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Mexico City
Mexico > Mexico City > Mexico City
Mexico City is located in the Valley of Mexico, sometimes called the Basin of Mexico. This valley is located in the Trans-Mexican Volcanic Belt in the high plateaus of south-central Mexico. It has a minimum altitude of 2,200 meters (7,200 feet) above sea level and is surrounded by mountains and volcanoes that…
Average elevation: 2,321 m
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Isthmus of Tehuantepec
At its narrowest point, the isthmus is 200 km (124 mi) across from gulf to gulf, or 192 km (119 mi) to the head of Laguna Superior on the Pacific coast. The Sierra Madre del Sur mountain range breaks down at this point into a broad, plateau-like ridge, whose elevation, at the highest point reached by the…
Average elevation: 277 m
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Guadalajara
Under the Köppen climate classification, Guadalajara has a humid subtropical climate (Cwa) that is quite close to a tropical climate, featuring dry, warm winters and hot, wet summers. Guadalajara's climate is influenced by its high altitude and the general seasonality of precipitation patterns in western…
Average elevation: 1,543 m
Cozumel
Large parts of the island are covered with mangrove forest which has many endemic animal species. Cozumel is a flat island based on limestone, resulting in a karst topography. The highest natural point on the island is less than 15 m (49 ft) above sea level. The cenotes are deep water-filled sinkholes formed…
Average elevation: 1 m
San Miguel de Allende
Mexico > Guanajuato > San Miguel de Allende > San Miguel de Allende
Average elevation: 2,029 m
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Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌaɣwaskaˈljentes] ; lit. 'Hot Springs'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average altitude of…
Average elevation: 1,814 m
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Tequila
Tequila is one of the 124 municipalities of Jalisco, located just west of the center of the state. Its territory extends for 1689.11km2, with elevations that vary between 700 and 2,900 meters above sea level. The municipality borders with the main metropolitan region of Guadalajara to the east (Zapopan), and…
Average elevation: 1,267 m
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Zihuatanejo
Mexico > Guerrero > Zihuatanejo de Azueta
The town of Zihuatanejo is the seat of the municipality of Zihuatanejo de Azueta and as such is the governmental authority for approximately 416 communities, with a total population of 104,609 as of 2005, and an area of 1,921.5 km2 (741.9 sq mi). There are small indigenous communities in the municipality which…
Average elevation: 103 m
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Ramos Arizpe
Mexico > Coahuila > Ramos Arizpe
Ramos Arizpe has a desert climate (Köppen climate classification BWh Owing to its altitude of 1,400 to 1,500 m (4,600 to 4,900 ft) above sea level, temperatures are milder than other desert cities at lower elevations. Winters are mild with warm temperatures during the day and cold nights. The January average…
Average elevation: 1,426 m
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Juanacatlán
The municipio of Juanacatlán in the east-central part of the state, between 20º24’00’’ and 20º32’15’’ northern latitude and between 103º03’10’’ and 103º15’00’’ west latitude, at an altitude of 1,530m.
Average elevation: 1,585 m
Metepec
Metepec (Spanish: [meteˈpek] ) is a municipality in the State of Mexico in Mexico and is located directly to the east of the state capital, Toluca, at an altitude of 2,635 metres (8,645 ft) above sea level. The center of Mexico City lies some 50 km further to the east. The city of Metepec also form part of…
Average elevation: 2,625 m
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San Francisco de la Sierra
Mexico > Baja California Sur > Municipio de Mulegé
Average elevation: 1,159 m
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Cabo San Lucas
Mexico > Baja California Sur > Los Cabos Municipality > Cabo San Lucas
Average elevation: 2 m
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Charcas
Charcas is a town and municipality in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí. The municipality covers an area of 4.911 km2. As of 2020, the municipality had a total population of 14,117 people. Charcas is just south of the Tropic of Cancer. Due to its elevation of 2,219 metres (7,280 ft), the climate is mild.
