Sierra Madre de Chiapas · Chiapas · MexicoSummit weather, forecast and climate

El Chichón

Tuff cone · last major eruption 19821,060 m

Elevation1,060 mabove sea level

Prominence–independent height

Isolation102 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul25°average high

17.36° N, 93.23° WElevation 1,060 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

El Chichón in brief

El Chichón rises to 1,060 m in the Sierra Madre de Chiapas, Chiapas, Mexico.

At the summit, May is the mildest month with average highs of 27°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is Chapultenango, 11 km to the E at 686 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 El Chichón by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	21°	23°	25°	27°	27°	26°	25°	25°	24°	23°	22°	22°
Average low	14°	14°	15°	17°	18°	18°	18°	18°	18°	17°	16°	15°
Precipitation	218 mm	225 mm	101 mm	105 mm	175 mm	380 mm	339 mm	408 mm	570 mm	478 mm	302 mm	288 mm
Cloud cover	49%	43%	31%	29%	38%	62%	60%	62%	69%	58%	50%	50%
Daylight	11h 12	11h 35	12h 02	12h 32	12h 57	13h 10	13h 04	12h 43	12h 14	11h 46	11h 19	11h 06
Month score	59	62	72	64	55	50	53	53	51	55	59	59

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	3,750 m	3,900 m	4,150 m	4,400 m	4,500 m	4,450 m	4,400 m	4,400 m	4,300 m	4,150 m	4,000 m	3,850 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