Soyapango climate
Soyapango is warmest in March, with average highs of 31 °C, and coldest in January, when nights average 20 °C. September is the wettest month (292 mm) and January the driest (2.1 mm). Figures are 1991–2020 climate normals.
Across a full year Soyapango averages 1,494 mm of rain and 354 days above 25 °C.
El Salvador · population 329,708 · 1991–2020 normals
Temperature below 0 °C to above 30 °C Rain band height is that month’s share of the wettest month
- Warmest month March 31 °C
- Coldest month January 20 °C
- Driest month January 2 mm
- Wettest month September 292 mm
- Least cloud February 23 % cloud
- Hottest on record April 37 °C
- Coldest on record December 13 °C
What to expectSoyapango through the year
Soyapango changes little through the year. Average daily highs stay between 30 and 31 °C, so no month stands out as a season in the way it would further from the equator.
Counted across a normal year, 354 days a year reach 25 °C, 119 of them reach 30 °C. The warmest reading in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C, in April.
Rain is strongly seasonal. September averages 292 mm against 2 mm in January — 142 times as much. Planning around the dry months matters more here than planning around temperature.
Month by month
| Month | Avg high | Rainfall | Cloud |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8 °C | 2 mm | 24 % |
| February | 30.8 °C | 2 mm | 23 % |
| March | 31.3 °C | 10 mm | 29 % |
| April | 30.8 °C | 46 mm | 45 % |
| May | 29.1 °C | 211 mm | 73 % |
| June | 28.1 °C | 241 mm | 84 % |
| July | 29.3 °C | 179 mm | 74 % |
| August | 28.8 °C | 224 mm | 77 % |
| September | 27.5 °C | 292 mm | 84 % |
| October | 27.4 °C | 231 mm | 75 % |
| November | 28.3 °C | 48 mm | 48 % |
| December | 29.3 °C | 7 mm | 27 % |
Temperature month by month
| Month | Avg high | Avg low | Mean | Record high | Record low | Days above 25 °C | Days above 30 °C | Days below 0 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 29.8 °C | 19.6 °C | 23.9 °C | 34.0 °C | 14.2 °C | 31 | 14 | 0 |
| February | 30.8 °C | 20.2 °C | 24.7 °C | 36.2 °C | 14.8 °C | 28 | 20 | 0 |
| March | 31.3 °C | 21.0 °C | 25.3 °C | 35.3 °C | 14.7 °C | 31 | 23 | 0 |
| April | 30.8 °C | 22.0 °C | 25.7 °C | 37.0 °C | 17.0 °C | 30 | 18 | 0 |
| May | 29.1 °C | 22.0 °C | 24.8 °C | 36.3 °C | 18.3 °C | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| June | 28.1 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.2 °C | 33.3 °C | 19.9 °C | 28 | 4 | 0 |
| July | 29.3 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.7 °C | 35.0 °C | 19.2 °C | 30 | 10 | 0 |
| August | 28.8 °C | 21.6 °C | 24.5 °C | 34.3 °C | 19.6 °C | 30 | 8 | 0 |
| September | 27.5 °C | 21.3 °C | 23.7 °C | 31.9 °C | 19.6 °C | 27 | 2 | 0 |
| October | 27.4 °C | 20.9 °C | 23.5 °C | 31.6 °C | 16.0 °C | 28 | 1 | 0 |
| November | 28.3 °C | 20.1 °C | 23.6 °C | 33.0 °C | 13.8 °C | 29 | 2 | 0 |
| December | 29.3 °C | 19.7 °C | 23.8 °C | 32.8 °C | 13.3 °C | 31 | 10 | 0 |
Rain, sun and wind month by month
| Month | Rainfall | Wet days | Daylight | Cloud cover | Humidity | Wind |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 2 mm | 1 | 11 h/day | 24 % | 63 % | 14 km/h |
| February | 2 mm | 1 | 12 h/day | 23 % | 61 % | 13 km/h |
| March | 10 mm | 3 | 12 h/day | 29 % | 62 % | 13 km/h |
| April | 46 mm | 10 | 12 h/day | 45 % | 70 % | 12 km/h |
| May | 211 mm | 24 | 13 h/day | 73 % | 81 % | 9.0 km/h |
| June | 241 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 84 % | 85 % | 8.2 km/h |
| July | 179 mm | 22 | 13 h/day | 74 % | 80 % | 8.5 km/h |
| August | 224 mm | 26 | 13 h/day | 77 % | 82 % | 8.3 km/h |
| September | 292 mm | 28 | 12 h/day | 84 % | 87 % | 8.1 km/h |
| October | 231 mm | 23 | 12 h/day | 75 % | 85 % | 8.7 km/h |
| November | 48 mm | 8 | 11 h/day | 48 % | 74 % | 12 km/h |
| December | 7 mm | 2 | 11 h/day | 27 % | 66 % | 13 km/h |
How Soyapango compares
The same four figures for nearby destinations, so the numbers above have something to be read against. Summer high is the warmest month's average high; winter low is the coldest month's average low.
| Destination | Summer high | Winter low | Rain per year | Days above 25 °C |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Soyapango | 31 °C | 20 °C | 1,494 mm | 354 |
| San Salvador · El Salvador | 32 °C | 19 °C | 1,542 mm | 357 |
| Santa Ana · El Salvador | 32 °C | 19 °C | 1,030 mm | 356 |
| San Miguel · El Salvador | 36 °C | 22 °C | 1,766 mm | 365 |
| Jalapa · Guatemala | 27 °C | 13 °C | 1,124 mm | 143 |
| Villa Canales · Guatemala | 28 °C | 15 °C | 1,624 mm | 270 |
Where Soyapango ranks
| Ranking | Position | Value |
|---|---|---|
| The driest places in North America in February | 4thof 50 | 2.3 mm |
| The driest places in North America in January | 4thof 50 | 2.1 mm |
| The warmest places in North America in February | 10thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in January | 10thof 50 | 30 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in March | 12thof 50 | 31 °C |
| The warmest places in North America in December | 15thof 50 | 29 °C |
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QuestionsCommon questions about Soyapango’s climate
When is the best time to visit Soyapango?
That depends on what you want, so the honest answer is a comparison rather than a single month. September, October, November sit closest to 20 °C on average, March is the warmest month and January the driest. The month-by-month table above has the full picture.
How hot does Soyapango get?
In March, the warmest month, daily highs average 31 °C. About 119 days a year pass 30 °C. The highest value in the 1991–2020 record is 37 °C.
How cold does it get in winter?
Nights average 20 °C in January, the coldest month. Freezing nights are not part of a normal year here.
Which month is wettest in Soyapango?
September, averaging 292 mm over 28 days with rain. The driest month is January with 2 mm. The year as a whole averages 1,494 mm.
Are these figures a forecast?
No. They are 1991–2020 climate normals: the average of thirty years, which describes what a month is usually like in Soyapango rather than what any particular week will bring. Individual years can differ substantially from the normal.
Data sources and method
- ERA5 / ERA5-Land reanalysis — Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), ECMWF. Copernicus Licence
- Open-Meteo — Open-Meteo.com. CC BY 4.0
- NOAA OISST v2.1 — NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Public domain
- GeoNames — GeoNames.org. CC BY 4.0
- Normal period
- 1991–2020
- Dataset version
- era5-1991-2020-scores1.1
- Last processed
Measured values come from ERA5 reanalysis and are reproduced unchanged. Calculated by us: monthly rankings, daylight hours, beach and comfort scores. Full formulas are on the methodology page.
Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use that may be made of the Copernicus information or data it contains.