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Volcano · Sierra Madre de Chiapas · Sacatepéquez Department

Volcán de Agua

3,760 m12,336 ft

Prominence: 1,985 m6,513 ft
Isolation: 14 km
Tonight: 0°CPartly cloudy · Wind 12 km/h N

Volcán de Agua is a 3,760 m (12,336 ft) volcano in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala.

All facts

Elevation: 3,760 m · 12,336 ft
Nearest higher peak: Acatenango (3,976 m)
Range: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Region: Sacatepéquez Department, Guatemala
Coordinates: 14.4651° N, 90.7426° W

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3D map

Volcán de Agua 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Volcán de Agua 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 de Agua elevation profile

West → east through the summit

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Weather

Volcán de Agua weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · 0°C (32°F) · Wind 12 km/h N

Volcán de Agua forecast for the summit, about 3,760 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 961 m.

Tonight0°–12 km/h NBase 16°
Sat-2°11°0.1 mm15 km/h NEBase 15 / 28°
Sun-2°11°0.5 mm15 km/h NBase 15 / 28°
Mon-2°11°0.4 mm10 km/h NBase 14 / 28°
Tue-3°10°2.0 mm7 km/h NWBase 14 / 27°
Wed-5°11°1.4 mm8 km/h NWBase 12 / 28°
Thu-1°12°0.8 mm7 km/h NBase 16 / 29°
Fri1°10°2.9 mm6 km/h NBase 18 / 27°
Sat-2°12°0.4 mm7 km/h NBase 15 / 29°
Sun1°12°0.2 mm9 km/h NEBase 18 / 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, 23:18 UTC.

Slope

Share of the 12 × 12 km view by steepness, from the 30 m model.

Mostly gentle: 52% of the view is under 15°.

Gentle, 0–15°

52.2%

Moderate, 15–30°

34.8%

Steep, 30–45°

12.8%

Cliffs, 45° and over

0.3%

Steeper than 30°: 13.1% of the 144 km² view
Relief in view: 2,804 m low point 961 m

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 80.9%Grassland 9.8%Cropland 7.4%Built-up 1.7%

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 6 km; 109 species recorded in all.

Sightings per species 6

Western Honey Bee4
Mexican hand tree4
Great-tailed Grackle3
Fiberglass plant3
Inca Dove2
Band-backed Wren2

Where it sits

Where Volcán de Agua sits

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lago de AtitlánLake · 1,562 m56 km WNW

Volcán de Agua downloads: topographic map, heightmap, STL 3D model and DEM

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Print & wall

JPGVolcán de Agua satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-02-02.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 3,765 m at the summit; the official height is 3,760 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	3,760 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	3,765 m	+5 m
Copernicus GLO-90	3,746 m	-14 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 2026-02-02)
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