Elevation of Torremolinos, Spain
66m
above sea level · 217 ft
Torremolinos is a city of 71,329 people in Málaga province, Andalusia, the 8th largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 69th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 36.62° N · 4.51° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 36° 37′ 17″ N · 4° 30′ 28″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 30S · 365,180 E · 4,053,928 N
- Zone 30 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Torremolinos
- INE code 29901
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 71,329 people
- 19.9 km² municipality · 3,583 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 65.9 m (216 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 66 m.
Population
Torremolinos had 71,329 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), 5.7% more than in 2015, when it had 67,492. The municipality covers 19.9 km², a density of 3,583 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the 8th most populous of the 103 municipalities in Málaga province, after Málaga (599,063), home to 4.0% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Torremolinos sits 66 m (217 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 Torremolinos is 214 m below it.
The provincial capital, Málaga, is 14 km away in a straight line and 60 m lower than Torremolinos. Madrid is 428 km away.
Of the 17 cities in Málaga province with an elevation page, Torremolinos is the 8th lowest. The highest is Ronda (727 m) and the lowest, Rincón de la Victoria (4 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Málaga province is Tejeda, at 2,069 m (6,788 ft). It lies 52 km away in a straight line, 2,003 m above Torremolinos.
- 85 Torremolinos 66 m
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Torremolinos.
What is the elevation of Torremolinos, Spain?
Torremolinos sits at 66 meters (217 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 Torremolinos?
Latitude 36.62136 and longitude -4.50775 in decimal degrees (36° 37′ 17″ N · 4° 30′ 28″ W). In UTM, zone 30: 365,180 E and 4,053,928 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Torremolinos rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 69th 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, Torremolinos or Málaga?
Torremolinos. Torremolinos sits at 66 m and Málaga at 6 m: a difference of 60 m, 14 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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