 2,116 ft: a difference of 302 ft, 12 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