Elevation of Avilés, Spain
10m
above sea level · 33 ft
Avilés is a city of 75,517 people in Asturias, the 3rd largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 27th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 43.56° N · 5.92° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 43° 33′ 20″ N · 5° 55′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 263,994 E · 4,826,675 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Avilés
- INE code 33004
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 75,517 people
- 26.7 km² municipality · 2,826 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 10 m (33 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 10 m.
Population
Avilés had 75,517 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 6.6% fewer than in 2015, when it had 80,880. The municipality covers 26.7 km², a density of 2,826 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 3rd most populous of the 78 municipalities in Asturias, after Gijón (269,894), home to 7.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Avilés sits 10 m (33 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 Avilés is 270 m below it.
The regional capital, Oviedo, is 23 km away in a straight line and 225 m higher than Avilés. Madrid is 394 km away.
Of the 7 cities in Asturias with an elevation page, Avilés is the 2nd lowest. The highest is Oviedo (235 m) and the lowest, Gijón (7 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Asturias is Torre Cerredo, at 2,649 m (8,691 ft). It lies 95 km away in a straight line, 2,639 m above Avilés.
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Avilés.
What is the elevation of Avilés, Spain?
Avilés sits at 10 meters (33 feet) above sea level. That’s the official figure from Spain’s National Geographic Institute (IGN), measured at the reference point of the town center.
What are the coordinates of Avilés?
Latitude 43.55569 and longitude -5.92189 in decimal degrees (43° 33′ 20″ N · 5° 55′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 263,994 E and 4,826,675 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Avilés rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 27th 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, Avilés or Oviedo?
Oviedo. Avilés sits at 10 m and Oviedo at 235 m: a difference of 225 m, 23 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 · IGR Poblaciones (population centers) Official elevation and coordinates of the town center. 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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