- Catalogue altitude
- 1,500–1,800 m · 2 of 3 catalogue coffees report altitude. Very small sample. This sample does not establish the full growing range.
- Climate
- Predominantly semi-warm humid with year-round rain (74% of the municipality's area).
- Terrain
- Northern Mountains physiographic region; rock is 78% limestone, 14% sandstone and 8% shale-sandstone; landforms are mostly steep complex high sierra (82%) and gently-sloped high sierra (18%).
- Soil
- Luvisol (45.8%), Phaeozem (42.1%), Leptosol (5.9%) and Vertisol (5.7%).
- Varieties
- Bourbon · Obata
- Base process
- Washed
Yajalón is itself the name of one of the 12 official sub-regions of the Café de Chiapas denominación de origen (DO), covering Sabanilla, Tila, Tumbalá, Yajalón and Sitalá.