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Mexico Mexico Cave

Grutas Xoxafi

13 °C inside, all year.

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The descent

The entrance, at 2,229 m.

The real relief above Grutas Xoxafi, measured on the Copernicus model every 30 m, and the cave going down at the same vertical scale.

depth not publishedEntrance2,354 m1.0 kmvertical × 5.9depth not publishedEntrance2,354 m1.0 kmvertical × 12.7

The depth is the one published by those who explored it; the shape of the galleries is a sketch, not a survey. No depth has been published for this cave yet.

2,229m

Entrance altitude

published (Wikidata)

13°C

Inside, all year

the yearly average outside, at the entrance

175m

Rock above

the highest point within 1.5 km

Inside and outside

13 °C inside, all year.

Deep inside, a cave keeps the average temperature of the year outside: about 13 °C here, in January and in August. In May the afternoon reaches 24 °C at the entrance, 11 °C warmer than inside: take a jacket.

outside, at the entrance (2,229 m)inside
  1. 15°2°Jan
  2. 18°4°Feb
  3. 21°6°Mar
  4. 24°9°Apr
  5. 24°10°May
  6. 22°11°Jun
  7. 20°10°Jul
  8. 20°10°Aug
  9. 19°10°Sep
  10. 18°8°Oct
  11. 16°5°Nov
  12. 16°3°Dec
Inside: 13 °C all yearWettest: Jun–Oct

Outside: afternoon and night averages for 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) brought to the altitude of the entrance. Inside: the yearly average, which deep parts of a cave keep. Near the entrance it follows the weather a little.

Grutas Xoxafi is a cave in Mexico. The entrance is at 2,229 m.

Getting there.

Plan the visit

Guided tours, a bed nearby, a car.

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From above.

The ground above the cave, with the relief shaded, the line of the section and what people have mapped around the entrance.

The ground above Grutas Xoxafi (Sentinel-2) N 1.5 km

Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 (EOX, CC BY 4.0), 6.0 × 6.0 km, north up. The line is the section above. Points © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Around the entrance.

  • 2other cave entrances within 3 kmGruta Xoxafi
  • 1hotels and guesthouses within 8 km
  • springs within 2 km
  • sinkholes within 3 km
  • caving clubs and spots within 15 km
  • viewpoints within 3 km
  • marked hiking routes within 3 km
  • climbing crags within 3 km
  • named waterfalls within 4 km
  • car parks within 2 km
  • information boards and visitor centres within 3 km
  • bus stops within 2 km
  • campsites within 8 km
  • restaurants and cafés within 3 km

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, around the entrance. A low number may just mean nobody has mapped it yet. © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).

Towns nearby

  • Patria Nueva3.3 km in a straight line
  • Cerritos4.2 km in a straight line
  • Lagunilla4.9 km in a straight line
  • Yolotepec5.2 km in a straight line
  • Santiago de Anaya6.7 km in a straight line
  • Déxtho de Victoria7.0 km in a straight line
  • Teofani7.7 km in a straight line
  • Julián Villagrán8.0 km in a straight line

In our other atlases

What else is around Grutas Xoxafi.

The river at the entrance, the waterfalls, the lakes, the mountains and volcanoes above, the canyons, beaches and islands nearby — from our other atlases.

Peakyas19 mountains within 10 km
Cerro Teptha · 2.5 kmCerro Xenfai · 3.5 kmCerro Boxtha Chico · 6.6 kmCerro Cebadero · 6.7 kmCerro Las Tunas · 7.0 kmCerro Theñondhe · 9.3 kmCerro Pozuelos · 9.6 kmCerro La Eme · 9.8 km

Figures from the sister sites' databases (Wikidata, HydroATLAS, GeoNames, NOAA, OpenStreetMap). Links open when each site is online.

