Ecatepec de Morelos
City in Mexico: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Panorama de San Cristóbal Ecatepec: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Ecatepec de Morelos is a city in Mexico, in México. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 5th largest city of Mexico in our atlas.
It lies at 19.60° N, 99.06° W, about 2,306 m (7,566 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Mexico_City time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Ecatepec de Morelos. Green dots: other major cities of Mexico. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Ecatepec de Morelos has a subtropical highland climate (Köppen Cwb). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 25°C (77°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 3°C (37°F). Around 896 mm (35 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in MexicoNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Gustavo Adolfo Madero · 13 km
- Mexico City · 21 km
- Ciudad Nezahualcoyotl · 23 km
- Iztapalapa · 28 km
- Puebla · 109 km
- Santiago de Querétaro · 177 km
- León de los Aldama · 322 km
- Guadalajara · 464 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3529612 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q8972 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Panorama de San Cristóbal Ecatepec: Unknown authorUnknown author, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- El Caracol Ecatepec: Haakon K, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
