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Cities / El Salvador

Santa Tecla

El SalvadorAw
© OpenStreetMap, CARTO
Santa Tecla coordinate map

Santa Tecla at a glance

Local time   · America/El_Salvador
Today
Showers30° / 20°

7.6 mm rain forecast

Travel basics
Tap water
Use bottled or filtered
Electricity
115V/60Hz · Type A / B
Drives on
Right
Currency
USD $
Language
Spanish
US passport
Visa-free

Entry rules change. Verify current requirements before booking.

City context
Population
126K
Climate
Aw
El SalvadorDetails and sources →

Why visit

Visit Santa Tecla as part of a San Salvador stay when food, neighborhoods, or La Libertad movement matter. The saved anchor is small, but the city can work as a calmer edge of the capital area. It is useful when the day already includes San Salvador, volcano views, coffee-country movement, or the road toward the coast. Treat it as a local layer, not a separate headline trip.

When to avoid

Do not visit Santa Tecla expecting the atlas to explain it fully yet. The current saved material is thin. Use normal city judgment around transport, timing, and neighborhood choice. Until more pins are attached, keep this as a practical stop rather than a public recommendation with too much confidence.

Plan Santa Tecla

Current conditions and the practical reference material that helps turn the saved places into a trip.

The next week in Santa Tecla

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
Showers
30° / 20°
7.6 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Showers
31° / 19°
3.5 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Drizzle
29° / 20°
2.9 mm
UV Very high
Fri
Drizzle
32° / 18°
0.6 mm
UV Very high
Sat
Drizzle
30° / 19°
4.8 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Partly cloudy
32° / 17°
UV Very high
Mon
Drizzle
31° / 18°
2.9 mm
UV Very high

Climate

Wet season (May-Oct)

About 92% of the year's rain falls in these months. Typical highs around 29°C, lows around 25°C.

Dry season (Nov-Apr)

About 19mm of rain a month, against 229mm in the wet season.

In August 4

Drag to scrub across the year.

JFMAMJJASOND
Weather
29° / 25°
Typical high / low
8 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.6h
05:44 – 18:19local
Holidays coming up

Public holidays from Nager.Date.

Airports

closest ILS · 18 km

About Santa Tecla

Santa Tecla, formerly known as Nueva San Salvador, is a city and a municipality in the La Libertad department of El Salvador. It is the capital of the department of La Libertad.

El Salvador basics →Country context, advisories, and entry links for the practicalities shown above.
References4▾▴

The links below support the changing or licensed reference material on this page. Personal notes and ordinary geographic facts are not footnoted individually.

  1. City background. Wikipedia summary may be clipped or paraphrased. Structured fields are cross-checked against the related references. Related: Wikidata, IANA Time Zone Database, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. Weather and climate. Seven-day forecast and long-term monthly climate for the city coordinates. Related: .
JFMAMJJASOND34°20°
highlowrainfallcomfortable months

Monthly highs, lows, rainfall — long-term averages, NASA POWER.

NASA POWER
, Open-Meteo license
  • Getting around. Transit operators from agency GTFS feeds and nearby commercial-airport reference data.
  • Public holidays. Upcoming public-holiday dates used in the annual planning scrubber.

    • Maps, image licenses, and the full dataset registry are listed in site credits.