Best time to go to El Salvador

Looking to surf in El Salvador? Travel there from April to October. Just be sure to bring a brolly so you don’t get soaked once back on ‘dry’ land…![]()

El verano – summer – in El Salvador is from Nov-Mar. This is the best time to go to El Salvador, as it’s the driest time, and you’ll avoid the worst of the heat in March and April, before the rains hit in May, lasting through to Oct. However, overall the temperatures vary little throughout the year; and you’ll find greater shifts in heat depending on the altitude than the season. The coast and lowlands are consistently hot, while the mountains are much cooler, with the highest regions sometimes dropping almost to freezing.
El Salvador month by month
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Nicaragua & El Salvador tour
Central American adventure, away from the tourist trail
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19 days
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Highlights of El Salvador holiday
Explore El Salvador on this small group adventure
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£1760 to £1799
11 days
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Central America highlights holiday, culture & nature
Discover the cultural and natural highlights of Central America
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19 days
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4 week Central America tour
Fast-paced adventure through the best of Central America
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£2255 to £2580
29 days
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Central America trekking holiday
Costa Rica, Nicaragua & El Salvador - three peak challenge
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£3995
21 days
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Central America highlights tour
Experience five Central American countries in just two weeks
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£2720 to £2799
16 days
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El Salvador Weather Chart
MIN °C
MAX °C
RAIN (mm)
JAN
16
30
3
FEB
17
30
0
MAR
18
32
8
APR
19
32
44
MAY
20
31
153
JUN
20
30
150
JUL
19
30
126
AUG
19
30
137
SEP
19
29
141
OCT
19
29
207
NOV
18
29
36
DEC
17
30
4
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El Salvador travel advice
Why visit El Salvador?
Why visit El Salvador?
Carmel Hendry, from our leading supplier of El Salvador holidays, Explore, shared with us her top El Salvador travel advice:
“El Salvador has much fewer safety concerns than Honduras, for example, and loads of really cool things to do. In such a small country, there’s plenty to see and it’s easy to travel around – it has volcanoes, beaches (great surfing and diving), nesting turtles, jungles, waterfalls, small time charm and delicious food. They have their own weird version of ‘Pompeii’ – the Joya de Cerén, just outside San Salvador. It was a small town, and about 565AD a volcano eruption covered the entire town in ash and essentially buried and preserved it. It was only rediscovered in 1978.”
Tips on visiting Suchitoto
Tips on visiting Suchitoto
“Suchitoto is a small sleepy place with very friendly and welcoming locals. It has great colonial architecture and a sort of sleepy vibe, so it’s a great place to chill out. It’s on the shore of Lake Suchitlán which is really cool – we did a boat trip and saw sloths, monkeys and iguanas, as well as loads of birds.”
Why join a small group tour?
Why join a small group tour?
“We’re with the driver and Central American tour leader, and we have made links with local excursion providers so that we know who to use in each location. Border crossings can be a bit of a nightmare in many countries, sometimes quite intimidating and always long and laborious. This is much easier if you’re travelling with a tour leader so that you don’t have to think about it!”
What to eat in El Salvador
What to eat in El Salvador
“El Salvador is famous for pupusas, which are not found anywhere else in Central America! They are classic tortillas, but stuffed with a mix of cheese, mince meat, veg (carrots and cabbage mainly) and spicy sauce. You see them on the streets everywhere, with ladies doing a sort of ‘clapping’ motion – they’ve stuffed the dough, and then clap to flatten it out before putting it on the hot plate. Really good. Otherwise the food is pretty classic Central American fare: tortillas, rice, beans, lots of seafood on the coast, pork and chicken too. It’s all really fresh and tasty.”