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Cerro El Pital

2,730 m8,957 ft

Prominence: 1,536 m5,038 ft
Isolation: 49 km
Tonight: 7°CPartly cloudy · Wind 21 km/h N

Cerro El Pital is a 2,730 m (8,957 ft) mountain in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Chalatenango Department, El Salvador.

All facts

Elevation: 2,730 m · 8,957 ft
Nearest higher peak: Volcán de Agua (3,760 m)
Range: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Region: Chalatenango Department, El Salvador
Coordinates: 14.3843° N, 89.1290° W

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3D map

Cerro El Pital 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Cerro El Pital topographic map

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Cerro El Pital elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Print & wall

JPGCerro El Pital satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-12.

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GIS & GPS

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Weather

Cerro El Pital weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 7°C (45°F) · Wind 21 km/h N

Cerro El Pital forecast for the summit, about 2,730 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 816 m.

Tonight7°–21 km/h NBase 18°
Sat6°15°–20 km/h NEBase 18 / 27°
Sun6°14°–21 km/h NEBase 17 / 26°
Mon6°14°–15 km/h NEBase 18 / 26°
Tue5°16°–9 km/h NBase 16 / 27°
Wed6°16°0.2 mm8 km/h NBase 17 / 28°
Thu6°16°3.2 mm9 km/h NEBase 18 / 28°
Fri7°15°5.6 mm9 km/h NBase 18 / 26°
Sat6°16°–10 km/h NEBase 17 / 27°
Sun7°15°0.4 mm12 km/h NEBase 19 / 27°

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, 23:19 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 10.2 × 10.2 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

24.3%

Moderate, 15–30°

47.4%

Steep, 30–45°

26.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.5%

Steeper than 30°: 28.3% of the 104 km² view
Relief in view: 1,909 m low point 816 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 85.0%Grassland 10.9%Cropland 2.9%Built-up 0.6%Shrubland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Cerro El Pital sits

Ranked in 1

#37 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

IzalcoPeak · 1,952 m84 km SW

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 2,725 m at the summit; the official height is 2,730 m.

A 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a few metres either way is normal.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	2,730 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	2,725 m	-5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	2,720 m	-10 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 2026-02-12)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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