Elevation of Granadilla de Abona, Spain
2,103ft
above sea level · 641 m
Granadilla de Abona is a city of 58,752 people in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, Canary Islands, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 30th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 28.12° N · 16.58° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 28° 7′ 22″ N · 16° 34′ 36″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 28R · 345,149 E · 3,111,796 N
- Zone 28 · REGCAN95, the official datum in the Canary Islands
- Municipality
- Granadilla de Abona
- INE code 38017
- Time zone
- Canary Islands time
- UTC+0 · UTC+1 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 58,752 people
- 62.7 sq mi municipality · 936 people/sq mi
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 2,104 ft (641.4 m)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 2,103 ft.
Population
Granadilla de Abona had 58,752 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 31% more than in 2015, when it had 44,846. The municipality covers 62.7 sq mi, a density of 936 people/sq mi, against a Spanish average of 251 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 54 municipalities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province, after Santa Cruz de Tenerife (211,957), home to 5.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Granadilla de Abona sits 2,103 ft (641 m) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 3,691 ft, and the lowest is Melilla, at 7 ft. The average is 919 ft, so Granadilla de Abona is 1,184 ft above it.
The provincial capital, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, is 31 mi away in a straight line and 1,969 ft lower than Granadilla de Abona.
Of the 5 cities in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province with an elevation page, Granadilla de Abona is the highest. The others are Arona (2,064 ft), San Cristóbal de La Laguna (1,798 ft), Adeje (974 ft), and Santa Cruz de Tenerife (135 ft).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Santa Cruz de Tenerife province is Mount Teide, at 12,188 ft (3,715 m). It lies 11 mi away in a straight line, 10,085 ft above Granadilla de Abona.
- 30 Granadilla de Abona 2,103 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Granadilla de Abona.
What is the elevation of Granadilla de Abona, Spain?
Granadilla de Abona sits at 2,103 feet (641 meters) 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 Granadilla de Abona?
Latitude 28.12267 and longitude -16.57661 in decimal degrees (28° 7′ 22″ N · 16° 34′ 36″ W). In UTM, zone 28: 345,149 E and 3,111,796 N, in the REGCAN95 datum.
How does Granadilla de Abona rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 30th highest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (3,691 ft) and the lowest, Melilla (7 ft).
Which is higher, Granadilla de Abona or Santa Cruz de Tenerife?
Granadilla de Abona. Granadilla de Abona sits at 2,103 ft and Santa Cruz de Tenerife at 135 ft: a difference of 1,969 ft, 31 mi 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).
Reviewed October 31, 2026 · Methodology and sources · Spotted a mistake? Let us know