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ChicabalSierra Madre de Chiapas · Quetzaltenango · GuatemalaSummit weather, forecast and climate
Santa María
Stratovolcano · last major eruption 19903,772 m
Elevation3,772 mabove sea level
Prominence–independent height
Isolation49 kmto a higher summit
Summit, Jul12°average high
14.76° N, 91.55° WElevation 3,772 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time
From the valley to the top
- Summit3,772 m
- Mid-mountain2,930 m
- Valley · Zunil2,086 m
Freezing level in October: above the summit
iThe mountain
Santa María in brief
Santa María rises to 3,772 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Quetzaltenango, Guatemala.
At the summit, April is the mildest month with average highs of 12°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.
The nearest town in the atlas is Zunil, 8.0 km to the NE at 2,086 m.
Facts
- Elevation
- 3,772 m · 12,375 ft
- Range
- Sierra Madre de Chiapas
- Region
- Quetzaltenango
- Country
- Guatemala
- Coordinates
- 14.7558, -91.5519
- Nearest airport
- Retalhuleu Airport (RER) · 30 km
iiForecast
Weather at three heights
Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.
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iiiSummit climate
The top of Santa María by month
Summit temperatures and precipitation
Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Average high | 11° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 12° | 11° | 11° | 11° | 11° |
| Average low | 3° | 4° | 4° | 5° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 6° | 5° | 4° |
| Precipitation | 24 mm | 32 mm | 79 mm | 166 mm | 429 mm | 608 mm | 430 mm | 450 mm | 612 mm | 496 mm | 145 mm | 46 mm |
| Cloud cover | 15% | 16% | 19% | 28% | 56% | 78% | 72% | 72% | 77% | 60% | 34% | 18% |
| Daylight | 11h 21 | 11h 40 | 12h 02 | 12h 28 | 12h 49 | 13h 00 | 12h 55 | 12h 37 | 12h 13 | 11h 49 | 11h 27 | 11h 16 |
| Month score | 57 | 59 | 48 | 38 | 26 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 28 | 50 |
Snow and freezing level
Average height of the 0 °C level from the summit normals (6.5 °C per km); snow months have a summit mean at or below +1 °C| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Freezing level | 4,850 m | 4,950 m | 5,050 m | 5,150 m | 5,150 m | 5,150 m | 5,150 m | 5,150 m | 5,100 m | 5,050 m | 4,950 m | 4,900 m |
| Summit | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C | above 0 °C |
ivTerrain
Santa María in 3D
vNeighbours
Mountains of GuatemalaPeaks nearby
| Mountain | Elevation | Prominence | Distance | July summit high |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Volcán Santo Tomás | 3,542 m | 485 m | 9.4 km SE | 12° |
| Volcán Siete Orejas | 3,370 m | – | 9.6 km NW | 13° |
| Almolonga | 3,197 m | – | 5.8 km NE | 14° |
| Cerro de Coxóm | 3,045 m | – | 22 km NE | 15° |
| Chicabal | 2,720 m | – | 13 km W | 16° |
viBase towns
Where to stay nearby
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Zunil
Quetzaltenango · 8.0 km NE
19°Oct high
29wet days
58score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Almolonga
Quetzaltenango · 9.1 km NE
18°Oct high
29wet days
56score
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Quetzaltenango
Quetzaltenango · 10 km N
18°Oct high
29wet days
53score
Around here
Zunil and around
Nature
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Cerro El Baúl
National park
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Nima II River
River
Mountains
Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH · CC BY 4.0 · Contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016
Volcán Siete Orejas
3,370 m · Sierra Madre de Chiapas