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Stratovolcano · Sierra Madre de Chiapas · San Marcos Department

Volcán Tajumulco

4,203 m13,789 ft

Easiest route: 2.0 km+626 m · about 1.5 h
Prominence: 3,980 m13,058 ft
Isolation: at least 200 km
Tonight: -1°CPartly cloudy · Wind 6 km/h N

Volcán Tajumulco is a 4,203 m (13,789 ft) stratovolcano in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, San Marcos Department, Guatemala.

All facts

Elevation: 4,203 m · 13,789 ft
Range: Sierra Madre de Chiapas
Region: San Marcos Department, Guatemala
Coordinates: 15.0432° N, 91.9035° W

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Route

How to get to the top of Volcán Tajumulco

The shortest mapped walking route from where a car can get you, with distance and climb from the terrain model.

From Road end, 1.6 km E of Volcán Tajumulco

Distance: 2.0 kmone way
Climb: +626 m(2,054 ft up)
Time up: about 1.5 h
Difficulty: Grade not mapped

Volcán Tajumulco elevation profile

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Routes © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the ODbL. Climb from the terrain model. Trails change and maps miss things: check conditions locally.

3D map

Volcán Tajumulco 3D map

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Surface

Vertical scale

Topographic map

Volcán Tajumulco terrain and contours

200 m contours from the Copernicus GLO-30 terrain model. The route drawn is the easiest mapped one. 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 1,000 mShowing west → east through the summit

West → east through the summit

Hover the profile to read elevation and distance.Tap or drag along the profile to read elevation and distance.

Weather

Volcán Tajumulco weather

Tonight · Partly cloudy · -1°C (30°F) · 0.3 mm · Wind 6 km/h N

Volcán Tajumulco forecast for the summit, about 4,203 m. Summit vs base: the Base line is for about 3,577 m.

Tonight-1°0.3 mm6 km/h NBase 3°
Sat-3°6°5.1 mm8 km/h SWBase 1 / 10°
Sun-2°7°1.6 mm10 km/h SWBase 2 / 10°
Mon-1°5°2.6 mm9 km/h SWBase 3 / 9°
Tue-1°4°2.0 mm9 km/h SWBase 2 / 8°
Wed-3°6°2.6 mm10 km/h SWBase 1 / 9°
Thu-4°5°3.1 mm8 km/h SWBase 0 / 9°
Fri-2°6°3.3 mm9 km/h SWBase 2 / 9°
Sat-2°6°2.4 mm9 km/h SWBase 2 / 10°
Sun-4°5°4.2 mm8 km/h SWBase 0 / 9°

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.

Camping & parking

Camping & parking near Volcán Tajumulco

Campsites, parking, trailheads and mountain huts mapped in OpenStreetMap around Volcán Tajumulco, nearest first, by straight-line distance. Check access, fees and permits locally.

Nearest campsite
Campamento
0.6 km E
Directions Map

All mapped places 1

Place	Distance
CampamentoCampsite	0.6 km E

Slope

How steep is the route to Volcán Tajumulco?

The easiest mapped route, 2.0 km from 3,577 m to 4,203 m. Steepest stretch: 45°.

0 km · 3,577 m2.0 km · 4,203 m

0–15°0.9 km
15–30°1.0 km
30–45°0.1 km

Grades are averaged between profile points about 20 m apart, so short steeper steps don’t show.

Land cover

ESA WorldCover 10 m classification of the same area.

Trees 83.0%Grassland 10.2%Cropland 3.6%Built-up 2.7%

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

Nearby summits

Named peaks within 10 km, measured from the Volcán Tajumulco summit.

Summit list 3

1Cerro Concepción4,065 m 0.6 km ESE
2Cerro Bonete3,235 m 7.4 km N
3Cerro San Juan3,235 m 7.6 km N

Where it sits

Where Volcán Tajumulco sits

Ranked in 1

#23 Country high points

Nearby

Nearby places

More 1

Lago de AtitlánLake · 1,562 m85 km ESE

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

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Print & wall

JPGVolcán Tajumulco satellite image (JPEG)Sentinel-2 true-colour image of the same area, taken 2026-03-02.

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GIS & GPS

GPXVolcán Tajumulco GPX / KML route downloadIn the route section. Mapped route for GPS apps and Google Earth, under the ODbL.

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Accuracy

How accurate is this?

within 10 m This 3D map reads 4,212 m at the summit; the official height is 4,203 m.

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

Source	Summit	Difference
Official height (Wikidata)	4,203 m	—
Copernicus GLO-30 (used on this page)	4,212 m	+9 m
Copernicus GLO-90	4,204 m	+1 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 2026-03-02)
Land cover: © ESA WorldCover project 2021 / Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data (2021) processed by ESA WorldCover consortium
Facts: Wikidata (CC0)
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

Volcán Tajumulco

From Road end, 1.6 km E of Volcán Tajumulco

West → east through the summit

Nearest campsite

Data sources