Elevation of Mazarrón, Spain
58m
above sea level · 190 ft
Mazarrón is a city of 35,449 people in the Region of Murcia, the 11th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 122nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.60° N · 1.32° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 35′ 50″ N · 1° 18′ 59″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 648,617 E · 4,162,475 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Mazarrón
- INE code 30026
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 35,449 people
- 318 km² municipality · 111 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 57.5 m (189 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 58 m.
Population
Mazarrón had 35,449 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 32,150. The municipality covers 318 km², a density of 111 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 11th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Mazarrón sits 58 m (190 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 Mazarrón is 155 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 46 km away in a straight line and 16 m lower than Mazarrón. Madrid is 375 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Cartagena, 29 km away in a straight line and 53 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, Mazarrón is the 8th lowest. 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 98 km away in a straight line, 1,956 m above Mazarrón.
- 158 Mazarrón 58 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mazarrón.
What is the elevation of Mazarrón, Spain?
Mazarrón sits at 58 meters (190 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 Mazarrón?
Latitude 37.59736 and longitude -1.31649 in decimal degrees (37° 35′ 50″ N · 1° 18′ 59″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 648,617 E and 4,162,475 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Mazarrón rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 122nd 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, Mazarrón or Murcia?
Mazarrón. Mazarrón sits at 58 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 16 m, 46 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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