Sierra Madre de Chiapas · Jutiapa · GuatemalaSummit weather, forecast and climate

Suchitan

Volcano2,042 m

Elevation2,042 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation46 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul28°average high

14.33° N, 89.78° WElevation 2,042 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Suchitan in brief

Suchitan rises to 2,042 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Jutiapa, Guatemala.

At the summit, April is the mildest month with average highs of 31°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Asunción Mita, 7.4 km to the E at 475 m.

iiForecast

Temperatures are adjusted to each height; summits are usually colder and windier than the valley forecast suggests.

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iiiSummit climate

Climate normals for the summit area (~1 km grid), station-adjusted

Climate normals for Suchitan by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	27°	28°	30°	31°	30°	28°	28°	29°	28°	27°	27°	27°
Average low	16°	16°	17°	19°	20°	19°	19°	19°	19°	18°	17°	16°
Precipitation	1 mm	2 mm	4 mm	21 mm	95 mm	190 mm	137 mm	130 mm	187 mm	100 mm	18 mm	3 mm
Cloud cover	13%	13%	13%	21%	47%	63%	52%	53%	60%	45%	26%	16%
Daylight	11h 22	11h 41	12h 03	12h 27	12h 47	12h 58	12h 54	12h 36	12h 13	11h 49	11h 28	11h 17
Month score	92	86	80	71	47	41	45	42	44	59	87	91

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	5,300 m	5,450 m	5,650 m	5,850 m	5,800 m	5,650 m	5,650 m	5,700 m	5,600 m	5,500 m	5,450 m	5,350 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

vNeighbours

Mountain	Elevation	Prominence	Distance	July summit high
Chingo	1,775 m	–	25 km S	24°
Tahual	1,716 m	–	17 km NW	24°
Volcán de Flores	1,600 m	–	23 km W	24°
Ixtepeque	1,292 m	–	14 km NE	26°
Cerro Santiago	1,192 m	–	10 km W	27°