El Salvador vs Guatemala
El Salvador vs Guatemala: Tropical nights
Tropical nights in 2014: 301.6 nights in El Salvador and 171.5 nights in Guatemala, in the CMIP6 climate models’ median run. In 2014 the value was higher in El Salvador, by 130.1 nights, or 1.76 times that in Guatemala.
nights a year · CMIP6
What the numbers say
- El Salvador has been higher in every year both have figures for since 1950.
- The CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) puts El Salvador at 347.4 nights and Guatemala at 230.9 nights in 2100.
Every year
nights a year · CMIP6
| Year | El Salvador | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 301.6 | 171.5 |
| 2013 | 305.8 | 175.4 |
| 2012 | 305.1 | 171.8 |
| 2011 | 304.2 | 173.8 |
| 2010 | 302.1 | 171.4 |
| 2009 | 300 | 169.7 |
| 2008 | 296.7 | 167.8 |
| 2007 | 297.7 | 167.6 |
| 2006 | 296.9 | 167.2 |
| 2005 | 299.1 | 169.2 |
| 2004 | 299.9 | 167.4 |
| 2003 | 295.3 | 165.8 |
| 2002 | 298.2 | 165.7 |
| 2001 | 295.9 | 165.3 |
| 2000 | 292.2 | 163.6 |
| 1999 | 291.9 | 162 |
| 1998 | 290.5 | 162.1 |
| 1997 | 288 | 160.7 |
| 1996 | 285.2 | 157.9 |
| 1995 | 282.4 | 153.5 |
| 1994 | 279.2 | 155 |
| 1993 | 276.2 | 153.5 |
| 1992 | 276.2 | 151.7 |
| 1991 | 285.5 | 158.2 |
| 1990 | 289.4 | 161.9 |
| 1989 | 284.2 | 157.5 |
| 1988 | 282.2 | 154.2 |
| 1987 | 282.7 | 154.7 |
| 1986 | 279.8 | 153.1 |
| 1985 | 274 | 150.7 |
| 1984 | 274.7 | 150.3 |
| 1983 | 270.6 | 148.1 |
| 1982 | 276.1 | 151.3 |
| 1981 | 282.8 | 156.7 |
| 1980 | 279.3 | 152.3 |
| 1979 | 277 | 153 |
| 1978 | 275.2 | 149.5 |
| 1977 | 274.6 | 150.6 |
| 1976 | 276.7 | 151.6 |
| 1975 | 270.6 | 147.4 |
| 1974 | 273.9 | 150.2 |
| 1973 | 275.9 | 149.6 |
| 1972 | 271.4 | 148.2 |
| 1971 | 267.3 | 145.5 |
| 1970 | 267.4 | 145.4 |
| 1969 | 267.9 | 146.8 |
| 1968 | 271.9 | 146.7 |
| 1967 | 265.2 | 142.7 |
| 1966 | 266.9 | 145.9 |
| 1965 | 266.5 | 143.3 |
| 1964 | 264.9 | 143 |
| 1963 | 263.6 | 144.6 |
| 1962 | 272.1 | 149.5 |
| 1961 | 275.3 | 149.8 |
| 1960 | 276.4 | 151.4 |
| 1959 | 269.9 | 147.4 |
| 1958 | 274.1 | 150.5 |
| 1957 | 274.1 | 151.1 |
| 1956 | 272.3 | 148.2 |
| 1955 | 274.6 | 152.5 |
| 1954 | 272.9 | 150.4 |
| 1953 | 273.9 | 149.3 |
| 1952 | 273.6 | 150.3 |
| 1951 | 274.5 | 151.8 |
| 1950 | 271.4 | 148.6 |
CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road) · 2015–2100
| Year | El Salvador | Guatemala |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 307.4284–327.3 | 177158.4–194.6 |
| 2016 | 310.7289.4–330.2 | 178.5161.5–195.5 |
| 2017 | 313.6294.7–330.5 | 182.8166.6–194.9 |
| 2018 | 310.7295.3–328.9 | 180.2165–196.4 |
| 2019 | 312.5292.8–331.9 | 181.7159.3–199.5 |
| 2020 | 316.3295.1–330.6 | 184.1161.8–198.6 |
| 2021 | 316.4299.2–333.1 | 184.4168.1–201.1 |
| 2022 | 317.9298–330.1 | 184.6165.7–198.4 |
| 2023 | 319.4303.1–333.1 | 186.3171.1–207 |
| 2024 | 319.4299.5–335.1 | 187.1169.9–207.3 |
| 2025 | 320298.7–333.5 | 187.4169.7–205.6 |
| 2026 | 320.9296.6–336.8 | 190.9167.9–211 |
