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Popocatépetl
- Prominence
- 3,084 m10,117 ft
- Isolation
- 142 km
- Tonight
- -7°CCloudy · Wind 12 km/h NW
Popocatépetl is a 5,452 m (17,887 ft) stratovolcano in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, State of Mexico, Mexico.
All facts
- Elevation
- 5,452 m · 17,887 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- Citlaltepetl (5,636 m)
- Range
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
- Region
- State of Mexico, Mexico
- Coordinates
- 19.0224° N, 98.6279° W
Popocatépetl 3D map
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Popocatépetl topographic map
200 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.
West → east through the summit
Popocatépetl downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Trails toward Popocatépetl
Mapped trails from the road get to 1,370 m below the summit, typically a pass, lake or camp. The top itself is a mountaineering climb with no mapped route.
From Road end, 7.9 km NNW of Popocatépetl
- Distance
- 6.3 kmone way
- Climb
- +589 m−69 m (1,932 ft up)
- Time up
- about 2.5 h
- Difficulty
- Grade not mapped
Ends 1,370 m below the summit.
Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.
Popocatépetl weather
Today · Cloudy · -7 / -4°C (19 / 25°F) · Wind 12 km/h NW
Popocatépetl forecast for the summit, about 5,452 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,514 m.
- Today-7°-4°–12 km/h NWBase 3 / 8°
- Sat-6°1°–14 km/h SEBase 4 / 12°
- Sun-8°0°0.2 mm15 km/h SEBase 3 / 11°
- Mon-8°0°–10 km/h SEBase 3 / 11°
- Tue-8°0°3.1 mm10 km/h SEBase 3 / 10°
- Wed-8°-1°9.0 mm9 km/h SEBase 3 / 11°
- Thu-7°-1°5.1 mm8 km/h SEBase 4 / 9°
- Fri-6°-1°8.8 mm7 km/h SEBase 4 / 10°
- Sat-6°1°1.1 mm10 km/h SEBase 4 / 11°
- Sun-6°2°0.2 mm10 km/h SEBase 4 / 13°
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.
Camping & parking near Popocatépetl
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Popocatépetl, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest hut
4.1 km N
Nearest parking
7.4 km NNW
Nearest campsite
7.5 km NNW
How steep is the route to Popocatépetl?
The easiest mapped route, 6.3 km from 3,514 m to 4,037 m. Steepest stretch: 25°.
- 0–15°6.0 km
- 15–30°0.3 km
Grades are averaged between profile points about 70 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.
Land cover
ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.
Snow & ice means glaciers and year-round snow (a yearly average), not today’s snow cover.
Wildlife seen nearby
Sightings of the most-seen species on iNaturalist (research grade) within 8 km; 345 species recorded in all.
Sightings per species 6
- Steller's Jay121
- Gentian Beardtongue70
- Striped Sparrow61
- Yellow-eyed Junco49
- Mexican Sea holly38
- Coyote35
Where Popocatépetl sits
- Range
- Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt12
- Region
- Mexico31North America1,313
Nearby places
Paso de CortésPass · 3,700 m↑7.4 km NNW
IztaccihuatlPeak · 5,230 m↑16 km N
Hueyatlaco↑49 km ESE
MalinchePeak · 4,420 m↑67 km ENE
XítlePeak · 3,105 m↑67 km WNW
More in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt 6
How accurate is this?
44 m low This 3D map reads 5,408 m at the summit; the official height is 5,452 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off. The 90 m model misses by 60 m.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 5,452 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 5,408 m | -44 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 5,392 m | -60 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 2026-03-01)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Routes, Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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