- Climate
- warm sub-humid with abundant summer rain; temperature and rainfall vary north (cooler/wetter) to south (warmer/drier)
- Terrain
- crossed by the Sierra Madre del Sur; rugged but low relief, main peaks Cerro Perico, Cerro El Chilar, Cerro Miramar, Cerro Cruz
- Varieties
- Geisha
- Base process
- Natural
coffee grown in mountain areas near the Pacific in this municipality (among others); cultivation traces to 17th-18th century English pirates, later German-run plantations