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Volcán Atitlán

3,537 m11,604 ft

Prominence: 1,739 m5,705 ft
Isolation: 33 km
Tonight: 5°CLight rain · Wind 10 km/h NE

Volcán Atitlán is a 3,537 m (11,604 ft) mountain in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Sololá Department, Guatemala.

All facts

Elevation: 3,537 m · 11,604 ft
Nearest higher peak: Volcán Santo Tomás (3,542 m)
Range: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Region: Sololá Department, Guatemala
Spanish name: Volcán de Atitlán
Coordinates: 14.5832° N, 91.1863° W

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3D map

Volcán Atitlán 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Volcán Atitlán terrain and contours

100 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 500 mShowing west → east through the summit

Volcán Atitlán elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Volcán Atitlán weather

Tonight · Light rain · 5°C (41°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 10 km/h NE

Volcán Atitlán forecast for the summit, about 3,537 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 856 m.

Tonight5°0.3 mm10 km/h NEBase 21°
Sat3°11°6.8 mm11 km/h NEBase 20 / 27°
Sun3°11°0.9 mm12 km/h NEBase 19 / 27°
Mon3°10°0.7 mm10 km/h NEBase 19 / 26°
Tue4°9°0.8 mm5 km/h SBase 21 / 25°
Wed4°10°0.8 mm7 km/h SBase 20 / 26°
Thu3°11°3.8 mm8 km/h SBase 19 / 27°
Fri4°9°3.8 mm5 km/h SBase 20 / 25°
Sat3°11°0.3 mm8 km/h SBase 19 / 27°
Sun4°11°1.3 mm6 km/h SBase 20 / 27°

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 11 × 11 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

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

Gentle, 0–15°

29.7%

Moderate, 15–30°

45.5%

Steep, 30–45°

23.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

1.0%

Steeper than 30°: 24.8% of the 121 km² view
Relief in view: 2,677 m low point 856 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 92.5%Grassland 5.8%Built-up 0.7%

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 5.5 km; 515 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Northern Emerald-Toucanet32
Mexican Longwing26
Brown-backed Solitaire19
Tennessee Warbler17
Silver monstera15
Wine-throated Hummingbird15

Where it sits

Where Volcán Atitlán sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

AlmolongaPeak · 3,197 m43 km WNW

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Print & wall

JPGVolcán Atitlán satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-04-13.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,533 m at the summit; the official height is 3,537 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,537 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,533 m	-4 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,525 m	-12 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 2026-04-13)
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