Elevation of Edinburg
94ft
above sea level · 29 m
Edinburg is a city in Texas with 110,700 people, the 41st most populous in the state. Of the 249 US cities with 100,000 to 250,000 people, it’s the 71st lowest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 26.30° N · 98.16° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 26° 18′ 6″ N · 98° 9′ 48″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 14R · 583,517 E · 2,909,370 N
- Zone 14 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Central Time
- UTC−6 · UTC−5 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 110,700 people
- 47.2 sq mi of land · 2,346 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from February 2023: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
Edinburg had 110,700 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 10% more than in April 2020, when it had 100,314. Its 47.2 sq mi of land work out to 2,346 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.
It’s the 41st most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 0.3% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within Hidalgo County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 1.3 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with US cities of 100,000 to 250,000
Edinburg sits at 94 ft (29 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: Edinburg is 768 ft below it.
The state capital, Austin, is 275 mi away in a straight line and 393 ft higher than Edinburg.
The nearest city with more than 250,000 people is Corpus Christi, 114 mi away in a straight line and 87 ft lower.
Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, Edinburg is the 9th lowest: the highest is El Paso (3,713 ft) and the lowest is Corpus Christi (7 ft).
The highest point in Texas is Guadalupe Peak, at 8,749 ft according to the USGS: 8,655 ft above Edinburg, 559 mi away in a straight line.
- 179 Edinburg 94 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Edinburg.
What is the elevation of Edinburg?
Edinburg is 94 feet (29 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 Edinburg?
Latitude 26.30174 and longitude -98.16334, in decimal degrees (26° 18′ 6″ N · 98° 9′ 48″ W). In UTM, zone 14: 583,517 E and 2,909,370 N, on NAD83.
How does Edinburg rank among the highest US cities of its size?
It’s the 71st 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 Edinburg in?
Hidalgo County, Texas.
Which is higher, Edinburg or Austin?
Austin. Edinburg sits at 94 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 393 ft, 275 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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