Chalatenango weather in June

In June, Chalatenango sees average daytime highs of 31°C and overnight lows near 22°C, with 184 mm of rain across 24 wet days and about 12.8 hours of daylight. It is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in June, and the air most often feels muggy.

Daylight stretches from about 12 h 48 min at the start of June to 12 h 48 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, June is Chalatenango's 12th-clearest and 11th-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Chalatenango's year-round climate.

Daytime high
31°
9th warmest
Overnight low
22°
8th coldest
Rainfall
184 mm
24 wet days
Daylight
12 h 48 min
5:31 AM – 6:21 PM
Cloud cover
80%
12th clearest
Wind
4 km/h
11th windiest
Solar energy
5.18 kWh/m²
Travel score
2.9
out of 10

Chalatenango is city in El Salvador.

Density
147/km²
people per km²
Founded
1786

Air quality: WHO Ambient Air Quality Database. Density & description: Wikidata (CC0), GeoNames.

Temperature in June

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 31°C through the month.

A typical June day in Chalatenango reaches about 31°C in the afternoon and slips back to 22°C overnight — a 9°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 28°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, June runs about 2°C cooler than May and about 1°C cooler than July.

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How June really feels in Chalatenango

Once humidity and wind are folded in, June averages 30 days that feel above 32°C and 0 that feel at or below 0°C — the comfort signal a plain temperature reading hides.

Days feeling ≥ 32°C
30
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

The story in June is heat — humidity pushes the afternoon "feels like" well above the raw temperature.

Chalatenango weather by month

How June compares with the rest of the year at a glance. June is the 9th-warmest and 2nd-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 19°10.211.35.5
Feb33° / 20°10.111.54.6
Mar34° / 21°51.311.93.9
Apr34° / 22°236.212.33.3
May32° / 22°13720.812.62.8
Jun31° / 22°1842412.82.9
Jul32° / 22°12118.212.73.2
Aug32° / 22°14321.312.53.0
Sep30° / 21°21525.812.12.9
Oct30° / 21°16419.411.73.9
Nov31° / 20°285.111.35.4
Dec31° / 20°4111.25.7

Cloud cover in June

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 7% of the time in June, the cloudiest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of June, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 81%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
11585
21585
31684
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51684
61684
71783
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Chance of precipitation in June

Any precipitation

Chalatenango gets around 184 mm of rain over 24 wet days in June. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 79% and peaks near 87% on the wettest days. The odds ease toward the end of the month.

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Rain chance (%)
185
286
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2175
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3067

Humidity in June

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

Most of June feels muggy — the stacked bands show each day's mix of comfort levels, read off the dew point.

By dew point, June lands in the muggy band about 58% of days. Sticky, muggy-or-worse air turns up on roughly 95% of them.

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Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)Oppressive (%)
1035938
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3025840
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7025642
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10025741
11025741
12035740
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20065836
21075835
22075934
23085933
24086032
25096031
26096130
270106228
281116127
291116226
301126324

Wind in June

Winds average 4 km/h in June.

Across June, daily wind ranges from about 4 km/h on the calmest days to 4 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
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Sunrise & sunset in June

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 12 h 48 min at the start of June to 12 h 48 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 0 minutes over June. Sunrise moves from 5:30 AM to 5:34 AM, and sunset from 6:16 PM to 6:24 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
112.85:306:16
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Solar energy in June

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in June, about 5.18 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.65 kWh/m² to a high of 6.18 kWh/m² in March across the year — June's 5.18 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Planning a trip in June

Hazard calendar for Chalatenango

In seasonPeak

In June, Chalatenango sits inside its atlantic hurricane and monsoon season. The full year is below, with each hazard's peak months called out.

Chalatenango sits in the Atlantic hurricane belt; the season peaks August–October.

Chalatenango's monsoon runs May–October, when most of the year's rain falls.

Atlantic hurricane
Monsoon
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Aug
Sep
Oct
Nov
Dec

Is June a good time to visit Chalatenango?

Our two travel scores rate June for general sightseeing and for beach or pool weather — 0 (poor) to 10 (ideal).

2.9
Sightseeing
10th-best month of the year
4.3
Beach & pool
11th-best month of the year

June is a weaker month for outdoor sightseeing in Chalatenango.

