Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguel, El Salvador weather
in March.
A very hot, very dry month: the warmest and the 4th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
March is a very hot month in San Miguel, El Salvador: daytime highs average 36.1°C and nights cool to about 24.5°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 8.6 mm of rain on roughly 2 days, which makes March a very dry month (the 4th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 03 min on an average March day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyapango (107 km away). In March its highs average 31.2°C, 4.9°C cooler than San Miguel, El Salvador, with 9.8 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, San Miguel, El Salvador ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest March highs and 2nd of 6 for the driest March (rainfall, lowest first). The mean March high of those 6 cities is 32.4°C; San Miguel, El Salvador is 3.7°C warmer than that mean.
From March to April, average highs fall by 0.6°C to 35.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 8.6 mm to 44 mm.
The annual picture
March 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, selected | 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
March in nearby cities
- Soyapango in MarchEl Salvador · 107 kmHigh 31.2°C · Low 21.1°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in MarchHonduras · 110 kmHigh 36.6°C · Low 24.4°C · 7.3 mm rain
- San Salvador in MarchEl Salvador · 111 kmHigh 31.7°C · Low 20.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Apopa in MarchEl Salvador · 114 kmHigh 33.7°C · Low 22.0°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Santa Tecla in MarchEl Salvador · 121 kmHigh 29.7°C · Low 18.6°C · 9.8 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in MarchHonduras · 125 kmHigh 30.2°C · Low 18.1°C · 15 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in MarchHonduras · 130 kmHigh 25.9°C · Low 15.8°C · 35 mm rain
- Chinandega in MarchNicaragua · 148 kmHigh 33.8°C · Low 25.2°C · 5.3 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.