Elevation of Benidorm, Spain
12m
above sea level · 39 ft
Benidorm is a city of 77,327 people in Alicante province, Valencian Community, the 5th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 28th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.54° N · 0.13° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 32′ 22″ N · 0° 7′ 43″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 750,264 E · 4,269,579 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Benidorm
- INE code 03031
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 77,327 people
- 38.5 km² municipality · 2,008 people/km²
Population
Benidorm had 77,327 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 12% more than in 2015, when it had 69,045. The municipality covers 38.5 km², a density of 2,008 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 141 municipalities in Alicante province, after Alicante (366,221), home to 3.8% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Benidorm sits 12 m (39 ft) above sea level. Of the 153 Spanish municipalities with more than 50,000 people, the highest is Ávila, at 1,125 m, and the lowest is Melilla, at 2 m. The average is 280 m, so Benidorm is 268 m below it.
The provincial capital, Alicante, is 38 km away in a straight line and 7 m lower than Benidorm. Madrid is 370 km away.
Of the 26 cities in Alicante province with an elevation page, Benidorm is the 6th lowest. The highest is Ibi (754 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Alicante province is Aitana, at 1,557 m (5,108 ft). It lies 17 km away in a straight line, 1,545 m above Benidorm.
- 125 Benidorm 12 m
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Distances from Benidorm
The 3 cities with a distance page from Benidorm: by road, as the crow flies, driving (or flight) time and the midpoint.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Benidorm.
What is the elevation of Benidorm, Spain?
Benidorm sits at 12 meters (39 feet) above sea level. That’s the ground height in the IGN’s MDT05 terrain model at the town’s reference point in the national gazetteer, because the published figure for this town didn’t match the terrain.
What are the coordinates of Benidorm?
Latitude 38.53944 and longitude -0.12863 in decimal degrees (38° 32′ 22″ N · 0° 7′ 43″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 750,264 E and 4,269,579 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Benidorm rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 28th lowest of the 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people. The highest is Ávila (1,125 m) and the lowest, Melilla (2 m).
Which is higher, Benidorm or Alicante?
Benidorm. Benidorm sits at 12 m and Alicante at 5 m: a difference of 7 m, 38 km apart in a straight line.
How is elevation measured?
Elevation is the height of a point above mean sea level. Mapping agencies such as Spain’s IGN measure it on the ground with leveling and survey-grade GPS. Maps read it from an elevation model, a grid with the ground height at every point, so the model can differ by a few meters from the official figure, especially on sharp summits.
Sources
- IGN · MDT05 at the gazetteer point (NGMEP) The town’s reference point and its ground height in the terrain model, because the official figure for this town didn’t match the terrain. CC BY 4.0 license.
- MDT05 Digital Terrain Model (IGN) Ground height at this exact point, to check the figure. 5 m grid, CC BY 4.0 license.
- Municipal register (INE), January 1, 2025 Population: our own work with data from the INE website (www.ine.es). Area: IGN (CC BY 4.0).
- Terrain Tiles (AWS Open Data) Hillshading on the map, from public data by USGS, NASA, Copernicus and others.
- OpenStreetMap and OpenFreeMap The base map, with OpenStreetMap data (ODbL).
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