| 2027 | 322.1301.3–337.9 | 188.4171.9–210.9 |
| 2028 | 323.4306–337.4 | 191.3175.8–208.5 |
| 2029 | 323.3302.1–337.1 | 192.7175.6–208.8 |
| 2030 | 323.5301.5–338.3 | 191173.3–207.9 |
| 2031 | 326.8307.7–339.8 | 193.6175.3–211.4 |
| 2032 | 328.9311.8–340.8 | 196.4178.7–214.8 |
| 2033 | 323.9309.1–338.8 | 193.3174.6–208.5 |
| 2034 | 323.9305.9–342.6 | 193.5176.2–214.4 |
| 2035 | 326.2310.1–343.2 | 193.4177.7–212.8 |
| 2036 | 326309–339.3 | 194.4180.5–212.8 |
| 2037 | 327.9315.8–340.2 | 199.1180–216.2 |
| 2038 | 332.1314.9–342.1 | 202.6184.8–216.7 |
| 2039 | 329.2314–343.8 | 199181.6–217.6 |
| 2040 | 330.4314.8–343.5 | 200.3182.9–217.9 |
| 2041 | 333.1314.1–343.4 | 200.7182.1–218.2 |
| 2042 | 333.3317.1–343.4 | 201.6180.3–222.1 |
| 2043 | 332312.3–346.7 | 201.7182.3–226.4 |
| 2044 | 331.9316.8–345.7 | 200.8184.9–222.3 |
| 2045 | 331.8318.9–345.8 | 203.6188.7–225.1 |
| 2046 | 332.4315.5–345.4 | 204.5183.3–227.5 |
| 2047 | 334.9322.4–347.9 | 207.5190.3–227.5 |
| 2048 | 337.4322.1–348.5 | 208.2188.9–229.4 |
| 2049 | 338320.5–349 | 210.1188.7–227.4 |
| 2050 | 339.9319.8–349.2 | 211.4188–230.7 |
| 2051 | 336.5319.8–347.4 | 208.1192.7–229.2 |
| 2052 | 334.7319.3–348.6 | 207.7193–227.9 |
| 2053 | 339.8317.5–351 | 209.8186.4–233.2 |
| 2054 | 339.5326.5–349.6 | 209.5194.7–233.2 |
| 2055 | 338.3324.8–350.1 | 212.4196.2–231.9 |
| 2056 | 338322.1–350.8 | 210.9193.3–233.1 |
| 2057 | 341.4324.3–350.1 | 213.3193.7–232.4 |
| 2058 | 339.7326.2–351.6 | 211.7192.3–238.1 |
| 2059 | 339.3319.8–349.3 | 214.5190.4–237.4 |
| 2060 | 340.5325.6–350.9 | 217.4196.4–237.3 |
| 2061 | 340.4325.6–352.1 | 213.9193.7–237.1 |
| 2062 | 341.9324–351.1 | 216.3194–237.3 |
| 2063 | 341327.2–352.9 | 217.2197–240.8 |
| 2064 | 338.6325.2–351.1 | 214.5196.1–236.1 |
| 2065 | 340.3326.6–350.6 | 217.3195.2–238.2 |
| 2066 | 338.9324–351.2 | 217.9195.2–240 |
| 2067 | 342.2327.7–353.4 | 216.4194.1–241.1 |
| 2068 | 344.2331.5–354.7 | 221200.2–243.4 |
| 2069 | 344329.5–353 | 219.9200.5–241.9 |
| 2070 | 344329.2–353.5 | 219.6199.9–242.6 |
| 2071 | 344.2332.2–355.2 | 222.5203.4–243 |
| 2072 | 347.5328.6–355.9 | 225.6200.4–247.6 |
| 2073 | 343326–355.8 | 224.4199.9–248.3 |
| 2074 | 345.8331.4–355.8 | 222.5202.2–245.9 |
| 2075 | 342.5327.8–355.3 | 220.2198.7–242.6 |
| 2076 | 345.8325.9–356 | 222.9195.4–247.7 |
| 2077 | 344.4330.1–354.9 | 225.2198.3–245.9 |
| 2078 | 347.4329.3–356.6 | 225.4197.8–245.9 |
| 2079 | 342.9326.9–355.1 | 223.4199.3–248.2 |
| 2080 | 344.7329.5–357.8 | 223.4201–250.7 |
| 2081 | 344.4329–353.6 | 224202.5–246.6 |
| 2082 | 344.5328.8–355.8 | 224.8201.3–245.9 |
| 2083 | 344.4329.6–356.7 | 225202.3–250.5 |
| 2084 | 347.3333.4–356.6 | 227.9204.9–249.9 |
| 2085 | 346.2328.4–356 | 227.7199.2–251.3 |
| 2086 | 345.6329.1–354.9 | 224.9202.3–249.6 |
| 2087 | 346.8330.4–355.5 | 227.1197.8–249.7 |
| 2088 | 348.9335.4–358.4 | 230.6207.4–255.5 |
| 2089 | 348.7332.1–357 | 229.7207.4–251.4 |
| 2090 | 349335.4–358.9 | 228.2210–253.4 |
| 2091 | 347.7334.5–357.6 | 231.4206.6–255.4 |
