Santa Ana
City in El Salvador: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
ES Santa Ana 06 2011 2543: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Santa Ana is a city in El Salvador, in Santa Ana Department. About 176,661 people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of El Salvador in our atlas.
It lies at 13.99° N, 89.56° W, about 645 m (2,116 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/El_Salvador time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Santa Ana. Green dots: other major cities of El Salvador. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Santa Ana has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 17°C (62°F). Around 1,298 mm (51 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 3583334 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q739664 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- ES Santa Ana 06 2011 2543: Mariordo (Mario Roberto Durán Ortiz), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)