The climate of San Salvador (El Salvador)
San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador and lies west of the
geographical centre of the Latin-American country. San Salvador lies
in the department of the same name and counts approximately half a
million inhabitants who are regularly startled by earthquakes arising
close by the town. The seismographic activity gives San Salvador the
nickname of Valley of the Hammocks. If you go to San Salvador for
places of interest you will find many historic buildings destroyed by
earthquakes and civil wars or just disappeared. Some of them have been
renovated of recent years, like for instance the Palacio Nacional. San
Salvador has a tropical savannah climate (type Aw) with tropical
temperatures throughout the year and a distinct rainy season that
begins in May and ends in the course of November. The total amount of
precipitation per year is somewhat over seventeen hundred millimeters,
of which almost 95 % falls within the wet season. Frost or snow does
not occur in San Salvador, the lowest temperature officially measured
is eight degrees.
Climate information
The data below is based on registered weather data and applies to
San Salvador:
average maximum
temperature (°C)
average
minimum
temperature (°C)
average
hours of sunshine
per day
average days with
precipitation
per month
average
mm precipitation
per month
average
sea
temperature (°C)
January
30
14
8
3
n/a
February
31
14
9
3
n/a
March
32
15
9
4
n/a
April
32
17
9
8
n/a
May
30
17
8
18
n/a
June
28
17
7
27
n/a
July
29
17
7
27
n/a
August
29
17
7
28
n/a
September
28
17
6
29
n/a
October
28
17
6
22
n/a
November
28
15
8
8
n/a
December
29
14
8
5
n/a
= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm = 0-0.2 inches ● = 0.2-1.2 inches ● = 1.2-2.4 inches ● = 2.5-4 inches ● = 4.1-8 inches ● = over 8 inches
More climate information
Climate figures are very useful but don’t present a general impression
of the climate and the eventual weather circumstances within a certain
period. The figures don’t always reflect the chance of wintry weather,
extreme heat or hurricanes. That is why we offer useful extra climate
information for each month of the year:
Disclaimer
The information at this site was carefully composed from climate data collected by meteorological services, meteorological offices, climate experts and other sources. “More climate info” is based on statistics, climate data and personal experience. No rights can be derived from this site. Weather has no memory and gives no guaranties. Nothing is as changeable and unpredictable as the weather. The authors of this site feel in no way responsible for any damages caused by misinterpretation or other circumstances that may influence your holiday or trip to a certain destination. We provide information, it’s up to the reader to use it to it’s benefit.
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= 0-5 mm ●
= 6-30 mm ●
= 31-60 mm ●
= 61-100 mm ●
= 101-200 mm ●
=
over 200 mm
