Elevation of Fuengirola, Spain
20ft
above sea level · 6 m
Fuengirola is a city of 85,211 people in Málaga province, Andalusia, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 13th lowest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.54° N · 4.63° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 32′ 14″ N · 4° 37′ 37″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 354,364 E · 4,044,757 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Fuengirola
- INE code 29054
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 85,211 people
- 3.98 sq mi municipality · 21,406 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 22 ft (6.6 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 20 ft.
Population
Fuengirola had 85,211 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 9.9% more than in 2015, when it had 77,525. The municipality covers 3.98 sq mi, a density of 21,406 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 5th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Málaga province, after Málaga (599,063), home to 4.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Fuengirola sits 20 ft (6 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 Fuengirola is 899 ft below it.
The provincial capital, Málaga, is 17 mi away in a straight line and at the same elevation than Fuengirola.
Of the 9 cities in Málaga province with an elevation page, Fuengirola is the 3rd lowest. The highest is Mijas (1,362 ft) and the lowest, Rincón de la Victoria (13 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Málaga province is Tejeda, at 6,788 ft (2,069 m). It lies 41 mi away in a straight line, 6,768 ft above Fuengirola.
- 139 Fuengirola 20 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Fuengirola.
What is the elevation of Fuengirola, Spain?
Fuengirola sits at 20 feet (6 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 Fuengirola?
Latitude 36.53712 and longitude -4.62692 in decimal degrees (36° 32′ 14″ N · 4° 37′ 37″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 354,364 E and 4,044,757 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Fuengirola rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 13th lowest 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, Fuengirola or Málaga?
They’re at the same elevation: 20 ft.
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