El Culebrón
- 7,480 ft
- summit
- Jan–Dec
- best months
El Culebrón is a mountain in Oaxaca, Mexico, with its summit at about 7,480 ft (2,280 m) above sea level. It stands inside Reserva de la Biosfera Tehuacán-Cuicatlán. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Santa María Ixcatlán, about 2.0 miles east of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Cerro Cuanda. In a typical May, the warmest month, highs reach about 75°F (24°C) and lows about 52°F (11°C); in January, the coldest, highs are about 66°F (19°C) and lows about 43°F (6°C). Precipitation falls on about 12 days in June, the wettest month, and about 1 days in January, the driest. These typical figures for 1981–2010 come from the CHELSA 1 km climate model and CRU TS 4.09. The location and elevation come from OpenStreetMap and the Copernicus 90 m elevation model. Check local access rules and conditions before you go.
Conditions and forecast
Daily highs and lows, wind and the chance of precipitation at the summit for the next 7 days, from the Open-Meteo model.
- Summit elevation
- 7,480 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of El Culebrón. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about El Culebrón
How tall is El Culebrón?
7,480 ft (2,280 m).
Is there a trail to the top of El Culebrón?
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide.
- Cerro CuandaSummit · ~5 min drive
- Rasca ToroSummit · ~6 min drive
- Cerro FlorSummit · ~8 min drive
- GanduditoSummit · ~8 min drive
- Cerro La OrquetaSummit · ~9 min drive
- El CalvarioSummit · ~9 min drive
- Siete PuertasSummit · ~10 min drive
- C. El CachucheSummit · ~11 min drive
- Corral de PeñaSummit · ~11 min drive
- Cerro de EnmedioSummit · ~12 min drive
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Best time to visit El Culebrón
Best months: Year-round. Best months have typical highs of 55–85 °F, lows of 30 °F or warmer (32 °F where there's no snowfall data), at most one snowy day and no more than 12 wet days.
Jan
66° / 43°
1 wet
Feb
70° / 45°
1 wet
Mar
74° / 47°
2 wet
Apr
77° / 50°
4 wet
May
75° / 52°
8 wet
Jun
71° / 53°
12 wet
Jul
68° / 52°
11 wet
Aug
68° / 52°
10 wet
Sep
67° / 52°
12 wet
Oct
66° / 50°
7 wet
Nov
66° / 47°
3 wet
Dec
65° / 45°
2 wet
Typical high / low (°F) and days with rain or snow, 1981–2010. Modelled for the 1 km square this place sits in (average height 7,257 ft), not measured at a weather station. Snowfall days aren't in this data. Source: CHELSA 1 km climate model (1981–2010) and CRU TS 4.09 wet days. Data: CHELSA V2.1 climatologies (Karger et al. 2017), WSL (CC0 1.0); CRU TS 4.09 (Harris et al. 2020), University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. (Open Government Licence v3.0).
Map and trail data © OpenStreetMap contributors
