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Mountain · Sierra Madre de Chiapas · Quetzaltenango Department

Almolonga

3,197 m10,489 ft

Prominence: 662 m2,171 ft
Isolation: 4.8 km
Tonight: 3°CCloudy · Wind 10 km/h NE

Almolonga is a 3,197 m (10,489 ft) mountain in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala.

All facts

Elevation: 3,197 m · 10,489 ft
Nearest higher peak: Santa María (3,772 m)
Range: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Region: Quetzaltenango Department, Guatemala
Spanish name: Volcán de Cerro Quemado
Coordinates: 14.7971° N, 91.5182° W

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3D map

Almolonga 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Almolonga terrain and contours

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. Click two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.Tap two points on the map to draw your own cross-section.

Index contours every 250 mShowing west → east through the summit

Almolonga elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Almolonga weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 3°C (37°F) · Wind 10 km/h NE

Almolonga forecast for the summit, about 3,197 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,860 m.

Tonight3°–10 km/h NEBase 11°
Sat2°15°3.5 mm12 km/h EBase 10 / 23°
Sun2°15°3.0 mm11 km/h SEBase 10 / 23°
Mon3°12°7.0 mm5 km/h SBase 11 / 20°
Tue3°11°6.4 mm6 km/h SBase 12 / 20°
Wed2°13°2.9 mm5 km/h NBase 10 / 22°
Thu2°15°2.9 mm7 km/h NBase 10 / 23°
Fri3°11°5.8 mm6 km/h NBase 11 / 20°
Sat2°15°–6 km/h NBase 10 / 23°
Sun3°15°0.2 mm6 km/h NBase 11 / 23°

Forecast data: MET Norway, CC BY 4.0; daily low and high, precipitation total and strongest wind from the hourly data, model run Oct 23, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 6.6 × 6.6 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.

Gentle, 0–15°

44.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.9%

Steep, 30–45°

21.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.8%

Steeper than 30°: 23.7% of the 44 km² view
Relief in view: 1,322 m low point 1,860 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 58.0%Grassland 15.1%Cropland 13.8%Built-up 12.0%Shrubland 0.7%

Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 3.3 km; 35 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Black Vulture3
Phytolacca rugosa3
Fuchsia splendens3
Garden Snail2
Rufous-collared Robin1
Tufted Flycatcher1

Where it sits

Where Almolonga sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Volcán AtitlánPeak · 3,537 m43 km SE

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Print & wall

JPGAlmolonga satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-10.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

15 m low This 3D map reads 3,182 m at the summit; the official height is 3,197 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,197 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,182 m	-15 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,174 m	-23 m

Data sources

Terrain: Produced using Copernicus WorldDEM-30 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Imagery: Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2026 (scene 2026-02-10)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
Wildlife: iNaturalist community observations, counts only
Accuracy comparison, Panorama: Includes Copernicus WorldDEM-90 © DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018 provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA; all rights reserved. The European Union, ESA, DLR and Airbus incur no liability for any use of this data and do not endorse this service.
Forecast: Weather forecast from MET Norway (CC BY 4.0)
Sources: Wikidata · OpenStreetMap · GeoNames · Wikipedia