El Salvador in November

Dry season starts; Day of the Dead 2 Nov.

• Pacific coast · El Tunco, El Zonte, La Libertad, Las Floresfine

  Hot all year (30–33 °C). Dry Nov–Apr with smaller, cleaner surf; bigger south swells in the wet season Apr–Oct.

• Highlands · Ruta de las Flores, Santa Ana, Suchitoto, San Salvadorfine

  Cooler, especially Apaneca and Ataco at about 1,400 m; afternoon storms May–Oct.

• Cloud forest · Montecristo, El Pitalfine

  Cool and misty; Montecristo's core closes in the breeding season (roughly May–Oct — check).

Dates as our data lists them. Moving holidays (lunar and Islamic calendars, Easter) shift every year: check the date for your year before you build a trip on it.

• Day of the Dead

  2 Nov

  Cemetery visits; La Calabiuza in Tonacatepeque on 1 Nov.

Crowds · El Salvador

Medium

Prices · El Salvador

Medium

Nothing unusual for the weather this month.

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• San Salvador

  Rains end; green and clear.