Climate averages 1991–2020
San Miguel, El Salvador weather
in October.
A hot, very wet month: the coolest and the 11th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
October is a hot month in San Miguel, El Salvador: daytime highs average 30.3°C and nights cool to about 23.1°C. By daytime temperature it is the coolest month of the year.
Expect about 304 mm of rain on roughly 24 days, which makes October a very wet month (the 11th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 50 min on an average October day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyapango (107 km away). In October its highs average 27.4°C, 2.9°C cooler than San Miguel, El Salvador, with 232 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, San Miguel, El Salvador ranks 1st of 6 for the warmest October highs and 6th of 6 for the driest October (rainfall, lowest first). The mean October high of those 6 cities is 28.0°C; San Miguel, El Salvador is 2.3°C warmer than that mean.
From October to November, average highs rise by 1.3°C to 31.5°C, and monthly rainfall falls from 304 mm to 61 mm.
The annual picture
October 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 | 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, selected | 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
October in nearby cities
- Soyapango in OctoberEl Salvador · 107 kmHigh 27.4°C · Low 20.9°C · 232 mm rain
- Ciudad Choluteca in OctoberHonduras · 110 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 23.1°C · 396 mm rain
- San Salvador in OctoberEl Salvador · 111 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 20.6°C · 232 mm rain
- Apopa in OctoberEl Salvador · 114 kmHigh 29.2°C · Low 21.8°C · 232 mm rain
- Santa Tecla in OctoberEl Salvador · 121 kmHigh 25.7°C · Low 18.8°C · 232 mm rain
- Tegucigalpa in OctoberHonduras · 125 kmHigh 26.2°C · Low 19.2°C · 256 mm rain
- Siguatepeque in OctoberHonduras · 130 kmHigh 23.7°C · Low 17.7°C · 266 mm rain
- Chinandega in OctoberNicaragua · 148 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 24.1°C · 373 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.