Elevation of Vigo, Spain
60m
above sea level · 197 ft
Vigo is a city of 294,489 people in Pontevedra province, Galicia, the largest in the province. Of Spain’s 153 municipalities with more than 50,000 people, it’s the 66th lowest.
By the All Map Tools Team
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Key facts
- Coordinates
- 42.24° N · 8.73° W
- Degrees, minutes and seconds: 42° 14′ 9″ N · 8° 43′ 36″ W
- UTM coordinates
- 29T · 522,543 E · 4,676,003 N
- Zone 29 · ETRS89, the official datum on the mainland, the Balearic Islands, Ceuta and Melilla
- Municipality
- Vigo
- INE code 36057
- Time zone
- Central European Time
- UTC+1 · UTC+2 in summer
- Population (2025)
- 294,489 people
- 109 km² municipality · 2,700 people/km²
- Ground height (MDT05)
- 60 m (197 ft)
- What the IGN’s terrain model measures at this exact point. The official elevation is 60 m.
Population
Vigo had 294,489 residents on January 1, 2025, according to Spain’s municipal register (Padrón), about the same as in 2015 (294,098). The municipality covers 109 km², a density of 2,700 people/km², against a Spanish average of 97 people/km².
It’s the most populous of the 61 municipalities in Pontevedra province, home to 31% of its people.
Compared with Spain’s cities over 50,000
Vigo sits 60 m (197 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 Vigo is 220 m below it.
The provincial capital, Pontevedra, is 23 km away in a straight line and 43 m lower than Vigo. Madrid is 466 km away.
Of the 10 cities in Pontevedra province with an elevation page, Vigo is the 3rd highest. The highest is Lalín (534 m) and the lowest, Redondela (3 m).
According to the IGN’s summit table, the highest point in Pontevedra province is O Faro, at 1,180 m (3,871 ft). It lies 80 km away in a straight line, 1,120 m above Vigo.
- 88 Vigo 60 m
Each color band is 500 m (1,640 ft), the same colors as the map. See the full list
Nearest cities with a page
Distances from Vigo
The 6 cities with a distance page from Vigo: by road, as the crow flies, driving (or flight) time and the midpoint.
- Vigo to Madrid 593 km by road · 6 h 41 min · 466 km as the crow flies
- Vigo to A Coruña 160 km by road · 1 h 52 min · 129 km as the crow flies
- Vigo to Ourense 95 km by road · 1 h 16 min · 72 km as the crow flies
- Vigo to Santiago de Compostela 92 km by road · 1 h 17 min · 73 km as the crow flies
- Vigo to Pontevedra 30 km by road · 27 min · 23 km as the crow flies
- Vigo to Porto 147 km by road · 1 h 45 min · 121 km as the crow flies
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Frequently asked questions
What people most often ask about the elevation of Vigo.
What is the elevation of Vigo, Spain?
Vigo sits at 60 meters (197 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 Vigo?
Latitude 42.23589 and longitude -8.72679 in decimal degrees (42° 14′ 9″ N · 8° 43′ 36″ W). In UTM, zone 29: 522,543 E and 4,676,003 N, in the ETRS89 datum.
How does Vigo rank among Spain’s highest cities?
It’s the 66th 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, Vigo or Pontevedra?
Vigo. Vigo sits at 60 m and Pontevedra at 17 m: a difference of 43 m, 23 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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