Elevation of Jumilla, Spain
503m
above sea level · 1,650 ft
Jumilla is a city of 27,574 people in the Region of Murcia, the 14th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 52nd highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.47° N · 1.33° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 28′ 29″ N · 1° 19′ 45″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 645,755 E · 4,259,807 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Jumilla
- INE code 30022
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 27,574 people
- 970 km² municipality · 28 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 503.4 m (1,652 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 503 m.
Population
Jumilla had 27,574 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.2% more than in 2015, when it had 25,484. The municipality covers 970 km², a density of 28 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 14th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 1.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Jumilla sits 503 m (1,650 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 Jumilla is 290 m above it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 57 km away in a straight line and 461 m lower than Jumilla. Madrid is 296 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Elda (Alicante), 46 km away in a straight line and 110 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Jumilla is the 3rd highest. The highest is Caravaca de la Cruz (628 m) and the lowest, Águilas (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Region of Murcia is Obispo, at 2,014 m (6,608 ft). It lies 93 km away in a straight line, 1,511 m above Jumilla.
- 52 Jumilla 503 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Jumilla.
What is the elevation of Jumilla, Spain?
Jumilla sits at 503 meters (1,650 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 Jumilla?
Latitude 38.47468 and longitude -1.32910 in decimal degrees (38° 28′ 29″ N · 1° 19′ 45″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 645,755 E and 4,259,807 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Jumilla rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 52nd highest 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, Jumilla or Murcia?
Jumilla. Jumilla sits at 503 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 461 m, 57 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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