San Miguel
City in El Salvador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
San Miguel El Salvador: House1090, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
San Miguel is a city in El Salvador, in San Miguel Department. About 247,126 people live in the city proper, making it the 3rd largest city of El Salvador in our atlas.
It lies at 13.48° N, 88.18° W, about 130 m (427 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/El_Salvador time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: San Miguel. Green dots: other major cities of El Salvador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Miguel has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 35°C (95°F); the coolest nights come in Dec at about 21°C (69°F). Around 1,269 mm (50 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Sep.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
What to eat in El SalvadorNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3583446 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q672458 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- San Miguel El Salvador: House1090, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)