Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Ana, El Salvador weather
in April.
A hot, fairly dry month: the warmest and the 6th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
April is a hot month in Santa Ana, El Salvador: daytime highs average 32.3°C and nights cool to about 21.4°C. By daytime temperature it is the warmest month of the year.
Expect about 31 mm of rain on roughly 7 days, which makes April a fairly dry month (the 6th 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 Santa Tecla (45 km away). In April its highs average 29.1°C, 3.2°C cooler than Santa Ana, El Salvador, with 50 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, Santa Ana, El Salvador ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest April highs and 1st of 6 for the driest April (rainfall, lowest first). The mean April high of those 6 cities is 32.0°C; Santa Ana, El Salvador is 0.3°C warmer than that mean.
From April to May, average highs fall by 1.8°C to 30.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 31 mm to 138 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
Santa Ana, El Salvador climate table
| Month | Average highHigh / low | Average low | Rainfall mm/month | Rain days ≥1 mm/day | Daylight hours/dayDaylight h/day |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.6°C18.5°C | 18.5°C | 1.7 | 0.4 | 11.411 h |
| February | 30.9°C19.2°C | 19.2°C | 1.3 | 0.3 | 11.712 h |
| March | 31.9°C20.0°C | 20.0°C | 6.2 | 1.6 | 12.012 h |
| April, selected | 32.3°C21.4°C | 21.4°C | 31 | 7.2 | 12.412 h |
| May | 30.5°C21.7°C | 21.7°C | 138 | 20.5 | 12.813 h |
| June | 28.8°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 186 | 24.1 | 12.913 h |
| July | 29.9°C21.2°C | 21.2°C | 97 | 15.8 | 12.913 h |
| August | 29.9°C21.3°C | 21.3°C | 122 | 20.2 | 12.613 h |
| September | 28.5°C20.9°C | 20.9°C | 213 | 25.7 | 12.212 h |
| October | 27.9°C20.3°C | 20.3°C | 157 | 18.6 | 11.812 h |
| November | 28.6°C19.4°C | 19.4°C | 27 | 4.3 | 11.511 h |
| December | 29.3°C18.8°C | 18.8°C | 5.3 | 1.0 | 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
- Santa Tecla in AprilEl Salvador · 45 kmHigh 29.1°C · Low 19.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Apopa in AprilEl Salvador · 45 kmHigh 33.4°C · Low 23.2°C · 50 mm rain
- Jutiapa in AprilGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 19.5°C · 36 mm rain
- San Salvador in AprilEl Salvador · 52 kmHigh 31.0°C · Low 21.6°C · 50 mm rain
- Soyapango in AprilEl Salvador · 55 kmHigh 30.7°C · Low 22.1°C · 50 mm rain
- Jalapa in AprilGuatemala · 86 kmHigh 27.6°C · Low 16.4°C · 41 mm rain
- Chiquimula in AprilGuatemala · 90 kmHigh 31.6°C · Low 21.4°C · 25 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AprilGuatemala · 111 kmHigh 24.8°C · Low 13.5°C · 66 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 Santa Ana) is explained once on the Santa Ana, El Salvador year overview and on the Sources, method and limits page.