Capileira is a village in the La Alpujarra district of the province of Granada, in the Andalusia region of Spain. It sits in the gorge of the Poqueira river at latitude 36° 57' N and longitude 3° 21' W, roughly 1 km north of Bubión. It is the highest and most northerly of the three villages in the gorge.
The village's altitude is officially recorded as 1436 metres. There is a considerable difference in altitude within the settlement itself: the oldest part of the village lies at the lower, southern end, while the highest part, where tourist-oriented development is concentrated, stands above it. The municipality covers an area of 57 km2.