Direct Flights from Houston to San Salvador
San Salvador · El Salvador
Nonstop service from IAH to SAL on Avianca El Salvador, Frontier, United, Volaris El Salvador. Here's the schedule at a glance — plus what to do once you land.
How rare is this nonstop?
Only 12 cities have a nonstop to San Salvador, so this is a route worth knowing about — most travelers connect to get there.
How long to go to San Salvador for, from Houston
2h 55m in the air, 1,211 miles. That is a long weekend without much friction, though three nights beats two once you add the airport time at both ends.
With roughly 5 departures a day, you are not tied to one flight: if a meeting overruns or the weather turns, there is another one behind it.
About San Salvador
San Salvador is the capital city of El Salvador, approximately in the center of the country in a valley near the base of the San Salvador volcano. It provides a good base for exploring the rest of the country as it's a transportation hub, with most major roads running through it due to its central location. Spending a few days exploring this cosmopolitan and internationally-conscious city can be a rewarding experience.
Summary from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA).
Top things to do in San Salvador
- Joya de Cerén is an archaeological site in La Libertad Department, El Salvador, featuring a pre-Columbian Maya farming village.
- San Andrés is a pre-Columbian site in El Salvador, whose occupation began around the year 900 BC as an agricultural town in the valley of Zapotitán in the department of La Libertad.
- The Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen is a museum located in San Salvador, El Salvador.
- The Metropolitan Cathedral of the Holy Savior is the cathedral church of the Catholic Archdiocese of San Salvador in San Salvador, El Salvador.
- Cihuatán is a major pre-Columbian archaeological site in central El Salvador. It was a very large city located in the extreme south of the Mesoamerican cultural area, and has been dated to the Early Postclassic period of…
- The Military Museum of the Armed Forces of El Salvador is located in San Salvador, El Salvador. The museum is housed inside the former El Zapote barracks of the Salvadoran Army.
- The Cathedral of Our Lady Saint Anne, is a neo-Gothic cathedral located in Santa Ana, El Salvador.
- The Salvadoran Museum of Art is an art museum in San Salvador, the capital city of El Salvador. The museum was first opened on 22 May 2003.
- Parque Nacional Los Volcanes, also known as Cerro Verde National Park, is a large national park in El Salvador.
- The Our Lady of the Poor Cathedral also known as the Zacatecoluca Cathedral, is the main church of the Catholic Diocese of Zacatecoluca, in the city of Zacatecoluca, in the Central American country of El Salvador.
- The Most Holy Trinity Cathedral Also Sonsonate Cathedral is the name given to a religious building affiliated with the Catholic Church located in the city of Sonsonate in the department of the same name, in the western p…
- El Boquerón National Park (Spanish: Parque Nacional El Boquerón, is located on top of the San Salvador Volcano at 5,905 feet the park's main attraction is a crater five kilometers in diameter and 558 meters deep.
Attraction descriptions from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA); place data from Wikidata (CC0).
San Salvador weather, compared with Houston
11° warmer than Houston on average across the year, on daytime highs:
- January
- San Salvador 92°F · Houston 64°F · 29° warmer
- April
- San Salvador 93°F · Houston 80°F · 13° warmer
- July
- San Salvador 91°F · Houston 94°F · 3° colder
- October
- San Salvador 88°F · Houston 82°F · 6° warmer
March averages 93°F, hot enough to plan the middle of the day around. San Salvador is the steadier of the two, moving 5° between its coldest and warmest months where Houston moves 31°.
Daily highs averaged from Meteostat station records (CC BY 4.0), measured at each city's airport.
Planning a trip to San Salvador
- Best time to visit
- The best time to visit San Salvador is June and August–October, when the weather is mildest, with daytime highs around 89°F.
- How long to stay
- San Salvador rewards a longer visit — a full week lets you explore its many sights, from Joya de Cerén, San Andrés, El Salvador, and Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen and beyond.
Frequently asked questions
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to San Salvador?
- Yes — you can fly nonstop from Houston (IAH) to San Salvador (SAL) on Avianca El Salvador, Frontier, United, Volaris El Salvador.
- Which airlines fly nonstop from Houston to San Salvador?
- Avianca El Salvador, Frontier, United, Volaris El Salvador fly nonstop between Houston (IAH) and San Salvador (SAL).
- How many nonstop flights are there from Houston to San Salvador?
- There are about 5 nonstop departures per day (roughly 35 per week) from Houston to San Salvador.
- How far is San Salvador from Houston?
- San Salvador is about 1,211 miles from Houston by air.
- Is there a direct flight from Houston to El Salvador?
- Yes — San Salvador (SAL) has nonstop service from Houston on Avianca El Salvador, Frontier, United, Volaris El Salvador, making it a nonstop gateway to El Salvador.
- What is there to do in San Salvador?
- Popular things to do include Joya de Cerén, San Andrés, El Salvador, Museo de la Palabra y la Imagen, Metropolitan Cathedral of San Salvador, and more.
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