Elevation of Valdemoro, Spain
603m
above sea level · 1,978 ft
Valdemoro is a city of 85,972 people in the Community of Madrid, the 15th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 37th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.19° N · 3.68° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 11′ 27″ N · 3° 40′ 37″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 442,372 E · 4,449,150 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Valdemoro
- INE code 28161
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 85,972 people
- 64.2 km² municipality · 1,340 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 602.8 m (1,978 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 603 m.
Population
Valdemoro had 85,972 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 18% more than in 2015, when it had 72,854. The municipality covers 64.2 km², a density of 1,340 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 15th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Valdemoro sits 603 m (1,978 ft) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 1,125 m, and the lowest is Melilla, at 2 m. The average is 280 m, so Valdemoro is 323 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 25 km away in a straight line and 42 m higher than Valdemoro.
Of the 24 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Valdemoro is the 5th lowest. 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 77 km away in a straight line, 1,825 m above Valdemoro.
- 37 Valdemoro 603 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Valdemoro.
What is the elevation of Valdemoro, Spain?
Valdemoro sits at 603 meters (1,978 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 Valdemoro?
Latitude 40.19077 and longitude -3.67700 in decimal degrees (40° 11′ 27″ N · 3° 40′ 37″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 442,372 E and 4,449,150 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Valdemoro rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 37th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (1,125 m) and the lowest, Melilla (2 m).
Which is higher, Valdemoro or Madrid?
Madrid. Valdemoro sits at 603 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 42 m, 25 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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