Elevation of Getafe, Spain
624m
above sea level · 2,047 ft
Getafe is a city of 193,238 people in the Community of Madrid, the 5th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 33rd highest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.31° N · 3.73° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 18′ 20″ N · 3° 43′ 56″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 437,768 E · 4,461,929 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Getafe
- INE code 28065
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 193,238 people
- 78.4 km² municipality · 2,465 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 624 m (2,047 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 624 m.
Population
Getafe had 193,238 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 10% more than in 2015, when it had 174,921. The municipality covers 78.4 km², a density of 2,465 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 5th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 2.7% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Getafe sits 624 m (2,047 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 Getafe is 344 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 13 km away in a straight line and 21 m higher than Getafe.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Getafe is the 14th lowest. The highest is Collado Villalba (916 m) and the lowest, Aranjuez (496 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in the Community of Madrid is Peñalara, at 2,428 m (7,966 ft). It lies 63 km away in a straight line, 1,804 m above Getafe.
- 33 Getafe 624 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Getafe.
What is the elevation of Getafe, Spain?
Getafe sits at 624 meters (2,047 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 Getafe?
Latitude 40.30555 and longitude -3.73233 in decimal degrees (40° 18′ 20″ N · 3° 43′ 56″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 437,768 E and 4,461,929 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Getafe rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 33rd highest 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, Getafe or Madrid?
Madrid. Getafe sits at 624 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 21 m, 13 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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