Shield volcano · Sierra de los Tuxtlas

San Martín Tuxtla

1,650 m5,413 ft

Prominence: 1,259 m4,130 ft
Isolation: 43 km
Region: Mexico
Tonight: 13°CLight rain · Wind 14 km/h NE

San Martín Tuxtla is a 1,650 m (5,413 ft) shield volcano in the Sierra de los Tuxtlas, Mexico.

All facts

Elevation: 1,650 m · 5,413 ft
Nearest higher peak: Sierra Juárez, Oaxaca (3,250 m)
Range: Sierra de los Tuxtlas
Spanish name: San Martín de Tuxtla
Coordinates: 18.5593° N, 95.2037° W

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3D map

San Martín Tuxtla 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

San Martín Tuxtla 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

San Martín Tuxtla elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

San Martín Tuxtla weather

Tonight · Light rain · 13°C (55°F) · 0.4 mm · Wind 14 km/h NE

San Martín Tuxtla forecast for the summit, about 1,650 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 506 m.

Tonight13°0.4 mm14 km/h NEBase 19°
Sat13°17°3.3 mm16 km/h EBase 19 / 23°
Sun12°18°0.4 mm15 km/h NEBase 19 / 24°
Mon13°16°3.4 mm15 km/h WBase 19 / 22°
Tue12°17°1.0 mm9 km/h NWBase 18 / 24°
Wed13°18°1.3 mm9 km/h NBase 20 / 24°
Thu11°18°3.0 mm10 km/h NBase 18 / 24°
Fri13°18°1.2 mm9 km/h NBase 20 / 24°
Sat14°19°0.9 mm10 km/h NWBase 20 / 25°
Sun15°18°2.7 mm8 km/h NBase 21 / 25°

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 9 × 9 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 62% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

61.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

31.4%

Steep, 30–45°

6.9%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.0%

Steeper than 30°: 6.9% of the 81 km² view
Relief in view: 1,172 m low point 506 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 78.4%Grassland 21.5%

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 4.5 km; 293 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Collared Trogon34
Golden-fronted Woodpecker27
Lesson's Motmot22
Roadside Hawk18
American Kestrel15
Gray Hawk15

Where it sits

Where San Martín Tuxtla sits

Nearby

Nearby places

Downloads

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Print & wall

JPGSan Martín Tuxtla satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-05-06.

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GIS & GPS

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 1,650 m at the summit; the official height is 1,650 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,650 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,650 m	0 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,661 m	+11 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 2026-05-06)
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: 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