Americas · Central America
El Salvador
2 cities in the atlas · 2 airports with scheduled flights
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Currency
- USD
- United States Dollar
- Local time
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +503
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B
Facts
El Salvador in figures
From named datasets: GeoNames, CLDR, the World Bank and Wikidata. Each is credited at the foot of the page.
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Currency
- United States Dollar USDToday's indicative rate: The same as your currencyIndicative, from the day's reference rates; a bank or card will charge its own.
- Languages
- Official: SpanishSpoken: Spanish
- Time zones
- Central Standard TimeUTC-06:00
- Calling code
- +503
- Driving
- On the right
- Plugs
- Type A and B115 V · 60 HzAs recorded in Wikidata.
- Emergency numbers
- 911ambulance, fire and police913fireAs recorded in Wikidata. Check them locally on arrival; they are not the only safety information you need.
- Population
- 6,365,503 (2025, World Bank)
- Area
- 21,040 km²
- Internet domain
- .sv
When to go
Climate across El Salvador
On these averages, San Salvador has a mean high between 18°C and 32°C and under 150 mm of rain in November to April.
- Mild to warm and dry
- Mild to warm, humid or showery
- Hot
- Cool
- Wet
- Cold
Mean daily highs, modelled for an area about 50 km across: NASA POWER climatology, 2001–2020. A cell's swatch says what the month is like (key above).
Cities
Cities in El Salvador
All 2 places in the atlas: capitals, cities of 300,000 people or more, the places its airports serve, and the ones we have written guides to.
Airports
Airports in El Salvador
Airports with scheduled flights and an IATA code, from OurAirports.
Large airports
Medium airports · 1
Visas and entry
Visas and entry
Entry rules depend on your passport and change often, so this page does not state them. Check the destination government's official immigration website, or ask our visa desk to check your case for you.
Plan it
Plan a trip to El Salvador
Tell us where in El Salvador, when and who is travelling, and a person puts the flights, the stays and the rest into one quote.