Urban Honolulu, HI Elevation & Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on Mamala Bay to 3,140 ft on Kōnāhuanui
Elevation
3,140 ft 955 m2,350 ft 715 m1,960 ft 600 m1,180 ft 360 m390 ft 120 m0 ft 0 m
Contours every 200 ft, bold every 1,000 ft
USGS 3DEP · U.S. Census Bureau
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Elevation
Ground colored by height from green (lowest) to white (highest), with contour lines every 40–500 ft (USGS data).
Satellite
A 2016 satellite photo at 33 ft (10 m) detail; contours off.
3D
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The exact elevation of that spot in ft and m.
Measure
Pick two points for the climb, descent and grade along a straight line.
Area
Fades everything outside the official CDP boundary (US Census).

Elevation Data

Urban Honolulu sits at about 59 ft (18 m) above sea level, worked out from 2020 Census block heights on USGS 3DEP, weighted by residents.

Typical elevation
59 ft 18 m
most residents: 8–320 ft
Lowest
0 ft 0 m
at sea level on Mamala Bay
Highest
3,140 ft 955 m
on Kōnāhuanui
Average
540 ft 165 m
all land inside the CDP boundary

Urban Honolulu spans about 3,140 ft of height, so no single spot tells the whole story. The ruler shows where its people live, and where the other numbers you'll see come from.

FigureElevation
Typical
Where people live: half of residents higher, half lower
59 ft18 m
Highest point
Inside the CDP boundary, on Kōnāhuanui
3,140 ft955 m
Lowest point
Where the land meets Mamala Bay
0 ft0 m
Airport (HNL)
FAA airport elevation, the highest point of its runways
14 ft4 m
Average of all land540 ft165 m

Elevation profile, south to north

8.3 mi south to north through the middle of Urban Honolulu.

Topographic Map

Topographic elevation map of Urban Honolulu, Hawaii, shaded from sea level level on Mamala Bay to 3,140 ft on Kōnāhuanui
CDP boundary (dashed) over shaded terrain, with contours every 200 ft (61 m).
Location
Unincorporated community (census-designated place) in Honolulu County, Hawaii, United States
Population
350,964 2020 Census
Land area
60.6 sq mi + 7.8 sq mi water
Density
5,789 per sq mi
Coordinates
21.3125° N, 157.8454° W
Time zone
Hawaii-Aleutian UTC−10, no daylight saving
Drains to
Pacific Ocean
Airport
Daniel K Inouye International (HNL) 14 ft
ZIP codes 14
96813 96814 96815 96816 96817 96818 96819 96820 96822 96826 96848 96850 96858 96859
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Sources: U.S. Census Bureau, USGS, FAA

Nearby Places

Nearby towns by typical elevation

  1. Aiea200 ft
  2. Maunawili170 ft
  3. Kaneohe120 ft
  4. Halawa96 ft
  5. Heeia85 ft
  6. Waimalu83 ft
  7. East Honolulu79 ft
  8. Urban Honolulu59 ft
  9. Waimanalo36 ft
  10. Hickam Housing15 ft
  11. Iroquois Point9 ft

Rankings by typical elevation

Peaks and hills nearest, by height

  • Kaʻala4,017 ft
  • Kōnāhuanui3,140 ft
  • Palikea3,110 ft
  • Puʻulanihuli2,740 ft
  • Puʻumanamana2,076 ft
How we measure
  • Typical elevation: the population-weighted median: every 2020 Census block inside the CDP boundary, at its USGS 3DEP height, weighted by the people who live there. Half of residents live higher, half lower.
  • Lowest, highest, average: USGS 3DEP bare-earth heights on a 1 arc-second (≈100 ft, 30 m) grid, land only, inside the Census CDP boundary (TIGER, Jan 1 2026).
  • Pits: the lowest point is the lowest ground outside closed hollows (quarry floors, mine pits, terrain-model artifacts): any hollow under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²), and any hollow under 2 sq mi (5 km²) whose floor is more than 100 ft (30 m) below its rim; and outside patches below sea level of under 0.4 sq mi (1 km²). The single lowest 3DEP cell, −3 ft at 21.3060° N, 157.8804° W, is in such a hollow or patch and is not counted; this coastal land's lowest point is sea level on the coast.
  • Nearby Places: nearby towns and rankings use each town's typical elevation, so every town is compared like for like. Rankings count every city, town, township and census-designated place, including places inside a town. Peaks and hills: the nearest summits with at least 980 ft (300 m) of prominence within 62 mi (100 km), then federal (GNIS) summits within 16 mi (25 km) when there are fewer than 5; each is the 3DEP top on a ~7 ft (2 m) window, or the NGS published height when a usable survey mark sits within 160 ft (50 m) of it (shown as published).
  • Rounding: computed heights are rounded to 10 ft (5 m), or to 1 ft (1 m) under 100 ft; 3DEP is good to about a meter, not a foot. Published figures (FAA airport elevation, NGS survey heights) are shown as their publisher gives them.
  • Datum: local mean sea level (Hawaii has no national vertical datum). NGS plans to replace local mean sea level with a new datum (NAPGD2022); heights will then shift slightly.
  • Urban Honolulu is an unincorporated community; figures cover the census-designated place, a statistical area.
  • Sources: USGS 3DEP, GNIS and Watershed Boundary Dataset; U.S. Census Bureau (boundaries, 2020 blocks, Gazetteer areas, ZIP code areas); FAA airport data; BTS time zones; NOAA NGS survey heights. All public domain.