Is Rosario de Mora safe? El Salvador travel risk
Is Rosario de Mora safe right now? Checked 16 October 2026
Rosario de Mora scores 52/100 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.
Rosario de Mora scores 52/100 (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 Rosario de Mora: nearest emergency and transport facilities, local climate normals, 5-year natural hazard history within 100 km.
Driven by: security (50/100) and natural hazards (81/100).
A score of 52 is higher than the scores of 70% of the 241 countries we cover.
Consult the El Salvador travel risk page for nationwide security advisories, entry protocols, and consular warnings.
Territorial & Position Context
Found at 13.5833° N, 89.2167° W within San Salvador, Rosario de Mora is situated 13.1 km NNE of San Salvador at an altitude of 500 m.
San Salvador
13.5833° N, 89.2167° W
500 m
America/El_Salvador
11,377
Critical Services & Regional Transit
Adjacent Localities in El Salvador
Climate by Month
Hottest: March (32 °C avg high); Wettest: September (285 mm).
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High °C | 30° | 31° | 32° | 32° | 30° | 28° | 29° | 29° | 28° | 28° | 28° | 29° |
| Low °C | 19° | 20° | 21° | 22° | 22° | 22° | 21° | 21° | 22° | 21° | 20° | 19° |
| Rain mm | 4 | 4 | 9 | 56 | 182 | 254 | 209 | 230 | 285 | 193 | 48 | 5 |
Normals: San Salvador (13.1 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 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Tropical Cyclones | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Earthquakes (M5.5+) | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
Most flood events within 100 km of Rosario de Mora happened in September (4 of 17 in five years).
Source: GDACS, USGS; five years to October 2026.
Significant Earthquakes (USGS M5.5+ within 150 km)
11 major seismic events recorded within 150 km over the past 5 years.
- Largest: M6.2 on 5 Jan 2025 (65 km away) — USGS details
- Most recent: M5.5 on 13 Aug 2026 (147 km away) — USGS details
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