The municipality of La Perla is bordered to the north by Coscomatepec and Calcahualco to the east by Chocamán and Atzacan, to the south by Mariano Escobedo, Ixhuatlancillo, Maltrata and to the west by Puebla State.
[1] The weather in La Perla is cold all year with rain in summer and autumn.
The celebration in honor of Our Lady of Guadalupe, patron of the town, is in December.
As of March 3, 2021, sixteen confirmed cases and two deaths related to the COVID-19 pandemic in Mexico had been reported.
[2] Melquiades Vázquez Lucas (″El Pantera″), candidate for mayor (PRI), was assassinated on March 4, 2021.