Is La Unión safe? El Salvador travel risk
Is La Unión safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
La Unión scores 54/100 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.
La Unión scores 54/100 (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 La Unión: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and natural hazards (73/100).
A score of 54 is higher than the scores of 75% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the El Salvador travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Location & Spatial Data
Charted at coordinates 13.3369° N, 87.8439° W in La Unión, La Unión maintains a regional distance of 151.1 km WNW to San Salvador.
La Unión
13.3369° N, 87.8439° W
10 m
America/El_Salvador
37,460
Transit Links & Medical Facilities
Proximate Regional Communities (El Salvador)
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (36 °C avg high); Wettest: September (343 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 35° | 36° | 36° | 36° | 33° | 32° | 33° | 33° | 31° | 31° | 32° | 34° |
| Low °C | 23° | 23° | 25° | 26° | 25° | 25° | 24° | 24° | 24° | 23° | 23° | 22° |
| Rain mm | 2 | 3 | 12 | 53 | 201 | 270 | 216 | 276 | 343 | 267 | 70 | 3 |
Normals: San Miguel (39.5 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 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| Wildfires | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Volcanoes | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
Most earthquake events within 100 km of La Unión happened in December (2 of 6 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
6 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.5 on 19 Jul 2023 (65 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 13 Aug 2026 (74 km away) — USGS details
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