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Nevado del Tolima · 5,200 m · 8.1 km SE

Mountain · Cordillera Central · Tolima Department

Nevado del Quindío

4,760 m15,617 ft

Prominence: 384 m1,261 ft
Isolation: 6.8 km
Tonight: 0°CCloudy · Wind 4 km/h SE

Nevado del Quindío is a 4,760 m (15,617 ft) mountain in the Cordillera Central, Tolima Department, Colombia.

All facts

Elevation: 4,760 m · 15,617 ft
Nearest higher peak: Nevado del Tolima (5,200 m)
Range: Cordillera Central
Region: Tolima Department, Colombia
Coordinates: 4.7082° N, 75.3829° W

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3D map

Nevado del Quindío 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Nevado del Quindío 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

Nevado del Quindío elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Nevado del Quindío weather

Tonight · Cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 4 km/h SE

Nevado del Quindío forecast for the summit, about 4,760 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,854 m.

Tonight0°–4 km/h SEBase 5°
Sat-1°5°24.2 mm12 km/h SBase 4 / 11°
Sun-1°5°4.3 mm11 km/h SBase 4 / 11°
Mon-1°4°5.5 mm9 km/h SBase 5 / 10°
Tue-1°2°15.8 mm7 km/h SWBase 4 / 8°
Wed-1°3°16.0 mm5 km/h SWBase 5 / 9°
Thu0°3°26.5 mm6 km/h SWBase 6 / 8°
Fri0°2°14.5 mm5 km/h SEBase 5 / 7°
Sat-2°4°1.2 mm10 km/h SBase 4 / 10°
Sun-1°5°2.7 mm10 km/h SBase 5 / 11°

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.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

33.0%

Moderate, 15–30°

44.3%

Steep, 30–45°

19.6%

Cliffs, 45° and over

3.1%

Steeper than 30°: 22.7% of the 36 km² view
Relief in view: 922 m low point 3,854 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Grassland 77.5%Bare rock / sparse 22.3%

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; 20 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Espeletia hartwegiana5
Cauca Guan3
Quindio Wax Palm3
Lupinus alopecuroides3
Black-chested Buzzard-Eagle2
Andean Condor1

Where it sits

Where Nevado del Quindío sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Cerro BravoPeak · 3,985 m44 km NNE

Nevado del Quindío downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,759 m at the summit; the official height is 4,760 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,760 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,759 m	-1 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,759 m	-1 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 2026-08-10)
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