| Official Name: | Ayutla |
| Settlement Type: | Municipality |
| Pushpin Map: | Guatemala |
| Pushpin Label Position: | bottom |
| Pushpin Map Caption: | Location in Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type: | Country |
| Subdivision Name: | Guatemala |
| Subdivision Type1: | Department |
| Subdivision Name1: | San Marcos |
| Subdivision Type2: | Municipal Seat |
| Subdivision Name2: | Ciudad Tecún Umán |
| Leader Title: | Mayor (2024-2028) |
| Leader Name: | Isel Suñiga[1] |
| Leader Party: | Independent |
| Area Total Km2: | 125 |
| Population As Of: | 2018 census |
| Population Footnotes: | [2] |
| Population Total: | 37049 |
| Population Density Km2: | auto |
| Population Urban: | 23574 |
| Unit Pref: | Metric |
| Coordinates: | 14.6781°N -92.1419°W |
| Blank Name: | Climate |
| Blank Info: | Aw |
Ayutla (pronounced as /es/) is a municipality in the San Marcos Department of Guatemala. It is situated along the Suchiate River natural border with Mexico in the southern part of the department. The municipality center is Ciudad Tecún Umán. There is a combined road and rail bridge known as Puente Rodolfo Robles linking Ayutla to Ciudad Hidalgo in Chiapas, Mexico.[3]
There exists a railway which was rebuilt in 2019[4]
In December 2019, the U.S. Treasury Department sanctioned Ayutla's mayor, Erick Zúñiga, under the Foreign Narcotics Kingpin Designation Act, alleging Zúñiga to be "a major drug trafficker," while also alleging that Zúñiga controls a drug trafficking organization and "supplies cocaine to Mexico's Sinaloa Cartel ."[5]
Ayutla has tropical savanna climate (Köppen: Aw).