Is Apaneca safe? El Salvador travel risk
Is Apaneca safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Apaneca scores 55/100 on our travel risk index (Elevated). The US State Department rates El Salvador Level 1 (Exercise Normal Precautions, updated 25 Jun 2026); the UK has no advice against travel; Canada says: exercise a high degree of caution. No GDACS or USGS hazard events within 100 km in the last 14 days. No change in government advice in the last 7 days.
Apaneca scores 55/100 (Elevated). The score combines security, crime and scams, health and medical access, natural hazards and current alerts measured for this location and El Salvador (how it is calculated). The sections below are specific to Apaneca: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: natural hazards (82/100) and security (50/100).
A score of 55 is higher than the scores of 77% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the El Salvador travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Local Geographic Profile
Coordinates 13.8500° N, 89.8000° W place Apaneca within Ahuachapán. Heading to San Salvador: 67.8 km ESE.
Ahuachapán
13.8500° N, 89.8000° W
Lowland
UTC
8,597
Emergency & Transport Infrastructure
Surrounding Localities in El Salvador
Climate by Month
Hottest: April (31 °C avg high); Wettest: September (189 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 28° | 29° | 30° | 31° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 27° | 27° | 27° |
| Low °C | 17° | 17° | 18° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 20° | 20° | 19° | 18° | 17° |
| Rain mm | 5 | 6 | 14 | 58 | 131 | 160 | 162 | 178 | 189 | 114 | 45 | 12 |
Normals: Jutiapa (49.1 km away).
Natural Hazard Calendar & History
5-Year Hazard Calendar (100 km Radius)
| Hazard | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Floods | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | — | — | 4 | — |
Most flood events within 100 km of Apaneca happened in September (4 of 18 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
13 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 5 Jan 2025 (116 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M6.0 on 23 Aug 2025 (111 km away) — USGS details
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