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

Volcán de Fuego

Stratovolcano · last major eruption 20183,765 m

Elevation3,765 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation3.0 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul11°average high

14.47° N, 90.88° WElevation 3,765 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

Volcán de Fuego in brief

Volcán de Fuego rises to 3,765 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Sacatepéquez, Guatemala.

At the summit, March is the mildest month with average highs of 12°, while nights fall below freezing in 2 months of the year.

The nearest town in the atlas is Alotenango, 8.3 km to the E at 1,405 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 Volcán de Fuego by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	11°	12°	12°	12°	11°	10°	11°	11°	10°	10°	10°	10°
Average low	0°	0°	1°	2°	3°	3°	2°	3°	3°	2°	1°	0°
Precipitation	12 mm	25 mm	37 mm	113 mm	393 mm	612 mm	417 mm	449 mm	597 mm	415 mm	88 mm	25 mm
Cloud cover	11%	12%	15%	25%	55%	76%	68%	69%	74%	56%	31%	15%
Daylight	11h 22	11h 41	12h 03	12h 27	12h 48	12h 59	12h 54	12h 37	12h 13	11h 49	11h 28	11h 17
Month score	60	61	59	37	20	6	12	12	7	14	33	53

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	4,600 m	4,700 m	4,750 m	4,850 m	4,850 m	4,750 m	4,750 m	4,800 m	4,700 m	4,650 m	4,600 m	4,550 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