Elevation of Miami
6ft
above sea level · 2 m
Miami is a city in Florida with 489,812 people, the 2nd most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 2nd lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 25.77° N · 80.19° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 25° 46′ 27″ N · 80° 11′ 37″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17R · 580,852 E · 2,850,933 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 489,812 people
- 36.0 sq mi of land · 13,606 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from April 2024: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Miami had 489,812 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 11% more than in April 2020, when it had 442,236. Its 36.0 sq mi of land work out to 13,606 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 2.1% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Miami-Dade County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 0.9 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
Miami sits at 6 ft (2 m) above sea level. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, the highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft). The average is 858 ft: Miami is 852 ft below it.
The state capital, Tallahassee, is 407 mi away in a straight line and 198 ft higher than Miami.
Of the 7 cities in Florida with a page, Miami is the lowest: the highest is Tallahassee (204 ft) and the lowest is Miami (6 ft).
The highest point in Florida is Britton Hill, at 345 ft according to the USGS: 339 ft above Miami, 516 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Miami.
What is the elevation of Miami?
Miami is 6 feet (2 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 Miami?
Latitude 25.77427 and longitude -80.19366, in decimal degrees (25° 46′ 27″ N · 80° 11′ 37″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 580,852 E and 2,850,933 N, on NAD83.
How does Miami rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 2nd lowest of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people. The highest is Colorado Springs (6,009 ft) and the lowest is New Orleans (0 ft).
What county is Miami in?
Miami-Dade County, Florida.
Which is higher, Miami or Tallahassee?
Tallahassee. Miami sits at 6 ft and Tallahassee at 204 ft: a difference of 198 ft, 407 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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