El Orégano
- 706 ft
- summit
- Nov–Apr
- best months
El Orégano is a mountain in Sonora, Mexico, with its summit at about 710 ft (215 m) above sea level. No mapped trail reaches the top in OpenStreetMap, so plan the approach with local maps or a guide. The nearest town is Campo Pesquero la Manga, about 8.7 miles northeast of the summit. Peaks within about 3 miles include Cerro La Pirinola and Cerro Pirinolas. In a typical August, the warmest month, highs reach about 93°F (34°C) and lows about 81°F (27°C); in January, the coldest, highs are about 70°F (21°C) and lows about 52°F (11°C). Precipitation falls on about 6 days in August, the wettest month, and about 0 days in April, 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
- 706 ft
We don't know of a mapped trail or route to the summit of El Orégano. Plan the approach with local maps, a guidebook or a local guide, and check conditions before you go.
Questions about El Orégano
How tall is El Orégano?
706 ft (215 m).
Is there a trail to the top of El Orégano?
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 El SoldadoSummit · ~19 min drivePhoto: WendyAvilesR, CC BY-SA 4.0 (via Wikimedia Commons)- Cerro La PirinolaSummit · ~2 min drive
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- Cerro El OrejanoSummit · ~9 min drive
- Cerro NavarroSummit · ~10 min drive
- Cerro El VenadoSummit · ~12 min drive
- Cerro La MangaSummit · ~13 min drive
- Mesa ParapetoSummit · ~13 min drive
- Cerro El BobisoSummit · ~14 min drive
Best time to visit El Orégano
Best months: November–April. 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
70° / 52°
2 wet
Feb
73° / 54°
1 wet
Mar
76° / 57°
1 wet
Apr
82° / 61°
0 wet
May
87° / 67°
0 wet
Jun
92° / 75°
1 wet
Jul
93° / 80°
5 wet
Aug
93° / 81°
6 wet
Sep
91° / 78°
3 wet
Oct
86° / 70°
2 wet
Nov
78° / 61°
1 wet
Dec
71° / 54°
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 699 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).
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