Elevation of Gaya, Kano, Nigeria
Gaya, Kano, Nigeria is 435 m (1,427 ft) above sea level.
Gaya's height from sea level is 435 metres, or 1,427 feet. GeoNames reads 437 m at the same point (SRTM).
Ground within 5 km
Mean 428 m across the 10.1 km square centred on the town, 30 m from its lowest cell to its highest.
Cross-section through Gaya
Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.5 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is Gaya; 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 Gaya
| Town | Distance | Direction | Elevation | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ajingi (Jigawa) | 12.6 km | N | 427 m (1,401 ft) | −8 m |
| Wudil | 19.5 km | W | 419 m (1,375 ft) | −16 m |
| Albasu | 25 km | SE | 440 m (1,444 ft) | +5 m |
| Garko | 25.6 km | SW | 463 m (1,519 ft) | +28 m |
| Gano | 29.8 km | W | 440 m (1,444 ft) | +5 m |
Where Gaya is
Latitude 11.85593, longitude 9.00681. 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 Gaya'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 437 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.