Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguel, El Salvador weather
in January.
A very hot, very dry month: the 4th warmest and the driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
January is a very hot month in San Miguel, El Salvador: daytime highs average 34.7°C and nights cool to about 22.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the 4th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 1.2 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes January a very dry month (the driest month of the year). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 25 min on an average January day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyapango (107 km away). In January its highs average 29.7°C, 5.0°C cooler than San Miguel, El Salvador, with 1.9 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, San Miguel, El Salvador ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest January highs and 1st of 6 for the driest January (rainfall, lowest first). The mean January high of those 6 cities is 30.7°C; San Miguel, El Salvador is 4.0°C warmer than that mean.
From January to February, average highs rise by 1.0°C to 35.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 1.2 mm to 1.4 mm.
The annual picture
January 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, selected | 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 | 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
January in nearby cities
- Soyapango in JanuaryEl Salvador · 107 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 19.6°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in JanuaryHonduras · 110 kmHigh 34.7°C · Low 23.2°C · 1.5 mm rain
- San Salvador in JanuaryEl Salvador · 111 kmHigh 30.3°C · Low 19.3°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Apopa in JanuaryEl Salvador · 114 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.2°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Santa Tecla in JanuaryEl Salvador · 121 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 17.4°C · 1.9 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in JanuaryHonduras · 125 kmHigh 26.4°C · Low 16.8°C · 4.2 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in JanuaryHonduras · 130 kmHigh 21.9°C · Low 15.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Chinandega in JanuaryNicaragua · 148 kmHigh 32.4°C · Low 24.2°C · 1.9 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.