| 2092 | 348.1335.4–358.1 | 230.1207.4–253.4 |
| 2093 | 348.2333.7–356.6 | 226.7206–255.5 |
| 2094 | 348333.9–356.6 | 227.3204.4–251.7 |
| 2095 | 349.1334.4–357.2 | 231.1207.7–255.5 |
| 2096 | 349.2333.1–357.7 | 229.9206.3–255.5 |
| 2097 | 347.1335.3–356.1 | 226.7208.6–249.5 |
| 2098 | 348.4330.7–358.4 | 231.1202.9–259.1 |
| 2099 | 347.7331.7–357.8 | 230.2203.1–256.5 |
| 2100 | 347.4334.3–355.9 | 230.9208.9–255.1 |
Each country on its own
Good to know
- Nights in a year when the temperature stays above 20 °C, averaged over the country.
- Source: World Bank Climate Change Knowledge Portal, CMIP6 multi-model median.
- The dashed line is the CMIP6 model median (SSP2-4.5, middle of the road), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its models’ 10th–90th percentile.
- Climate model values are the median of the CMIP6 models, run on past emissions to 2014 and on SSP2-4.5, a middle-of-the-road path, after: they are not measurements.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
El Salvador vs Guatemala
Health
- Life expectancyEl Salvador: 72.1 years in 2023Guatemala: 72.6 years in 2023
- Child mortalityEl Salvador: 1 per 100 live births in 2024Guatemala: 2.1 per 100 live births in 2024
- Infant mortalityEl Salvador: 9.5 per 1,000 live births in 2023Guatemala: 17.6 per 1,000 live births in 2023
- DepressionEl Salvador: 3.03% in 2017Guatemala: 3.22% in 2017
- Suicide rateEl Salvador: 9.8 per 100,000 people in 2017Guatemala: 5.9 per 100,000 people in 2017
People
- PopulationEl Salvador: 6.31 million people in 2023Guatemala: 18.1 million people in 2023
- Population growthEl Salvador: 0.46% a year in 2023Guatemala: 1.55% a year in 2023
- Fertility rateEl Salvador: 1.78 births per woman in 2023Guatemala: 2.31 births per woman in 2023
- Urban populationEl Salvador: 75.5% in 2025Guatemala: 56.3% in 2025
- Median ageEl Salvador: 27 years in 2023Guatemala: 22.6 years in 2023
- People aged 65 and overEl Salvador: 8% in 2023Guatemala: 4.7% in 2023
- Net migration rateEl Salvador: -3.7 per 1,000 people in 2023Guatemala: -0.5 per 1,000 people in 2023
Economy
Education
Politics
Conflict
Military
- Military spendingEl Salvador: 1.34% of GDP in 2025Guatemala: 0.52% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollarsEl Salvador: $489M in 2025Guatemala: $617M in 2025
- Military spending per personEl Salvador: $77 in 2025Guatemala: $34 in 2025
- Military share of state spendingEl Salvador: 4.4% of government spending in 2025Guatemala: 3.5% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnelEl Salvador: 42,000 people in 2020Guatemala: 43,000 people in 2020
- National powerEl Salvador: 0.05% of world capability in 2022Guatemala: 0.09% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workersEl Salvador: 1.62% of the labour force in 2020Guatemala: 0.64% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms importsEl Salvador: 3 million TIV in 2025Guatemala: 6 million TIV in 2023