Region · El Salvador

Best time to visit San Vicente Department

This guide covers 3 destinations in San Vicente Department, a first-level administrative division of El Salvador. The largest by population are Southern San Vicente, Northern San Vicente and San Vicente. The airport most of them name as their nearest is El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez (SAL).

Destinations in this guide
3
Main airport
SALEl Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez
Currency
USDUnited States dollar
Time zone
America/El Salvador

Destinations

Destinations in San Vicente Department

Every destination in this guide in San Vicente Department, the ones with the most places to stay first. Best months are the months that are comfortable there (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month); the nearest airport is by straight-line distance from the centre.

DestinationPopulationPlaces to stayBest monthsNearest airport
Southern San Vicente99,244SAL · 37 km
Northern San Vicente62,613ILS · 37 km
San Vicente52,461SAL · 37 km

When to go

Best time to visit San Vicente Department

From the climate of 3 destinations in San Vicente Department with climate data: how many are comfortable each month (average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month), and the typical high and rainfall across them. No month is comfortable in any of them by this measure.

MonthComfortable destinationsTypical highTypical rainfall
January0 of 333 °C10 mm
February0 of 333 °C7 mm
March0 of 334 °C14 mm
April0 of 334 °C47 mm
May0 of 332 °C190 mm
June0 of 331 °C326 mm
July0 of 332 °C263 mm
August0 of 331 °C296 mm
September0 of 330 °C348 mm
October0 of 330 °C263 mm
November0 of 330 °C45 mm
December0 of 331 °C11 mm

Typical = the median across the destinations. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).

Getting there

Airports serving San Vicente Department

The airports with scheduled flights that the destinations in San Vicente Department name among their nearest, by how many name each as the nearest. An airport can lie outside the region. Distances are straight lines from a destination's centre.

large airport · San Salvador (San Luis Talpa)

SAL · El Salvador International Airport Saint Óscar Arnulfo Romero y Galdámez

Nearest for 2 destinationsNamed by 3 destinations37 km from the closest
medium airport · San Salvador

ILS · Ilopango International Airport

Nearest for 1 destinationNamed by 3 destinations37 km from the closest
large airport · Palmerola, Honduras

XPL · Palmerola International Airport

Named by 3 destinations148 km from the closest

Good to know

Public holidays in San Vicente Department, 2026

Shops and offices may close and transport may run reduced timetables on these dates. Source: python-holidays (MIT).

Nationwide in El Salvador

1 Jan · New Year's Day2 Apr · Maundy Thursday3 Apr · Good Friday4 Apr · Holy Saturday1 May · Labor Day10 May · Mother's Day17 Jun · Father's Day6 Aug · Celebrations of San Salvador15 Sept · Independence Day2 Nov · All Souls' Day25 Dec · Christmas Day

Nearby

Regions near San Vicente Department

Other regions of El Salvador with a page in this guide, nearest first by the straight-line distance between the median positions of their destinations.

El Salvador travel guide · All regions of El Salvador

Sources: destinations and their regions from Wikidata; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia, ODbL); public holidays from python-holidays (MIT). A region has a page here when at least 3 destinations of this guide lie in it. How this guide is made.