San Juan
San Juan
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📷 Farragutful· CC BY-SA 3.0San Juan lo tiene todo | San Juan has it all
About
San Juan is the capital city and most populous municipality in Puerto Rico, an unincorporated territory, and insular area of the United States. San Juan was founded by Spanish colonists in 1521, who called it Ciudad de Puerto Rico.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article San Juan, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
Why visit
San Juan is one of the easiest big Caribbean city breaks: Old San Juan's blue cobblestones, El Morro and San Cristóbal forts, La Fortaleza, Santurce art and nightlife, Condado and Ocean Park beaches, Puerto Rican food, coffee, rum, and day trips to El Yunque or the bioluminescent bays. It combines a walkable colonial core with U.S.-style travel logistics and a strong local culture.
When to avoid
Do not visit San Juan expecting every useful stop to be close together or easy to improvise. In San Juan, opening hours, transport, weather, crowds, and distance can shape the day more than the list of sights. Use San Juan with realistic movement plans, especially where car dependence or heat can take over. A practical route in San Juan may need rideshares or a car if transit does not connect the useful stops.
Drier high season (Dec-Apr)
The hotter or wetter months are the period when heat, daylight, crowds, or humidity most affect a visit to San Juan. In San Juan, the hotter months can be exposed, dusty, or stormy depending on the wet season. For San Juan, save the exposed parts of the day for morning or evening and let museums, churches, cafes, libraries, or performances cover midday. For San Juan, choose this period for daylight and atmosphere, not for a perfectly controlled cultural schedule. Check the San Juan calendar, because performances and exhibitions may slow down when visitor numbers rise.
Wet / hurricane season (May-Nov)
The cooler, drier, or less humid months can be the more comfortable period in San Juan. Use the drier cooler months in San Juan for longer walks and day trips. The practical issue in San Juan is not temperature alone, but what rain, humidity, storms, or sea conditions do to the plan. Use this period in San Juan for close looking indoors, then add outdoor sections when weather and daylight cooperate. In San Juan, keep outdoor plans shorter, check hours carefully, and use a taxi or rideshare when weather or late returns make transit less attractive.
The next week in San Juan
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Partly cloudy
29° / 24°
UV Very high
Sat
Showers
28° / 25°
3.8 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Drizzle
29° / 26°
1.5 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
29° / 26°
2.7 mm
UV High
Tue
Partly cloudy
28° / 25°
UV Very high
Wed
Drizzle
29° / 25°
5.4 mm
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
33° / 23°
Typical high / low
4 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
13.0h
05:50 – 18:50local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near San Juan
6 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Fernando Luis Ribas Dominicci Airport (SIG) at 2 km.
Getting around San Juan
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, Cecilomar.
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.