Climate averages 1991–2020
San Salvador weather
in February.
A hot, very dry month: the 2nd warmest and the 2nd driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
February is a hot month in San Salvador: daytime highs average 31.3°C and nights cool to about 19.8°C. By daytime temperature it is the 2nd warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 2.0 mm of rain on fewer than one day, which makes February a very dry month (the 2nd driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 11 h 41 min on an average February day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Soyapango (6 km away). In February its highs average 30.7°C, 0.5°C cooler than San Salvador, with 2.0 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, San Salvador ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest February highs and joint 3rd of 6 for the driest February (rainfall, lowest first). The mean February high of those 6 cities is 31.8°C; San Salvador is 0.5°C cooler than that mean.
From February to March, average highs rise by 0.4°C to 31.7°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 2.0 mm to 9.8 mm.
The annual picture
February 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 Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 30.3°C19.3°C | 19.3°C | 1.9 | 0.6 | 11.411 h |
| February, selected | 31.3°C19.8°C | 19.8°C | 2.0 | 0.5 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.7°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 9.8 | 2.9 | 12.012 h |
| April | 31.0°C21.6°C | 21.6°C | 50 | 11.3 | 12.412 h |
| May | 29.2°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 222 | 24.9 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.2°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 248 | 26.2 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.2°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 186 | 22.3 | 12.813 h |
| August | 28.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 230 | 26.0 | 12.613 h |
| September | 27.8°C21.0°C | 21.0°C | 303 | 28.4 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.6°C20.6°C | 20.6°C | 232 | 23.3 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.5°C19.9°C | 19.9°C | 45 | 7.6 | 11.512 h |
| December | 29.6°C19.5°C | 19.5°C | 6.8 | 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
February in nearby cities
- Soyapango in FebruaryEl Salvador · 6 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 20.3°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Santa Tecla in FebruaryEl Salvador · 10 kmHigh 29.3°C · Low 17.9°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Apopa in FebruaryEl Salvador · 13 kmHigh 33.0°C · Low 21.0°C · 2.0 mm rain
- Santa Ana, El Salvador in FebruaryEl Salvador · 52 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.2°C · 1.3 mm rain
- Jutiapa in FebruaryGuatemala · 101 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 17.1°C · 2.0 mm rain
- San Miguel, El Salvador in FebruaryEl Salvador · 111 kmHigh 35.7°C · Low 23.3°C · 1.4 mm rain
- Chiquimula in FebruaryGuatemala · 130 kmHigh 26.9°C · Low 18.7°C · 8.5 mm rain
- Jalapa in FebruaryGuatemala · 136 kmHigh 25.3°C · Low 13.9°C · 4.5 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 Salvador) is explained once on the San Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.
Soyapango, Santa Tecla and Apopa lie in the same rainfall cell, so their rainfall figures are identical to these; temperatures differ because they come from smaller 0.1° cells.