Elevation of Moguer, Spain
49m
above sea level · 161 ft
Moguer is a city of 24,083 people in Huelva province, Andalusia, the 4th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 114th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 37.27° N · 6.84° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 37° 16′ 28″ N · 6° 50′ 19″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29S · 691,638 E · 4,127,522 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Moguer
- INE code 21050
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 24,083 people
- 204 km² municipality · 118 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 48.7 m (160 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 49 m.
Population
Moguer had 24,083 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 13% more than in 2015, when it had 21,383. The municipality covers 204 km², a density of 118 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 4th most populous of the 80 municipalities in Huelva province, after Huelva (143,215), home to 4.5% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Moguer sits 49 m (161 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 Moguer is 164 m below it.
The provincial capital, Huelva, is 10 km away in a straight line and 41 m lower than Moguer. Madrid is 443 km away.
Of the 8 cities in Huelva province with an elevation page, Moguer is the 2nd highest. The highest is Almonte (72 m) and the lowest, Isla Cristina (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Huelva province is Cumbre de los Bonales, at 1,053 m (3,455 ft). It lies 95 km away in a straight line, 1,004 m above Moguer.
- 166 Moguer 49 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Moguer.
What is the elevation of Moguer, Spain?
Moguer sits at 49 meters (161 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 Moguer?
Latitude 37.27457 and longitude -6.83853 in decimal degrees (37° 16′ 28″ N · 6° 50′ 19″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 691,638 E and 4,127,522 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Moguer rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 114th lowest 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, Moguer or Huelva?
Moguer. Moguer sits at 49 m and Huelva at 8 m: a difference of 41 m, 10 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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