Elevation of Orlando
103ft
above sea level · 31 m
Orlando is a city in Florida with 333,888 people, the 4th most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 28th lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 28.54° N · 81.38° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 28° 32′ 18″ N · 81° 22′ 45″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 17R · 462,899 E · 3,156,898 N
- Zone 17 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Eastern Time
- UTC−5 · UTC−4 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 333,888 people
- 130 sq mi of land · 2,576 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from December 2019: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Orlando had 333,888 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 8.4% more than in April 2020, when it had 308,101. Its 130 sq mi of land work out to 2,576 people/sq mi; the state average is 437 people/sq mi.
It’s the 4th most populous of the 956 places the Census counts in Florida (cities, towns and CDPs), after Jacksonville (1,017,689), and holds 1.4% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Orange County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 5.8 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
Orlando sits at 103 ft (31 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: Orlando is 755 ft below it.
The state capital, Tallahassee, is 218 mi away in a straight line and 101 ft higher than Orlando.
Of the 7 cities in Florida with a page, Orlando is the 2nd highest: 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: 242 ft above Orlando, 339 mi away in a straight line.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Orlando.
What is the elevation of Orlando?
Orlando is 103 feet (31 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 Orlando?
Latitude 28.53834 and longitude -81.37924, in decimal degrees (28° 32′ 18″ N · 81° 22′ 45″ W). In UTM, zone 17: 462,899 E and 3,156,898 N, on NAD83.
How does Orlando rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 28th 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 Orlando in?
Orange County, Florida.
Which is higher, Orlando or Tallahassee?
Tallahassee. Orlando sits at 103 ft and Tallahassee at 204 ft: a difference of 101 ft, 218 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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