Month by month

The weather outside, at the entrance.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon151821242422202019181616
Afternoon151821242422202019181616
Night24691011101010853
Rain (mm)30253241641571651722371455724
Rainy days7678132124242417116
Sun hours/day6.37.17.78.17.97.06.97.15.56.26.36.7
AfternoonAfternoonNightRain (mm)Sun hours/day
Jan15152306.3
Feb18184257.1
Mar21216327.7
Apr24249418.1
May242410647.9
Jun2222111577.0
Jul2020101656.9
Aug2020101727.1
Sep1919102375.5
Oct181881456.2
Nov16165576.3
Dec16163246.7

Averages 1991–2020 (NASA POWER) for a cell about 55 km wide, brought to the altitude of the entrance (2,229 m) with the standard lapse rate. Not a forecast.

Photographs

Inside and around.

Entrada a bobeda en las grutas de Xoxafi - panoramio
ed_devilinside · CC BY-SA 3.0
Xoxafi af1
MCGau · CC BY-SA 4.0
Xoxafi af2
MCGau · CC BY-SA 4.0

Recent years

Wet years, dry years.

Rain of each month as a share of the 1991–2020 average. A dry year means a lower river and hotter rock; a wet one, more water in the gorge.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020223%89%37%161%119%76%42%92%86%36%74%41%
202191%92%110%107%141%125%61%105%69%66%84%28%
2022111%92%18%112%27%93%62%48%90%56%87%124%
202344%53%106%247%80%8%56%80%14%107%113%240%
202473%69%39%58%14%148%167%75%80%77%92%246%
202587%128%23%17%173%234%103%81%99%198%138%314%

130% or more: wet month 70% or less: dry month

Caves nearby.

Grutas Xoxafi

Mexico

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 2,229 mEntrance altitude
  • 13 °CInside, all year

Tolantongo

Mexico · 29 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 1,308 mEntrance altitude
  • 19 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Cave of Swallows

Mexico · 135 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 846 mEntrance altitude
  • 21 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Zacatón

Mexico · 303 km

  • —Depth
  • —Galleries
  • 202 mEntrance altitude
  • 23 °CInside, all year

See the guide

Where these figures come from

Name, type, published depth and length, visitorsWikidata (Q9096740) · CC0
The relief above, the entrance altitude, the section and the 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
ClimateNASA POWER, 1991–2020
Entrances, springs, sinkholes, opening hours and what is around© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Rivers, waterfalls, lakes, mountains, canyons, beaches and islands nearbyCoastya, Lakeyas, Peakyas, Cascadyas, Islandyas, Riveryas

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

The family

Do you prefer beaches, lakes, mountains, waterfalls, islands, rivers, canyons, caves, dark skies, viewpoints, birdwatching or forests?

Same idea, other landscapes: field atlases built on open data, month by month, in seven languages.

beachesCoastyaFind your beach: sea temperature, sun and swimming month by month.Visit lakesLakeyasEvery lake on Earth: water temperature, ice, depth and the shore.Visit mountainsPeakyasEvery summit in 3D: summit weather, the 0 °C line, huts and trails.Visit waterfallsCascadyasEvery waterfall: height, flow month by month and when it roars.Visit islandsIslandyasEvery island from the sea up: size, sea temperature, ferries and 3D.Visit riversRiveryasEvery river from source to sea: the journey, the flow and the basin in numbers.Visit canyonsCanyonyasEvery canyon cut to scale: depth to the floor, rim and floor temperatures, trails and viewpoints.Visit
cavesCavernyasEvery cave with its real depth and length: the rock above, the temperature inside all year, and how to visit.You are here
dark skiesDarkskyasWhere the night is still dark: the sky of every place, the Milky Way month by month, the Moon, eclipses and auroras.Coming soonVisit
viewpointsViewyasEvery viewpoint with its real 360° panorama: the peaks you can name, how far you see and where the sun sets.Coming soonVisit
birdwatchingBirdyasEvery bird sanctuary and wetland with the species recorded month by month: who is resident, who comes for the summer, who only passes through.Coming soonVisit
forestsForestyaEvery forest with its land-cover rings, what grows and lives in it, and the best months to walk it.Coming soonVisit