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Sunrise in San Salvador today
October 18, 2026 · San Salvador, El Salvador
Capital525,990 people
Sunrise in San Salvador today is at 05:49. Day length is 11h 48m. See below for sunset, solar noon, dawn and dusk — all times calculated astronomically for San Salvador's coordinates and updated daily.
San Salvador lies at 14°N. In San Salvador, day length ranges from 11h 19m in winter to 12h 56m in summer — a swing of about 1h 37m.
The sun comes up over the east horizon in San Salvador today, at a bearing of 100°. It starts getting light 22 minutes before that, when civil twilight begins. The sun rises 2 minutes earlier in San Salvador than in Santa Ana, 53 km to the northwest.
Sunrise shifts earlier through spring and later through autumn — changing fastest near the equinoxes and barely at all near the summer and winter solstices. See the year chart to visualise how sunrise and sunset times shift month by month for San Salvador.
The longest day in San Salvador is around 12h 56m (around June 21). The shortest is around 11h 19m (around December 21). Days are currently getting shorter — losing about 1 minute per day.
Sunrise in San Salvador by month
| Month | Sunrise | Sunset | Day length |
|---|---|---|---|
| January | 06:24 | 17:48 | 11h 24m |
| February | 06:21 | 18:02 | 11h 41m |
| March | 06:06 | 18:08 | 12h 2m |
| April | 05:45 | 18:10 | 12h 26m |
| May | 05:31 | 18:16 | 12h 45m |
| June | 05:30 | 18:26 | 12h 56m |
| July | 05:37 | 18:29 | 12h 52m |
| August | 05:45 | 18:20 | 12h 36m |
| September | 05:47 | 18:00 | 12h 13m |
| October | 05:48 | 17:39 | 11h 51m |
| November | 05:57 | 17:27 | 11h 30m |
| December | 06:13 | 17:32 | 11h 20m |