Elevation of Puertollano, Spain
699m
above sea level · 2,293 ft
Puertollano is a city of 45,565 people in Ciudad Real province, Castilla–La Mancha, the 2nd largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 20th highest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 38.69° N · 4.11° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 38° 41′ 12″ N · 4° 6′ 40″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 403,367 E · 4,282,586 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Puertollano
- INE code 13071
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 45,565 people
- 225 km² municipality · 202 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 699.3 m (2,294 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 699 m.
Population
Puertollano had 45,565 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 8.9% fewer than in 2015, when it had 50,035. The municipality covers 225 km², a density of 202 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 2nd most populous of the 102 municipalities in Ciudad Real province, after Ciudad Real (76,217), home to 9.2% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Puertollano sits 699 m (2,293 ft) above sea level. Of the 279 Spanish municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, the highest is Soria, at 1,056 m, and the lowest is Santa Pola, at 1 m. The average is 213 m, so Puertollano is 486 m above it.
The provincial capital, Ciudad Real, is 37 km away in a straight line and 74 m lower than Puertollano. Madrid is 196 km away.
Of the 5 cities in Ciudad Real province with an elevation page, Puertollano is the 2nd highest. The others are Valdepeñas (704 m), Tomelloso (662 m), Alcázar de San Juan (640 m), and Ciudad Real (625 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Ciudad Real province is El Telégrafo (an area the IGN lists as a paraje, not a peak), at 1,373 m (4,505 ft). It lies 99 km away in a straight line, 674 m above Puertollano.
- 20 Puertollano 699 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Puertollano.
What is the elevation of Puertollano, Spain?
Puertollano sits at 699 meters (2,293 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 Puertollano?
Latitude 38.68661 and longitude -4.11107 in decimal degrees (38° 41′ 12″ N · 4° 6′ 40″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 403,367 E and 4,282,586 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Puertollano rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 20th highest of the 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people. The highest is Soria (1,056 m) and the lowest, Santa Pola (1 m).
Which is higher, Puertollano or Ciudad Real?
Puertollano. Puertollano sits at 699 m and Ciudad Real at 625 m: a difference of 74 m, 37 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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