Elevation of Mobile
9ft
above sea level · 3 m
Mobile is a city in Alabama with 200,824 people, the 2nd most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 10th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 30.69° N · 88.04° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 30° 41′ 40″ N · 88° 2′ 35″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 16R · 400,105 E · 3,396,194 N
- Zone 16 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 200,824 people
- 151 sq mi of land · 1,331 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from April 2023: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Mobile had 200,824 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 2.9% fewer than in April 2020, when it had 206,900. Its 151 sq mi of land work out to 1,331 people/sq mi; the state average is 103 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 593 places the Census counts in Alabama (cities, towns and CDPs), after Huntsville (233,627), and holds 3.9% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Mobile County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 4.3 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Mobile sits at 9 ft (3 m) above sea level. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, the highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft). The average is 862 ft: Mobile is 853 ft below it.
The state capital, Montgomery, is 155 mi away in a straight line and 229 ft higher than Mobile.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is New Orleans (Louisiana), 132 mi away in a straight line and 9 ft lower.
Of the 5 cities in Alabama with a page, Mobile is the lowest. The others are Huntsville (639 ft), Birmingham (609 ft), Montgomery (238 ft), and Tuscaloosa (225 ft).
The highest point in Alabama is Cheaha Mountain, at 2,407 ft according to the USGS: 2,398 ft above Mobile, 233 mi away in a straight line.
- 238 Mobile 9 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Mobile.
What is the elevation of Mobile?
Mobile is 9 feet (3 m) above sea level. That’s the ground height from the USGS 3DEP elevation model at the city’s reference point in the official gazetteer (GNIS). The city doesn’t have a single elevation: it rises and falls from one neighborhood to another.
What are the coordinates of Mobile?
Latitude 30.69436 and longitude -88.04305, in decimal degrees (30° 41′ 40″ N · 88° 2′ 35″ W). In UTM, zone 16: 400,105 E and 3,396,194 N, on NAD83.
How does Mobile rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 10th lowest of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people. The highest is Lakewood (5,520 ft) and the lowest is Fort Lauderdale (3 ft).
What county is Mobile in?
Mobile County, Alabama.
Which is higher, Mobile or Montgomery?
Montgomery. Mobile sits at 9 ft and Montgomery at 238 ft: a difference of 229 ft, 155 mi apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height above mean sea level. In the US the official reference is the NAVD88 vertical datum. Summits are surveyed on the ground, with leveling and precise GPS. The USGS 3DEP is an elevation model of the whole country, largely from 1-meter lidar: it gives the ground height at every point. That’s why it can differ by a few feet from the official figure of a sharp summit.
Sources
- USGS 3DEP (EPQS service) The elevation: the ground height at the reference point. Public domain.
- USGS GNIS (official gazetteer) The city’s reference point (“Populated Place”). Public domain.
- U.S. Census Bureau, Vintage 2025 estimates Population, land area (2025 Gazetteer) and counties. Public domain.
- TIGERweb (U.S. Census Bureau) Which county and city the point falls in. Public domain.
- timezone-boundary-builder The point’s time zone (ODbL, © OpenStreetMap contributors).
- Terrain Tiles, OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The relief shading and the base map (ODbL).
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