Elevation of Matagalpa, Nicaragua
Matagalpa, Nicaragua is 696 m (2,283 ft) above sea level.
Matagalpa's height from sea level is 696 metres, or 2,283 feet. GeoNames reads 689 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 680 m.
Ground within 5 km
Mean 883 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 698 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Matagalpa
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.4 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Matagalpa; the vertical scale is the same on both.

Shading is a north-west light over the grid's own slopes. Colour follows elevation: sea level and below, 0–200 m, 500 m, 1,000 m, 2,000 m, 3,500 m, 5,000 m and above.
Towns near Matagalpa
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| San Ramón | 8.4 km | E | 650 m (2,133 ft) | −46 m |
| San Dionisio | 19.2 km | S | 411 m (1,348 ft) | −285 m |
| Jinotega (Jinotega) | 21 km | NW | 1,019 m (3,343 ft) | +323 m |
| Sébaco | 21.3 km | W | 475 m (1,558 ft) | −221 m |
| Terrabona | 21.5 km | S | 582 m (1,909 ft) | −114 m |
Peaks and passes near Matagalpa
- Cerro El Diablo, peak at 1,550 m (5,085 ft), 22.5 km to the N — 854 m above the town.
- Cerro La Montaña, peak at 1,349 m (4,426 ft), 17.3 km to the SW — 653 m above the town.
- Cerro Cubulcán, peak at 1,077 m (3,533 ft), 19.3 km to the NW — 381 m above the town.
Summit heights from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), within 25 km; only summits higher than the town are listed.
Where Matagalpa is
Latitude 12.92081, longitude -85.9173579. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.
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About this reading
The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at Matagalpa's recorded coordinates. It is the height of the ground in that cell, not of any building; a town on a slope spans several cells, and the range above says how much that matters here. GeoNames' reading of 689 m comes from a finer 90 m SRTM grid at the point it records for the town, which may sit a few hundred metres from ours; the two agreeing to within a few metres is the usual case on flat ground, and a larger gap means the ground is steep. Wikidata's figure is the one its editors cite for the town, often from a survey marker or the town hall.