Elevation of O Porriño, Spain
32m
above sea level · 105 ft
O Porriño is a city of 20,965 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 91st lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.16° N · 8.62° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 9′ 42″ N · 8° 37′ 15″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 531,327 E · 4,667,809 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- O Porriño
- INE code 36039
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,965 people
- 61.2 km² municipality · 343 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 31.4 m (103 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 32 m.
Population
O Porriño had 20,965 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 11% more than in 2015, when it had 18,898. The municipality covers 61.2 km², a density of 343 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, after Vigo (294,489), home to 2.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
O Porriño sits 32 m (105 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 O Porriño is 181 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 30 km away in a straight line and 15 m lower than O Porriño. Madrid is 455 km away.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Vigo, 12 km away in a straight line and 28 m higher.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, O Porriño is the 5th highest. The highest is Lalín (534 m) and the lowest, Redondela (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Pontevedra province is O Faro, at 1,180 m (3,871 ft). It lies 78 km away in a straight line, 1,148 m above O Porriño.
- 188 O Porriño 32 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of O Porriño.
What is the elevation of O Porriño, Spain?
O Porriño sits at 32 meters (105 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 O Porriño?
Latitude 42.16178 and longitude -8.62078 in decimal degrees (42° 9′ 42″ N · 8° 37′ 15″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 531,327 E and 4,667,809 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does O Porriño rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 91st 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, O Porriño or Pontevedra?
O Porriño. O Porriño sits at 32 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 15 m, 30 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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