Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt · Puebla · MexicoSummit weather, forecast and climate

El Pinal

3,280 mMajor summit

Elevation3,280 mabove sea level

Prominence620 mindependent height

Isolation16 kmto a higher summit

Summit, Jul18°average high

19.14° N, 97.91° WElevation 3,280 mUTC−6 · Central Standard Time

From the valley to the top

Summit3,280 m
Mid-mountain2,940 m
Valley · El Rincón Citlaltépetl2,600 m

Freezing level in October: above the summit

iThe mountain

El Pinal in brief

El Pinal rises to 3,280 m in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt, Puebla, Mexico. Its topographic prominence — the height it stands above the lowest contour enclosing a higher summit — is 620 m, a major independent summit.

At the summit, April is the mildest month with average highs of 21°, while nights rarely fall below freezing.

The nearest town in the atlas is El Rincón Citlaltépetl, 2.0 km to the NE at 2,600 m.

Facts

Elevation: 3,280 m · 10,761 ft
Prominence: 620 m
Range: Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt
Region: Puebla
Country: Mexico
Coordinates: 19.1422, -97.9069
Nearest airport: Hermanos Serdán International Airport (PBC) · 49 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 El Pinal by month

Summit temperatures and precipitation

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

Climate normals for El Pinal by month
Month	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Average high	16°	18°	20°	21°	21°	19°	18°	19°	18°	17°	17°	16°
Average low	2°	3°	4°	6°	8°	8°	7°	8°	8°	6°	4°	2°
Precipitation	12 mm	15 mm	18 mm	46 mm	102 mm	174 mm	133 mm	143 mm	143 mm	65 mm	13 mm	8 mm
Cloud cover	21%	18%	19%	24%	31%	53%	53%	51%	54%	39%	25%	23%
Daylight	11h 06	11h 32	12h 01	12h 35	13h 02	13h 17	13h 11	12h 47	12h 15	11h 43	11h 14	10h 59
Month score	87	93	95	87	72	57	57	58	54	75	92	89

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	4,650 m	4,850 m	5,100 m	5,350 m	5,450 m	5,400 m	5,250 m	5,300 m	5,250 m	5,100 m	4,900 m	4,700 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