Average elevation: 2,119 m
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San Juan de los Lagos
Mexico > Jalisco > San Juan de los Lagos > San Juan de los Lagos
Average elevation: 1,784 m
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Ajijic
The Chapala Lake basin has a year-round average temperature of about 19 °C (66 °F). Due to Ajijic's tropical latitude and relatively high elevation, it is seldom unpleasantly hot or humid. The rainy season begins in June and lasts until October. The average rainfall is 793 millimetres (31.2 in). Even during…
Average elevation: 1,738 m
Xochimilco
Much of the borough's land is former lakebed. Its main elevations include Xochitepec and Tlacualleli mountains along with two volcanoes named Teutli and Tzompol. It contains two natural rivers called Santiago and Tepapantla along with the various canals, which is what is left of the lake. The elevated areas of…
Average elevation: 2,241 m
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Aguascalientes
Aguascalientes (Spanish pronunciation: [ˌaɣwaskaˈljentes] (listen); lit. 'Hot Springs'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Aguascalientes (Spanish: Estado Libre y Soberano de Aguascalientes), is one of the 32 states which comprise the Federal Entities of Mexico. At 22°N and with an average…
Average elevation: 2,049 m
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Teloloapan
Teloloapan (Nahuatl: telólotl or telolotli, apan, 'guijarro o bodoque de piedra boluda, río' ‘río de guijarros o bodoques de piedra’) is a municipality in the Mexican state of Guerrero. The municipal seat is the city of Teloloapan. It is enclosed in the heart of the Southern Sierra Madre in the northern…
Average elevation: 1,407 m
Tenancingo
The seat of the municipality is the town of Tenancingo, surrounded by mountains and forest. The main elevation overlooking the town is the Cerro de las Tres Marías, topped by a giant white statue of Christ the King (Cristo Rey), built in 1985, designed by Hector Morret and visible from just about anywhere in…
Average elevation: 2,053 m
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Colonia el Pajarito
Mexico > Oaxaca > Zimatlán de Álvarez > Zimatlán de Álvarez
Average elevation: 1,519 m
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Los Algodones
Mexico > Baja California > Municipio de Mexicali
The town is at an elevation of 110 feet/33.5 m above mean sea level.
Average elevation: 51 m
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Ciudad Juárez
Due to its location in the Chihuahuan Desert and high altitude, Ciudad Juárez has a cold desert climate (Köppen: BWk). Seasons are distinct, with hot summers, mild springs and autumns, and cold winters. Summer average high is 35 °C (95 °F) with lows of 21 °C (70 °F). Winter highs average 14 °C (57 °F)…
Average elevation: 1,228 m
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Michoacán
Much of the climate of the state is determined by altitude and other geographical features. Average temperatures vary from 13 °C (55 °F) to 29 °C (84 °F). Lower temperatures correspond with the highland areas in the north and east while the lower south and west, called La Costa (the coast) or Tierra…
Average elevation: 1,239 m
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Ixmiquilpan
The climate and topography of the municipal divide into two parts. The land is beautiful and many take hiking trips for fun since the climate is almost perfect. This is increasing tourism in the area. Many buses departing from Mexico City arrive to this destination and visitors spend time in the so famous…
Average elevation: 1,984 m
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Monterrey
The city of Monterrey is 540 metres (1,770 ft) above sea level in the northeastern state of Nuevo León. Monterrey translated from Spanish to English is "King Mount" or "King mountain", which refers to the city's topography and the large mountains that surround it. The Santa Catarina River—dry most of the…
Average elevation: 861 m
Pinal de Amoles
The Puerta del Cielo (Door of Heaven) is an area just off Highway 120. The area is in forests of pine, cedar and white cedar. In the upper part, there is a chapel to the Virgin Mary with the inscription of “Virgen María Puerta del Cielo” (Virgin Mary Door of Heaven), from which the name is derived. This…
Average elevation: 1,606 m
Temoaya
The climate is temperate and relatively humid with rains mostly in the summer. Average temperature is 13.4C, ranging between 9 and 35.5C. It is one of the coldest municipalities in the Toluca Valley due to its altitude. Frosts can occur between October and April and morning fog is not uncommon the rest of the…
Average elevation: 2,790 m
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