Elevation of Humanes de Madrid, Spain
675m
above sea level · 2,215 ft
Humanes de Madrid is a city of 20,500 people in the Community of Madrid, the 37th largest in the region. Of Spain’s 279 municipalities with 20,000 to 50,000 people, it’s the 25th highest.
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 40.25° N · 3.83° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 40° 15′ 3″ N · 3° 49′ 45″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30T · 429,492 E · 4,455,924 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Humanes de Madrid
- INE code 28073
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 20,500 people
- 19.5 km² municipality · 1,053 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 675.2 m (2,215 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 675 m.
Population
Humanes de Madrid had 20,500 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.6% more than in 2015, when it had 19,413. The municipality covers 19.5 km², a density of 1,053 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 37th most populous of the 179 municipalities in the Community of Madrid, after Madrid (3,506,730), home to 0.3% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s towns of 20,000 to 50,000
Humanes de Madrid sits 675 m (2,215 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 Humanes de Madrid is 462 m above it.
The regional capital, Madrid, is 22 km away in a straight line and 30 m lower than Humanes de Madrid.
The nearest city with more than 50,000 people is Fuenlabrada, 4.4 km away in a straight line and 1 m lower.
Of the 37 cities in the Community of Madrid with an elevation page, Humanes de Madrid is the 15th highest. 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 67 km away in a straight line, 1,753 m above Humanes de Madrid.
- 25 Humanes de Madrid 675 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Humanes de Madrid.
What is the elevation of Humanes de Madrid, Spain?
Humanes de Madrid sits at 675 meters (2,215 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 Humanes de Madrid?
Latitude 40.25081 and longitude -3.82904 in decimal degrees (40° 15′ 3″ N · 3° 49′ 45″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 429,492 E and 4,455,924 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Humanes de Madrid rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 25th 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, Humanes de Madrid or Madrid?
Humanes de Madrid. Humanes de Madrid sits at 675 m and Madrid at 645 m: a difference of 30 m, 22 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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