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Izalco

1,952 m6,404 ft

Prominence: 322 m1,058 ft
Isolation: 1.5 km
Tonight: 13°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h N

Izalco is a 1,952 m (6,404 ft) stratovolcano in the Cordillera de Apaneca-Lamatepec, Sonsonate Department, El Salvador.

All facts

Elevation: 1,952 m · 6,404 ft
Nearest higher peak: Cerro Verde (2,030 m)
Range: Cordillera de Apaneca-Lamatepec
Region: Sonsonate Department, El Salvador
Spanish name: Volcán de Izalco
Coordinates: 13.8132° N, 89.6329° W

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3D map

Izalco 3D map

Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6 × 6 km

Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Izalco topographic map

50 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Downloads

Izalco downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGIzalco satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-01-08.

3D printing & 3D apps

GIS & GPS

GPXIzalco GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Route

How to get to the top of Izalco

2 mapped walking routes from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

Easiest route: from Parking, 1.6 km NNE of Izalco

Distance: 2.6 kmone way
Climb: +315 m−377 m (1,033 ft up)
Time up: about 1 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Izalco elevation profile

Download GPX (free, ODbL)KML

Other routes 1

Road end, 1.5 km N of Izalco2.9 km · +336 m · about 1.5 h
Grade not mappedGPX KML

Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

Weather

Izalco weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 13°C (55°F) · Wind 12 km/h N

Izalco forecast for the summit, about 1,952 m.

Tonight13°–12 km/h N
Sat12°21°–17 km/h N
Sun12°21°–20 km/h N
Mon12°21°–13 km/h N
Tue11°21°0.8 mm7 km/h N
Wed12°21°0.7 mm5 km/h N
Thu11°22°0.2 mm7 km/h N
Fri13°20°2.2 mm5 km/h N
Sat12°21°0.1 mm6 km/h N
Sun12°22°–9 km/h N

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

How steep is the route to Izalco?

The easiest mapped route, 2.6 km from 2,000 m to 1,952 m. Steepest stretch: 35°.

0 km · 2,000 m2.6 km · 1,952 m

0–15°1.5 km
15–30°0.8 km
30–45°0.3 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 30 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 75.5%Grassland 20.7%Bare rock / sparse 3.2%Shrubland 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Izalco sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro El PitalPeak · 2,730 m84 km NE

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,943 m at the summit; the official height is 1,952 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,952 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,943 m	-9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,931 m	-21 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 2026-01-08)
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