Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguel, El Salvador weather
in April.
A very hot, moderately wet month: the 3rd warmest and the 5th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a very hot month in San Miguel, El Salvador: daytime highs average 35.5°C and nights cool to about 25.6°C. By daytime temperature it is the 3rd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 44 mm of rain on roughly 9 days, which makes April a moderately wet month (the 5th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 26 min on an average April day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyapango (107 km away). In April its highs average 30.7°C, 4.8°C cooler than San Miguel, El Salvador, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, San Miguel, El Salvador ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest April highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 32.0°C; San Miguel, El Salvador is 3.5°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 2.4°C to 33.1°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 44 mm to 258 mm.
The annual picture
April in context
Monthly rainfall
Average total · mmAverages from hourly ERA5 reanalysis data. Actual weather varies from year to year. How these numbers are calculated
Every month, side by side
San Miguel, El Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 34.7°C22.4°C | 22.4°C | 1.2 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 35.7°C23.3°C | 23.3°C | 1.4 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 36.1°C24.5°C | 24.5°C | 8.6 | 2.1 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 35.5°C25.6°C | 25.6°C | 44 | 9.1 | 12.412 h |
| May | 33.1°C25.0°C | 25.0°C | 258 | 22.7 | 12.713 h |
| June | 31.6°C24.0°C | 24.0°C | 291 | 23.6 | 12.913 h |
| July | 33.2°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 194 | 18.9 | 12.813 h |
| August | 32.6°C24.1°C | 24.1°C | 271 | 22.5 | 12.613 h |
| September | 30.9°C23.6°C | 23.6°C | 343 | 26.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 30.3°C23.1°C | 23.1°C | 304 | 24.0 | 11.812 h |
| November | 31.5°C22.3°C | 22.3°C | 61 | 8.8 | 11.512 h |
| December | 33.6°C22.0°C | 22.0°C | 5.7 | 1.3 | 11.311 h |
Rainfall is the average of the 30 separate monthly totals. A rain day is a local calendar day with at least 1 mm of precipitation. Daylight is the calculated sunrise-to-sunset length, not measured sunshine.
Compare places
April in nearby cities
- Soyapango in AprilEl Salvador · 107 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in AprilHonduras · 110 kmHigh 36.4°C · Low 25.3°C · 47 mm rain
- San Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 111 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Apopa in AprilEl Salvador · 114 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Santa Tecla in AprilEl Salvador · 121 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in AprilHonduras · 125 kmHigh 31.4°C · Low 19.8°C · 61 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in AprilHonduras · 130 kmHigh 28.1°C · Low 17.5°C · 48 mm rain
- Chinandega in AprilNicaragua · 148 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 26.0°C · 36 mm rain
Read the numbers correctly
Climate, not a promise.
These patterns help compare months. They cannot tell you the weather on a specific day of your trip.
Sources, method and limitsHow these numbers are made (what the highs, lows and rain days mean, the sources and the model cell used for San Miguel) is explained once on the San Miguel, El Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.