About Alicante
Alicante is a city in Valencia, Spain with a population of 348,901. It is the 10th largest of the 544 cities of 15,000 or more listed in Spain, and the 1,642nd largest worldwide. It lies 360 km from Madrid.
Key Facts
Country
Region
Rank in region
#2of 78
Elevation
18 m
Approximate — modelled, not surveyed
Time zone
Europe/Madrid
Coordinates
38.345, -0.481
Record updated
2025-07-25
Entry edited, not measured
City population, GeoNames. GeoNames publishes no year for its population figures, so “record updated” is when the entry was last edited — not the date the population was measured. Elevation is modelled from a digital elevation model rather than surveyed, so it is approximate.
Nearby Cities
All 544 in SpainClosest listed cities by great-circle distance from the city centre.