Best: Dec-Mar · Great: Apr
It stays hot year-round here, but swings between a heavy monsoon centered on June and a markedly drier stretch around January. In January, expect highs around 30°C with rain on roughly 1 day of the month.
Surfing along the Pacific coast, particularly at El Tunco, is the country's best-known draw, alongside Maya ruins at Joya de Cerén.
Try pupusas, El Salvador's national dish of stuffed corn masa cakes.
Daylight, sunrise, and sunset are calculated exactly from this region's latitude. Temperature and rainfall are modeled from its general climate type, not measured station data. Month summaries are generated from those modeled figures.
Expect warm days around 30°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~1 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 32°/20°C, with mostly dry conditions (~2 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 32°/21°C, with occasional rain (~6 rainy days).
Expect hot days around 31°/21°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with very wet conditions (~22 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with very wet conditions (~18 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with very wet conditions (~22 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with very wet conditions (~19 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/20°C, with occasional rain (~8 rainy days).
Expect warm days around 29°/19°C, with mostly dry conditions (~3 rainy days).