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Usulután

1,449 m4,754 ft

Prominence: 764 m2,506 ft
Isolation: 5.7 km
Region: El Salvador
Tonight: 15°CLight rain · Wind 13 km/h NE

Usulután is a 1,449 m (4,754 ft) mountain in the American Cordillera, El Salvador.

All facts

Elevation: 1,449 m · 4,754 ft
Nearest higher peak: Tecapa (1,593 m)
Range: American Cordillera
Spanish name: Volcán de Usulután
Coordinates: 13.4193° N, 88.4699° W

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3D map

Usulután 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Usulután 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

Usulután elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Usulután weather

Tonight · Light rain · 15°C (59°F) · 1.4 mm · Wind 13 km/h NE

Usulután forecast for the summit, about 1,449 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 231 m.

Tonight15°1.4 mm13 km/h NEBase 22°
Sat14°23°1.6 mm16 km/h NBase 21 / 30°
Sun14°22°0.4 mm15 km/h NBase 21 / 30°
Mon14°22°0.2 mm12 km/h NEBase 22 / 30°
Tue16°22°1.2 mm6 km/h SWBase 23 / 29°
Wed16°20°3.0 mm7 km/h SBase 23 / 27°
Thu16°22°7.3 mm6 km/h NEBase 23 / 29°
Fri17°20°6.9 mm5 km/h SBase 24 / 27°
Sat17°22°2.6 mm5 km/h SBase 24 / 29°
Sun16°22°0.3 mm5 km/h NEBase 23 / 30°

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 7 × 7 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 61% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

60.6%

Moderate, 15–30°

27.6%

Steep, 30–45°

11.1%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.7%

Steeper than 30°: 11.8% of the 49 km² view
Relief in view: 1,199 m low point 231 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 72.8%Grassland 25.2%Cropland 1.1%Built-up 0.6%

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

Where it sits

Where Usulután sits

Nearby

Nearby places

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

19 m low This 3D map reads 1,430 m at the summit; the official height is 1,449 m.

Why: a 30 m terrain model averages each cell, so a sharp summit gets rounded off.

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	1,449 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	1,430 m	-19 m
Copernicus GLO-90	1,425 m	-24 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)
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