Climate averages 1991–2020
Santa Ana, El Salvador weather
in August.
A hot, wet month: the joint 5th warmest and the 8th driest of the year.
Long-term climate patterns, not a forecast for a particular trip.
August is a hot month in Santa Ana, El Salvador: daytime highs average 29.9°C and nights cool to about 21.3°C. By daytime temperature it is the joint 5th warmest of the 12 months.
Expect about 122 mm of rain on roughly 20 days, which makes August a wet month (the 8th driest of the 12 months). Daylight, from sunrise to sunset, lasts about 12 h 35 min on an average August day.
The nearest other city in this atlas is Santa Tecla (45 km away). In August its highs average 27.0°C, 2.9°C cooler than Santa Ana, El Salvador, with 230 mm of rain.
Among the 6 cities listed in El Salvador, Santa Ana, El Salvador ranks 3rd of 6 for the warmest August highs and 1st of 6 for the driest August (rainfall, lowest first). The mean August high of those 6 cities is 29.7°C; Santa Ana, El Salvador is 0.2°C warmer than that mean.
From August to September, average highs fall by 1.4°C to 28.5°C, and monthly rainfall rises from 122 mm to 213 mm.
The annual picture
August 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 | 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, selected | 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
August in nearby cities
- Santa Tecla in AugustEl Salvador · 45 kmHigh 27.0°C · Low 19.4°C · 230 mm rain
- Apopa in AugustEl Salvador · 45 kmHigh 30.9°C · Low 22.6°C · 230 mm rain
- Jutiapa in AugustGuatemala · 49 kmHigh 28.4°C · Low 19.5°C · 140 mm rain
- San Salvador in AugustEl Salvador · 52 kmHigh 28.9°C · Low 21.3°C · 230 mm rain
- Soyapango in AugustEl Salvador · 55 kmHigh 28.8°C · Low 21.7°C · 230 mm rain
- Jalapa in AugustGuatemala · 86 kmHigh 24.9°C · Low 16.7°C · 138 mm rain
- Chiquimula in AugustGuatemala · 90 kmHigh 28.5°C · Low 21.6°C · 158 mm rain
- San José Pinula in AugustGuatemala · 111 kmHigh 22.4°C · Low 13.6°C · 227 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.