Santa Elena
in Departamento del Petén, Guatemala
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Mundo Maya International Airport (2 mi) - Carmelita Airport (39 mi)
- Melchor de Mencos Airport (50 mi)
- Poptún Airport (52 mi)
- Rubelsanto Airport (74 mi)
- Playa Grande Airport (85 mi)
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Punta Gorda Airport (91 mi) - Independence Airport (100 mi)
- Philip S. W. Goldson International Airport (113 mi)
- Tikal National Park (Unesco heritage, 102 mi)
- Archaeological Park and Ruins of Quirigua (Unesco heritage, 130 mi)
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Ancient Maya City and Protected Tropical Forests of Calakmul, Campeche (Unesco heritage, 138 mi)
- Decimal Coordinates (Latitude, Longitude):
- 16.918 and -89.893 (Lat./Lng.)
- Coordinates by Time:
- N 16° 55' 4" and W -89° 53' 34"
- Currency and Currency Code:
- Quetzal - GTQ
- Spoken languages:
- Spanish
- Local electricity:
- 230 V - 50 Hz (plugs: G)
- Mobile phone / cellular frequencies (MHz):
- 900 MHz, 1800 MHz, 3G, 4G
- Local Time: 03:27 AM (Tuesday)
- Timezone: America/Guatemala
- UTC/GMT offset: -6 hours
- Sunrise and Sunset:
- 5:59 am and 5:26 pm
- Antipode Coordinates:
- -12.116 and 96.895 (Lat./Lng.)
- Closest place to antipode coordinates:
Bantam Village - References
- This place on Wikipedia
- This place on Geonames.org
Safety Score: 3,4 of 5.0 based on data from 9 authorites. Meaning please reconsider your need to travel to Guatemala.
Travel warnings are updated daily. Source: Travel Warning Guatemala. Last Update: 2024-08-13 08:21:03
Discover Santa Elena
Santa Elena in Departamento del Petén is a place in Guatemala about 163 mi (or 262 km) north of Guatemala City, the country's capital city.
Current time in Santa Elena is now 03:27 AM (Tuesday). The local timezone is named America / Guatemala with an UTC offset of -6 hours. We know of 9 airports near Santa Elena, of which one is a larger airport. The closest airport in Guatemala is Mundo Maya International Airport in a distance of 2 mi (or 3 km), East. Besides the airports, there are other travel options available (check left side).
There are several Unesco world heritage sites nearby. The closest heritage site in Guatemala is Tikal National Park in a distance of 102 mi (or 164 km), East. If you need a hotel, we compiled a list of available hotels close to the map centre further down the page.
While being here, you might want to pay a visit to some of the following locations: Flores, San Benito, San Andres, San Jose and San Francisco. To further explore this place, just scroll down and browse the available info.
Local weather forecast
Todays Local Weather Conditions & Forecast: 31°C / 88 °F
| Morning Temperature | 22°C / 71 °F |
| Evening Temperature | 27°C / 80 °F |
| Night Temperature | 23°C / 73 °F |
| Chance of rainfall | 0% |
| Air Humidity | 57% |
| Air Pressure | 1009 hPa |
| Wind Speed | Light breeze with 3 km/h (2 mph) from North-West |
| Cloud Conditions | Scattered clouds, covering 38% of sky |
| General Conditions | Light rain |
Tuesday, 5th of November 2024
31°C (87 °F)
23°C (74 °F)
Light rain, calm, broken clouds.
Wednesday, 6th of November 2024
33°C (91 °F)
24°C (76 °F)
Light rain, light breeze, scattered clouds.
Thursday, 7th of November 2024
31°C (88 °F)
24°C (74 °F)
Light rain, calm, broken clouds.
Hotels and Places to Stay
PETEN ESPLENDIDO
Hotel Quinta Maya
Casa Hunahpu
Bolontiku Boutique Hotel
Hotel Villa Maya
Hotel Explore
Hotel Tayasal
Hotel Miraflores
HOTEL AND RESTAURANT THE PEREGRINO
Videos from this area
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FREGADERA EN PETEN
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Un pequeño recorrido por Flores, Peten.
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Attractions and noteworthy things
Distances are based on the centre of the city/town and sightseeing location. This list contains brief abstracts about monuments, holiday activities, national parcs, museums, organisations and more from the area as well as interesting facts about the region itself. Where available, you'll find the corresponding homepage. Otherwise the related wikipedia article.
Flores, El Petén
Flores is the capital of the Petén department of Guatemala. It is located at {{#invoke:Coordinates|coord}}{{#coordinates:16|54|N|89|54|W||| | |name= }}. The population is 13,700 (2003). Flores is also the seat of the municipality of Flores (population 22,600). The old part of the city is located on an island on Lake Peten Itza, connected to the mainland by a short causeway. On the mainland is the suburb Santa Elena and, to the West, a contiguous municipality San Benito.
Tayasal (archaeological site)
Tayasal is a Maya archaeological site located in present day Guatemala. Tayasal is a corruption of Tah Itza ("Place of the Itza"), a term originally used to refer to the core of the Itza territory in Petén. The bulk of the site’s artifacts date to the Postclassic Period. As many as fifty burials and twelve caches have been recovered from Tayasal.
Santa Elena, El Petén
Santa Elena is located on the shores of Lake Petén Itzá in the Petén department of Guatemala. It is connected by a causeway to its sister town of Flores (the capital of the Petén department) and the two are often referred to as just Flores. It is the location for Flores International Airport, which is located just outside the town.
Petén Basin
The Petén Basin is a geographical subregion of Mesoamerica, located in the northern portion of the modern-day nation of Guatemala, and essentially contained within the department of El Petén. During the Late Preclassic and Classic periods of pre-Columbian Mesoamerican chronology many major centers of the Maya civilization flourished, such as Tikal, and a distinctive Petén-style of Maya architecture and inscriptions arose.
These are some bigger and more relevant cities in the wider vivinity of Santa Elena.
- Flores
- San Benito
- San Andres
- San Jose
- San Francisco
- Santa Ana
- La Libertad
- El Chal
- Sayaxche
- Dolores
- Poptun
- San Luis
- Raxruha
- Fray Bartolome de Las Casas
- Chisec
- Belmopan
- Playa Grande
- Lanquin
- Cahabon
- Punta Gorda
- San Pedro Carcha
- El Estor
- Senahu
- Coban
- Panzos
- San Juan Chamelco
- Livingston
- La Tinta
- Tucuru
- Santa Cruz Verapaz
This place is known by different names. Here the ones we know:
Santa Elena, FRS
