Sensuntepeque weather in January

In January, Sensuntepeque sees average daytime highs of 32°C and overnight lows near 20°C, with 1 mm of rain across 0.3 wet days and about 11.3 hours of daylight. It is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month of the year here.

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month. The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in January, and the air most often feels comfortable.

Daylight stretches from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. Set against the rest of the year, January is Sensuntepeque's 1st-clearest and 1st-windiest month. For the whole year in context, see Sensuntepeque's year-round climate.

Daytime high
32°
5th warmest
Overnight low
20°
1st coldest
Rainfall
1 mm
0.3 wet days
Daylight
11 h 18 min
6:26 AM – 5:42 PM
Cloud cover
26%
1st clearest
Wind
7 km/h
1st windiest
Solar energy
5.24 kWh/m²
Travel score
5.1
out of 10

Sensuntepeque is city in El Salvador.

Density
67/km²
people per km²
Founded
1550

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

Temperature in January

Average highAverage lowShaded bands: 10–90% of days

Day-to-day highs hold fairly steady near 32°C through the month.

A typical January day in Sensuntepeque reaches about 32°C in the afternoon and slips back to 20°C overnight — a 12°C spread between the day's warmth and the night's chill. On most days the high lands between 30°C and 34°C. Set against its neighbours, January runs on par with December and about 1°C cooler than February.

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How January really feels in Sensuntepeque

Once humidity and wind are folded in, January averages 31 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
31
heat index over the day's high
Days feeling ≤ C
0
wind chill below the day's low

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

Sensuntepeque weather by month

How January compares with the rest of the year at a glance. January is the 5th-warmest and 11th-wettest month here — the current month is highlighted below.

MonthHigh / Low (°C)Rainfall (mm)Wet daysDaylight (hours)Travel score
Jan32° / 20°10.311.35.1
Feb34° / 20°10.111.54.2
Mar35° / 21°51.411.93.5
Apr35° / 22°27712.33.0
May33° / 22°16321.212.62.7
Jun31° / 22°18523.512.82.9
Jul32° / 22°12418.512.73.1
Aug32° / 22°15221.212.52.9
Sep31° / 21°21825.512.12.9
Oct30° / 21°18720.111.73.8
Nov31° / 20°315.311.45.2
Dec32° / 20°41.111.25.3

Cloud cover in January

ClearMostly clearPartly cloudyMostly cloudyOvercast

The sky is clear or mostly clear about 79% of the time in January, the clearest month of the year.

Beyond those clear spells, partly cloudy skies cover about 12% of January, with mostly cloudy or overcast conditions the remaining 9%.

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Clearer (%)Cloudier (%)
18713
28713
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68911
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Chance of precipitation in January

Any precipitation

Sensuntepeque gets around 1 mm of rain over 0.3 wet days in January. The line is the day-by-day chance of measurable precipitation.

Day to day, the chance of measurable rain averages around 1% and peaks near 3% on the wettest days.

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Rain chance (%)
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Humidity in January

DryComfortableHumidMuggyOppressiveMiserable

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

By dew point, January lands in the comfortable band about 53% of days. It rarely turns muggy — the humid and sticky bands barely register.

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Dry (%)Comfortable (%)Humid (%)Muggy (%)
1947422
21047412
31048412
41048411
51048401
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101250371
111251361
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Wind in January

Winds average 7 km/h in January, the windiest month of the year.

Across January, daily wind ranges from about 7 km/h on the calmest days to 7 km/h at its breeziest. It stays fairly steady from day to day.

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Wind speed (km/h)Feels
17calm
27calm
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47calm
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Sunrise & sunset in January

DaylightNight

Daylight runs from about 11 h 12 min at the start of January to 11 h 24 min by month's end. The lit band spans sunrise to sunset each day.

Days grow by about 12 minutes over January. Sunrise moves from 6:22 AM to 6:26 AM, and sunset from 5:33 PM to 5:49 PM.

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Daylight (h)Sunrise (AM)Sunset (PM)
111.26:225:33
211.26:225:34
311.26:235:35
411.26:235:35
511.26:235:36
611.26:245:36
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Solar energy in January

Daily solar energy (kWh/m²)

Average shortwave solar energy reaching the ground each day in January, about 5.24 kWh/m².

For context, solar energy here swings from a low near 4.72 kWh/m² to a high of 6.27 kWh/m² in March across the year — January's 5.24 kWh/m² falls in the middle.

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Solar energy (kWh/m²)Level
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Planning a trip in January

Hazard calendar for Sensuntepeque

In seasonPeak

None of Sensuntepeque's seasonal hazards are active in January. The full-year calendar below shows when the rainy season, cyclone risk and dust haze do peak.

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

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

Is January a good time to visit Sensuntepeque?

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

5.1
Sightseeing
3rd-best month of the year
8.3
Beach & pool
1st-best month of the year

January is a reasonable time to visit Sensuntepeque for sightseeing. The water and warmth also suit a beach or pool day.

What to pack for Sensuntepeque in January

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

In January, Sensuntepeque sees daytime highs around 32°C and nights near 20°C. Pack light clothes. Worth having: sun protection.

light clothessun protection

UV index in Sensuntepeque in January

LowModerateHighVery highExtreme

Clear-sky midday UV in January peaks around 10 (very high — sun protection essential). The full-year curve, shaded by WHO exposure level, is below.

Under clear skies, the midday UV index in Sensuntepeque 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 Sensuntepeque in January

GoodModeratePoorUnhealthyVery unhealthy

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

Air quality in Sensuntepeque is worst in April — around 29 µg/m³ PM2.5 (moderate), about 4.1× the cleanest month (December, 7 µg/m³).

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

010203040JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecGoodModerateGoodApr 2128 µg/m³Dec 197 µg/m³
PM2.5 (µg/m³)Level
Jan8Good
Feb9Good
Mar14Moderate
Apr29Moderate
May27Moderate
Jun17Moderate
Jul20Moderate
Aug16Moderate
Sep13Moderate
Oct11Good
Nov8Good
Dec7Good
Location & terrain

Where is Sensuntepeque?

Sensuntepeque sits at 13.9°N, 88.6°W, 702 m above sea level, in El Salvador. The nearest listed city is San Vicente, 31 km away.

San VicenteSan MartínCojutepequeColomoncaguaChalatenangoSuchitotoErandiqueSantiago de María

Topography around Sensuntepeque

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

Within 3 km, the terrain around Sensuntepeque has significant variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 366 m around an average of 690 m above sea level; within 16 km, large variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 954 m; within 80 km, extreme variations in elevation — a maximum elevation change of 2,817 m.

The land around Sensuntepeque is covered by trees (60%) and grassland (32%) within 3 km, trees (47%) and grassland (40%) within 16 km, and trees (62%) and grassland (25%) within 80 km.

3 km
366 m
16 km
954 m
80 km
2,817 m
treesshrubsgrasslandcroplandartificial surfaceswatermangroves
January weather nearby: San Vicente 31 km · San Martín 33 km · Cojutepeque 37 km · Colomoncagua 38 km · Chalatenango 38 km · Suchitoto 44 km · Erandique 44 km · Santiago de María 47 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 Sensuntepeque (13.8758°, -88.6273°, elevation 702 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. 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).