Elevation of El Paso
3,713ft
above sea level · 1,132 m
El Paso is a city in Texas with 683,012 people, the 6th most populous in the state. Of the 91 US cities with more than 250,000 people, it’s the 6th highest.
By the Mapsfera Team
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Place facts
- Coordinates
- 31.76° N · 106.49° W
- In degrees, minutes and seconds: 31° 45′ 31″ N · 106° 29′ 13″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 13R · 359,178 E · 3,514,654 N
- Zone 13 · NAD83, the official US datum
- Time zone
- Mountain Time
- UTC−7 · UTC−6 in summer (daylight saving time)
- Population (2025)
- 683,012 people
- 259 sq mi of land · 2,639 people/sq mi
- Elevation model
- USGS 3DEP, 1 m grid
- Lidar from October 2014: the ground height at the city’s reference point.
Population
El Paso had 683,012 residents on July 1, 2025, according to Census Bureau estimates, 0.6% more than in April 2020, when it had 678,932. Its 259 sq mi of land work out to 2,639 people/sq mi; the state average is 121 people/sq mi.
It’s the 6th most populous of the 1,862 places the Census counts in Texas (cities, towns and CDPs), after Houston (2,397,315), and holds 2.2% of the state’s population.
It lies entirely within El Paso County. Its reference point in the USGS gazetteer is 7.0 mi from the geographic center the Census gives for the city.
Compared with other big cities
El Paso sits at 3,713 ft (1,132 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: El Paso is 2,855 ft above it.
The state capital, Austin, is 528 mi away in a straight line and 3,226 ft lower than El Paso.
Of the 44 cities in Texas with a page, El Paso is the highest: 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: 5,036 ft above El Paso, 96 mi away in a straight line.
- 6 El Paso 3,713 ft
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of El Paso.
What is the elevation of El Paso?
El Paso is 3,713 feet (1,132 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 El Paso?
Latitude 31.75872 and longitude -106.48693, in decimal degrees (31° 45′ 31″ N · 106° 29′ 13″ W). In UTM, zone 13: 359,178 E and 3,514,654 N, on NAD83.
How does El Paso rank among the highest big cities?
It’s the 6th highest 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 El Paso in?
El Paso County, Texas.
Which is higher, El Paso or Austin?
El Paso. El Paso sits at 3,713 ft and Austin at 487 ft: a difference of 3,226 ft, 528 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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