What to pack for Chalatenango in June

From June's temperature range, rain chance, sun and wind — what's worth putting in the bag.

In June, Chalatenango sees daytime highs around 31°C and nights near 22°C. Pack light clothes and rain gear. Worth having: sun protection. About 24 days see rain.

light clothesrain gearsun protection

UV index in Chalatenango in June

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in June peaks around 13 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Chalatenango peaks around April 11 at about 14 (extreme) — sunscreen, a hat and midday shade are essential. It bottoms out near December 15 at about 9 (very high).

The index reaches 3 or more — the level where the WHO recommends sun protection — every month of the year.

025710JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecExtremeVery highApr 11UV 14Dec 15UV 9
UV index (midday)Level
Jan10Very high
Feb13Extreme
Mar14Extreme
Apr14Extreme
May13Extreme
Jun13Extreme
Jul12Extreme
Aug12Extreme
Sep12Extreme
Oct12Extreme
Nov10Very high
Dec9Very high

Air quality in Chalatenango in June

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

Average fine-particle pollution (PM2.5) through the year — so you can see where June falls, not just the annual average.

Air quality in Chalatenango is worst in April — around 33 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 2.1× the cleanest month (December, 16 µg/m³).

Modeled monthly averages (CAMS reanalysis, 2015–2024).

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecModerateApr 2133 µg/m³Dec 1716 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan16Moderate
Feb18Moderate
Mar21Moderate
Apr33Moderate
May31Moderate
Jun21Moderate
Jul23Moderate
Aug20Moderate
Sep19Moderate
Oct18Moderate
Nov16Moderate
Dec16Moderate
Location & terrain

Where is Chalatenango?

Chalatenango sits at 14.0°N, 88.9°W, 400 m above sea level, in El Salvador. The nearest listed city is Suchitoto, 15 km away.

SuchitotoAguilaresSan MartínCojutepequeApopaSensuntepequeIlopangoSoyapango

Topography around Chalatenango

How much the land rises and falls, and what covers it, within 3, 16 and 80 km of Chalatenango.

Within 3 km, the terrain around Chalatenango has large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 727 m around an average of 458 m above sea level; within 16 km, very significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 1,459 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,817 m.

The land around Chalatenango is covered by trees (50%) and grassland (40%) within 3 km, trees (44%) and grassland (38%) within 16 km, and trees (65%) and grassland (24%) within 80 km.

3 km
727 m
16 km
1,459 m
80 km
2,817 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswater
June weather nearby: Suchitoto 15 km · Aguilares 29 km · San Martín 29 km · Cojutepeque 36 km · Apopa 37 km · Sensuntepeque 38 km · Ilopango 42 km · Soyapango 43 km

El Salvador travel facts

Travel advisory
Level 1
Exercise Normal Precautions
Power plugs
Type A / B
115 V · 60 Hz
Prices
≈ 41% of US
price level, 2025
GDP per capita
$5,767
2025
Happiness
6.6 / 10
World Happiness, 2025
Homicide rate
7.9
per 100k, 2022
Road deaths
20.9
per 100k/yr, 2019
Income group
Upper middle
World Bank
English
Moderate
EF EPI 523
Religion
Roman Catholic 44%Protestant 40%none 16%

Sources: World Bank, US State Department, World Happiness Report, WHO/UNICEF, EF EPI, CIA World Factbook.

Data sources

Temperature, precipitation, cloud, humidity, wind and solar figures are a 1991–2020 climatology for Chalatenango (14.0414°, -88.9395°, elevation 400 m), computed from hourly ERA5 reanalysis — contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information. Sun figures are astronomical calculations, not observations. City data © GeoNames, CC BY 4.0. Map outlines from Natural Earth (public domain); interactive map © Google. Tropical-cyclone seasons are the published climatological basin seasons (NOAA National Hurricane Center / regional warning centres). UV index is derived from CAMS (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service) clear-sky UV data — contains modified Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service information. Monthly air-quality (PM2.5) seasonality is from the CAMS EAC4 reanalysis (Copernicus Atmosphere Monitoring Service), scaled to the WHO annual mean where available. Topography is sampled from the Copernicus DEM GLO-90 elevation model (© ESA/Airbus) and ESA WorldCover 2021 land cover (CC BY 4.0).