El Salvador: embassies, consulates & entry rules
- foreign missions here
- 36
- Consulates
- 8
- missions abroad
- 68
- Visa-free / Visa on arrival
- 88
Live & travel in El Salvador
Monthly budget
$2,100/mo
Prices vs USA: 47%
Internet access
66%
of people online
Air quality
29.6
PM2.5 (µg/m³)
Official languages
Spanish
Emergency
911 · 913
Plug types
NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
Calling code
+503
Estimate for a remote worker (rent + living) from World Bank price levels. Capitals can be higher. · US travel advisory: Jun 24, 2026
3.2
/ 5
embassly score
Sources: World Bank · NASA · U.S. State Dept
- Cost3.7
- Safety3.8
- Internet access2.9
- Air quality2.0
- Climate3.8
SOS · El Salvador911Restaurants, cafés and dishes in El SalvadorCeleste Imperio · Pupusa · Curtido · Sopa de pata · Chimol
Government consensus
Normal precautions· 2 of 3 governmentsSources: official travel advice of the United States, the United Kingdom and Canada.
Upcoming public holidays
- Dec 25, 2026 · Christmas Day
- Mar 25, 2027 · Maundy Thursday
- Mar 26, 2027 · Good Friday
- Mar 27, 2027 · Easter Saturday
- May 1, 2027 · Labour Day
- Aug 6, 2027 · Celebración del Divino Salvador del Mundo
- Sep 15, 2027 · Independence Day
- Nov 2, 2027 · All Souls’ Day
Traveller essentials · El Salvador
- Emergency
- 911 · 913
- Calling code
- +503
- Currency
- USD
- Plug types
- NEMA 1-15, NEMA 5-15
- Drives on the
- right
- Capital
- San Salvador
- Time zone
- America/El_Salvador
Foreign missions in El Salvador
ArgentinaSan Salvador1AustraliaSan Salvador1BrazilSan Salvador1CanadaSan Salvador1ChileSan Salvador1ChinaSan Salvador1ColombiaSan Salvador1Costa RicaSan Salvador2CubaSan Salvador1DominicaSan Salvador1EcuadorSan Salvador2FranceSan Salvador2GermanySan Salvador1GuatemalaSan Salvador1HondurasSan Salvador1IsraelSan Salvador1ItalySan Salvador1JapanSan Salvador2MexicoSan Salvador1Netherlands1NicaraguaSan Salvador1PalestineSan Salvador1PanamaSan Salvador1PeruSan Salvador1SpainSan Salvador1TaiwanSan Salvador1TürkiyeSan Salvador1United KingdomSan Salvador1United StatesSan Salvador1UruguaySan Salvador1Vatican CitySan Salvador1VenezuelaSan Salvador1
El Salvador missions abroad
ArgentinaBuenos Aires1ArubaOranjestad1AustraliaCanberra1AustriaVienna1BelgiumBrussels1BelizeBelmopan1BoliviaLa Paz1BrazilBrasília1CanadaOttawa1ChileSantiago1ColombiaBogotá1Costa RicaSan José1CroatiaSplit, Dubrovnik2CubaHavana1Dominican RepublicSanto Domingo1EcuadorQuito1FranceParis, 6th arrondissement of Lyon2GermanyBerlin, Munich2GuatemalaGuatemala City1HondurasTegucigalpa, San Pedro Sula2IndiaNew Delhi1IsraelTel Aviv, Jerusalem2ItalyRome, Milan, Ancona4JapanTokyo1MexicoMexico City, Oaxaca de Juárez2MoroccoCasablanca1Netherlands's-Gravenhage1NicaraguaManagua1NorwayOslo1PanamaPanama City1PeruLima1PolandWarsaw1QatarDoha1RussiaMoscow, Saint Petersburg2SingaporeSingapore1SlovakiaBratislava1South KoreaSeoul1SpainMadrid, Barcelona2SwedenStockholm1SwitzerlandGeneva1Trinidad & TobagoPort of Spain1TürkiyeAnkara1United KingdomLondon1United StatesWashington, D.C., Boston, San Francisco10UruguayMontevideo2VenezuelaCaracas1VietnamHanoi1
Who can enter El Salvador without a visa?
Visa rules change often. Always confirm with the official embassy or government site before you travel.
Frequently asked questions
Embassies & consulates in El Salvador?
36 missions, 32 countries.
Emergency: El Salvador?
911 (fire department), 913 (fire department), 911 (emergency medical services), 911 (police)
Who can enter El Salvador without a visa?
88: Albania, Andorra, Antigua & Barbuda, Argentina, Australia, Austria, Bahamas, Bahrain, Barbados, Belgium, Belize, and Bolivia…