Elevation of João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil

João Pessoa, Paraíba, Brazil is 42 m (138 ft) above sea level.

João Pessoa's height from sea level is 42 metres, or 138 feet. GeoNames reads 45 m at the same point (SRTM); Wikidata records 40 m.

Also written: Parahyba Paraíba.

Ground within 5 km

0 m – 60 m

Mean 20 m across the 10.2 km square centred on the town, 60 m from its lowest cell to its highest.

Rank by elevation

11th of 14

among the towns of Paraíba, and 787th of 997 in Brazil.

Nearest town

7.9 km to the W, at 9 m, 33 m lower.

Cross-section through João Pessoa

Ground elevation along two lines through the town, 28.6 km end to end, one cell (about 1 km) per step. The red dot is João Pessoa; the vertical scale is the same on both.

65-5WE28.6 km
West to east: from 8 m at 14 km west to 0 m at 14 km east.
65-5NS28.6 km
North to south: from 6 m at 14 km north to 23 m at 14 km south.
Shaded relief of the 60 km around João Pessoa, drawn from the GMTED2010 grid
Relief, 60 km across, north up; the ring marks the town.

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 João Pessoa

TownDistanceDirectionElevationCompared
Bayeux 7.9 kmW 9 m (30 ft) −33 m
Santa Rita 13.3 kmW 8 m (26 ft) −34 m
Cabedelo 15.4 kmN 5 m (16 ft) −37 m

Where João Pessoa is

Latitude -7.11532, longitude -34.8610512. Open the map here to read the elevation of any point around the town.

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João Pessoa elevation: 42 m (138 ft) above sea level

A small badge with the town's elevation, linking back here. The number updates if the grid reading ever changes.

About this reading

The elevation is the value of the GMTED2010 terrain grid (USGS/NGA, 30 arc-second cells of about 1 km) at João Pessoa'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 45 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.