Elevation of San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain
16m
above sea level · 52 ft
San Pedro del Pinatar is a city of 29,674 people in the Region of Murcia, the 13th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 61st lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.84° N · 0.79° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 50′ 10″ N · 0° 47′ 31″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 694,312 E · 4,189,935 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Pedro del Pinatar
- INE code 30036
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 29,674 people
- 22.4 km² municipality · 1,327 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 16 m (52 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 16 m.
Population
San Pedro del Pinatar had 29,674 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 22% more than in 2015, when it had 24,339. The municipality covers 22.4 km², a density of 1,327 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 13th most populous of the 45 municipalities in the Region of Murcia, after Murcia (479,405), home to 1.9% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
San Pedro del Pinatar sits 16 m (52 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 Pedro del Pinatar is 197 m below it.
The regional capital, Murcia, is 34 km away in a straight line and 26 m higher than San Pedro del Pinatar. Madrid is 381 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Torrevieja (Alicante), 18 km away in a straight line and 8 m lower.
Of the 20 cities in the Region of Murcia with an elevation page, San Pedro del Pinatar is the 4th 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 132 km away in a straight line, 1,998 m above San Pedro del Pinatar.
- 219 San Pedro del Pinatar 16 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Pedro del Pinatar.
What is the elevation of San Pedro del Pinatar, Spain?
San Pedro del Pinatar sits at 16 meters (52 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 Pedro del Pinatar?
Latitude 37.83616 and longitude -0.79186 in decimal degrees (37° 50′ 10″ N · 0° 47′ 31″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 694,312 E and 4,189,935 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Pedro del Pinatar rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 61st 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 Pedro del Pinatar or Murcia?
Murcia. San Pedro del Pinatar sits at 16 m and Murcia at 42 m: a difference of 26 m, 34 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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