Elevation of San Fernando, Spain
19m
above sea level · 62 ft
San Fernando is a city of 93,338 people in Cádiz province, Andalusia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 37th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.46° N · 6.20° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 27′ 54″ N · 6° 11′ 55″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 751,017 E · 4,039,161 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- San Fernando
- INE code 11031
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 93,338 people
- 29.9 km² municipality · 3,121 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 19 m (62 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 19 m.
Population
San Fernando had 93,338 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 2.9% fewer than in 2015, when it had 96,131. The municipality covers 29.9 km², a density of 3,121 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 45 municipalities in Cádiz province, after Jerez de la Frontera (213,634), home to 7.4% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
San Fernando sits 19 m (62 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 San Fernando is 261 m below it.
The provincial capital, Cádiz, is 11 km away in a straight line and 15 m lower than San Fernando. Madrid is 491 km away.
Of the 16 cities in Cádiz province with an elevation page, San Fernando is the 7th highest. The highest is Arcos de la Frontera (184 m) and the lowest, La Línea de la Concepción (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Cádiz province is Pinar, at 1,648 m (5,407 ft). It lies 77 km away in a straight line, 1,629 m above San Fernando.
- 116 San Fernando 19 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of San Fernando.
What is the elevation of San Fernando, Spain?
San Fernando sits at 19 meters (62 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 San Fernando?
Latitude 36.46487 and longitude -6.19866 in decimal degrees (36° 27′ 54″ N · 6° 11′ 55″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 751,017 E and 4,039,161 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does San Fernando rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 37th 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, San Fernando or Cádiz?
San Fernando. San Fernando sits at 19 m and Cádiz at 4 m: a difference of 15 m, 11 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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