San Salvador
Capital of El Salvador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
San Salvador is the capital of El Salvador, in San Salvador Department. About 525,990 people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of El Salvador in our atlas.
It lies at 13.69° N, 89.19° W, about 653 m (2,142 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/El_Salvador time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: San Salvador. Green dots: other major cities of El Salvador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
San Salvador has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Mar, with average highs near 31°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 22°C (72°F). Around 1,491 mm (59 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.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in El SalvadorNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3583361 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q3110 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Monumento al Divino Salvador del Mundo - Plaza Salvador del Mundo: Oskpal777, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Antiguacapres 01: Efegé, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre futura: KArLiToS sv, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Torre Avante: JMRAFFi, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- New Residential Buildings San Salvador: Xtremesv, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Urban 2 Devlopment: Samsamofvador, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
