The town and municipality of Sombrerete is located in the northwest of the state of Zacatecas about 168 km from the state capital.

The region is between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the central highlands of Mexico.
The municipality is in a valley is surrounded on all sides by small mountain ranges such as the Sierra de Sombrerete and the Sierra de Santa María with prominent elevations such as the Cerro Grande, Cerro Reyes, Cerro Sombreretillo and Cerro Alto.
The town has an altitude of about 2,300 meters above sea level with the highest elevations over 2,500.

The main river is the San Antonio-Barajas which passes through the towns of parade, Buenavista, Los Terreros, La Capillos and Los Sauces.
Other important streams are Grande-Las Adjuntas, El Pino-Linares, Los Mimbres, La Guera-Espiritu, Santo Loberos, San Juan, Milpillas, Zaragoza, Las Varas, Charco Blanco, La Batea, El Salto and Peñuelitos.
The main bodies of water are Charco Blanco, Dolores, Santiago, San Ignacio and La Honda.

For about half of the municipality, the climate is temperate and semi-moist with rain mostly in the summer.
The other half is slightly drier than this.
The average temperature for the municipality is 22.1 C and the average annual rainfall is 635.6mm.

The most common type of vegetation is grass, on about a third of the territory and is used as animal feed.
About twenty six percent of the area is forest with pine, holm oak and oak.
Dry areas with cactus are only two percent of the territory.
The rest is under cultivation growing corn, beans, oats and wheat.
The town and municipality of Sombrerete is located in the northwest of the state of Zacatecas about 168 km from the state capital.
The region is between the Sierra Madre Occidental and the central highlands of Mexico.The municipality is in a valley is surrounded on all sides by small mountain ranges such as the Sierra de Sombrerete and the Sierra de Santa María with prominent elevations such as the Cerro Grande, Cerro Reyes, Cerro Sombreretillo and Cerro Alto. The town has an altitude of about 2,300 meters above sea level with the highest elevations over 2,500.
The main river is the San Antonio-Barajas which passes through the towns of parade, Buenavista, Los Terreros, La Capillos and Los Sauces. Other important streams are Grande-Las Adjuntas, El Pino-Linares, Los Mimbres, La Guera-Espiritu, Santo Loberos, San Juan, Milpillas, Zaragoza, Las Varas, Charco Blanco, La Batea, El Salto and Peñuelitos. The main bodies of water are Charco Blanco, Dolores, Santiago, San Ignacio and La Honda.
For about half of the municipality, the climate is temperate and semi-moist with rain mostly in the summer. The other half is slightly drier than this. The average temperature for the municipality is 22.1 C and the average annual rainfall is 635.6mm.
The most common type of vegetation is grass, on about a third of the territory and is used as animal feed. About twenty six percent of the area is forest with pine, holm oak and oak. Dry areas with cactus are only two percent of the territory. The rest is under cultivation growing corn, beans, oats and wheat.
Sombrerete, Zacatecas