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El Panecillo

3,016 m9,895 ft

Prominence: 124 m406 ft
Isolation: 1.1 km
Tonight: 10°CLight rain · Wind 5 km/h W

El Panecillo is a 3,016 m (9,895 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Occidental, Pichincha Province, Ecuador.

All facts

Elevation: 3,016 m · 9,895 ft
Nearest higher peak: Ilaló (3,169 m)
Range: Cordillera Occidental
Region: Pichincha Province, Ecuador
Coordinates: 0.2293° S, 78.5182° W

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3D map

El Panecillo 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

El Panecillo 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

El Panecillo elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

El Panecillo weather

Tonight · Light rain · 10°C (50°F) · 4.0 mm · Wind 5 km/h W

El Panecillo forecast for the summit, about 3,016 m.

Tonight10°4.0 mm5 km/h W
Sat9°19°17.9 mm14 km/h NE
Sun10°18°23.2 mm12 km/h E
Mon10°17°17.8 mm6 km/h E
Tue10°18°13.3 mm9 km/h E
Wed11°17°17.2 mm9 km/h E
Thu10°15°44.5 mm7 km/h E
Fri10°15°65.6 mm8 km/h E
Sat10°14°28.8 mm8 km/h E
Sun10°13°26.6 mm7 km/h E

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 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 63% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

63.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

30.1%

Steep, 30–45°

6.7%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.2%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 989 m low point 2,662 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Built-up 65.1%Trees 24.9%Grassland 6.5%Shrubland 2.2%Cropland 0.8%

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 km; 624 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Eared Dove268
Rock Pigeon173
Rufous-collared Sparrow126
Great Thrush118
Common dandelion118
Western Honey Bee107

Where it sits

Where El Panecillo sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

CayambePeak · 5,790 m65 km ENE

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,010 m at the summit; the official height is 3,016 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,016 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,010 m	-6 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,006 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.
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 · Wikipedia