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Citlaltepetl

5,636 m18,491 ft

Prominence: 4,922 m16,148 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -11°CCloudy · Wind 17 km/h E

Citlaltepetl is a 5,636 m (18,491 ft) mountain in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Puebla, Mexico.

All facts

Elevation: 5,636 m · 18,491 ft
Range: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Region: Puebla, Mexico
Spanish name: Citlaltépetl
Coordinates: 19.0301° N, 97.2701° W

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3D map

Citlaltepetl 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Citlaltepetl terrain and contours

200 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.

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Citlaltepetl elevation profile

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Weather

Citlaltepetl weather

Tonight · Cloudy · -11°C (12°F) · Wind 17 km/h E

Citlaltepetl forecast for the summit, about 5,636 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 1,975 m.

Tonight-11°–17 km/h EBase 11°
Sat-9°-3°–21 km/h EBase 13 / 19°
Sun-11°-2°0.2 mm19 km/h SEBase 11 / 20°
Mon-9°-2°–4 km/h NEBase 13 / 20°
Tue-9°-3°2.3 mm3 km/h NEBase 13 / 19°
Wed-11°-4°8.6 mm4 km/h EBase 11 / 18°
Thu-11°-3°4.1 mm5 km/h SEBase 11 / 19°
Fri-8°-1°1.3 mm4 km/h SEBase 14 / 21°
Sat-10°-1°0.6 mm6 km/h SEBase 12 / 21°
Sun-11°0°0.8 mm6 km/h NEBase 11 / 22°

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 20 × 20 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

37.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

43.1%

Steep, 30–45°

18.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.5%

Steeper than 30°: 19.8% of the 400 km² view
Relief in view: 3,617 m low point 1,975 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 50.4%Grassland 26.7%Bare rock / sparse 9.8%Cropland 9.3%Shrubland 2.1%Built-up 1.0%Snow & ice 0.6%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Citlaltepetl summit.

Summit list 8

1Cerro Colorado4,465 m 3.8 km WSW
2Cerro Tecomale4,123 m 4.6 km NNE
3Cerro Chichimeco4,160 m 4.9 km NE
4Sierra Negra4,580 m 6.8 km SW
5Cerro Sillatepec3,996 m 7.8 km NNW
6Cerro Chipes3,212 m 8.6 km WSW
7Cerro El Mirador3,844 m 8.6 km NNW
8Loma Banco3,232 m 9.3 km WSW

Wildlife

Wildlife seen nearby

Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 10 km; 278 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Fly Agaric64
Mexican Sea holly62
Senecio roseus49
Gentian Beardtongue44
Hartweg's pine41
Senecio mairetianus35

Where it sits

Where Citlaltepetl sits

Ranked in 2

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

IztaccihuatlPeak · 5,230 m145 km W

More in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 6

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Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGCitlaltepetl satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-02.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

44 m low This 3D map reads 5,592 m at the summit; the official height is 5,636 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 51 m.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	5,636 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	5,592 m	-44 m
Copernicus GLO-90	5,585 m	-51 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 2026-01-02)
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