Elevation of Nerja, Spain
24m
above sea level · 79 ft
Nerja is a city of 22,132 people in Málaga province, Andalusia, the 16th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 78th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.75° N · 3.88° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 44′ 44″ N · 3° 52′ 36″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 421,727 E · 4,066,995 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Nerja
- INE code 29075
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 22,132 people
- 85.1 km² municipality · 260 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 23.6 m (77 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 24 m.
Population
Nerja had 22,132 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 4.5% more than in 2015, when it had 21,185. The municipality covers 85.1 km², a density of 260 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 16th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Málaga province, after Málaga (599,063), home to 1.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Nerja sits 24 m (79 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Nerja is 189 m below it.
The provincial capital, Málaga, is 48 km away in a straight line and 18 m lower than Nerja. Madrid is 409 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vélez-Málaga, 21 km away in a straight line and 21 m higher.
Of the 17 cities in Málaga province with an elevation page, Nerja is the 6th lowest. The highest is Ronda (727 m) and the lowest, Rincón de la Victoria (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Málaga province is Tejeda, at 2,069 m (6,788 ft). It lies 23 km away in a straight line, 2,045 m above Nerja.
- 202 Nerja 24 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Nerja.
What is the elevation of Nerja, Spain?
Nerja sits at 24 meters (79 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 Nerja?
Latitude 36.74546 and longitude -3.87678 in decimal degrees (36° 44′ 44″ N · 3° 52′ 36″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 421,727 E and 4,066,995 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Nerja rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 78th lowest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Nerja or Málaga?
Nerja. Nerja sits at 24 m and Málaga at 6 m: a difference of 18 m, 48 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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