Tecapa
- Prominence
- 691 m2,267 ft
- Isolation
- 8.2 km
- Region
- El Salvador
- Tonight
- 15°CLight rain · Wind 13 km/h NE
Tecapa is a 1,593 m (5,226 ft) mountain in El Salvador.
All facts
- Elevation
- 1,593 m · 5,226 ft
- Nearest higher peak
- San Miguel (2,129 m)
- Spanish name
- Volcán Tecapa
- Coordinates
- 13.4971° N, 88.4985° W
Tecapa 3D map
Drag to orbit · click, then scroll to zoom (or Ctrl/⌘ + scroll) · One finger scrolls the page · two fingers orbit and zoom · 6.8 × 6.8 km
Tecapa 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.
Tecapa elevation profile
West → east through the summit
Tecapa weather
Tonight · Light rain · 15°C (59°F) · 0.8 mm · Wind 13 km/h NE
Tecapa forecast for the summit, about 1,593 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 493 m.
- Tonight15°0.8 mm13 km/h NEBase 21°
- Sat14°22°1.2 mm16 km/h NEBase 20 / 29°
- Sun14°22°0.4 mm15 km/h NEBase 20 / 29°
- Mon14°22°0.2 mm12 km/h NEBase 20 / 28°
- Tue15°22°0.4 mm5 km/h SWBase 22 / 28°
- Wed15°21°0.8 mm4 km/h SWBase 22 / 28°
- Thu15°22°2.1 mm4 km/h SWBase 22 / 29°
- Fri16°21°2.5 mm4 km/h SWBase 23 / 28°
- Sat16°22°1.2 mm4 km/h SWBase 22 / 29°
- Sun15°22°–4 km/h SWBase 21 / 29°
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.
Camping & parking near Tecapa
Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Tecapa, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.
Nearest campsite
Cerro de la Cruz - el campo
All mapped places 1
| Place | Distance |
|---|---|
| Cerro de la Cruz - el campoCampsite | 2.3 km WSW |
Slope
Share of the 6.8 × 6.8 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.
Mixed terrain: gentle slopes, steep faces and everything between.
- Steeper than 30°
- 9.7% of the 46 km² view
- Relief in view
- 1,109 m low point 493 m
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.
Where Tecapa sits
- Region
- El Salvador13North America1,313
Nearby places
Tecapa downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM
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Print & wall
3D printing & 3D apps
GIS & GPS
Free to use with credit: see the data sources
How accurate is this?
14 m low This 3D map reads 1,579 m at the summit; the official height is 1,593 m.
Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.
| Source | Summit | Difference |
|---|---|---|
| Official height (Wikidata) | 1,593 m | — |
| Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page) | 1,579 m | -14 m |
| Copernicus GLO-90 | 1,582 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 2025 (scene 2025-12-31)
- Land cover
- © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
- Facts
- Wikidata (CC0)
- Camping & parking
- © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL)
- Summits
- © OpenStreetMap contributors, via Overture Maps Foundation (ODbL)
- 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