Elevation of San Javier, Spain
27m
above sea level · 89 ft
San Javier is a city of 36,524 people in the Region of Murcia, the 8th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 83rd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.81° N · 0.83° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 48′ 20″ N · 0° 50′ 5″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 690,616 E · 4,186,444 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Javier
- INE code 30035
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 36,524 people
- 75.4 km² municipality · 485 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 27 m (89 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 27 m.
Population
San Javier had 36,524 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 14% more than in 2015, when it had 31,915. The municipality covers 75.4 km², a density of 485 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 2.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
San Javier sits 27 m (89 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 San Javier is 186 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 33 km away in a straight line and 15 m higher than San Javier. Madrid is 381 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrevieja (Alicante), 23 km away in a straight line and 19 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, San Javier is the 5th 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 129 km away in a straight line, 1,987 m above San Javier.
- 197 San Javier 27 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Javier.
What is the elevation of San Javier, Spain?
San Javier sits at 27 meters (89 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 San Javier?
Latitude 37.80550 and longitude -0.83475 in decimal degrees (37° 48′ 20″ N · 0° 50′ 5″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 690,616 E and 4,186,444 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Javier rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 83rd 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, San Javier or Murcia?
Murcia. San Javier sits at 27 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 15 m, 33 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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