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Conchagua

1,225 m4,019 ft

Prominence: 1,101 m3,613 ft
Isolation: 47 km
Tonight: 17°CCloudy · Wind 21 km/h N

Conchagua is a 1,225 m (4,019 ft) mountain in the American Cordillera, La Unión Department, El Salvador.

All facts

Elevation: 1,225 m · 4,019 ft
Nearest higher peak: San Miguel (2,129 m)
Range: American Cordillera
Region: La Unión Department, El Salvador
Spanish name: Volcán de Conchagua
Coordinates: 13.2751° N, 87.8410° W

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3D map

Conchagua 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Conchagua 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

Conchagua elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Conchagua weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 17°C (63°F) · Wind 21 km/h N

Conchagua forecast for the summit, about 1,225 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 0 m.

Tonight17°–21 km/h NBase 24°
Sat17°24°–28 km/h NBase 24 / 32°
Sun16°24°–24 km/h NBase 24 / 32°
Mon17°24°–18 km/h NWBase 24 / 31°
Tue16°24°–7 km/h SWBase 24 / 32°
Wed16°24°0.2 mm6 km/h SEBase 24 / 31°
Thu17°24°0.5 mm6 km/h SWBase 24 / 31°
Fri17°24°6.8 mm6 km/h EBase 24 / 32°
Sat17°25°0.5 mm5 km/h SWBase 25 / 32°
Sun17°26°0.2 mm6 km/h SWBase 24 / 33°

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 8.4 × 8.4 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

45.4%

Moderate, 15–30°

42.1%

Steep, 30–45°

12.3%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 12.5% of the 71 km² view
Relief in view: 1,236 m low point 0 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 87.0%Water 7.7%Grassland 4.2%Built-up 0.9%

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 4.2 km; 63 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Golden Silk Spider4
Short-tailed Hawk3
Common Squirrel-Cuckoo2
Broad-winged Hawk2
Ferruginous Pygmy-Owl2
Elephant ear tree2

Where it sits

Where Conchagua sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lake Ilopango440 m138 km WNW

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Print & wall

JPGConchagua satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-09.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

21 m low This 3D map reads 1,204 m at the summit; the official height is 1,225 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,225 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,204 m	-21 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,205 m	-20 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 2026-02-09)
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