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El Salvador has one Pacific coast, a volcanic spine and a highland shelf, and the difference between them is bigger than the difference between two months. This guide is about what to expect where.
El Salvador admits visitors for up to 180 days, and the CA-4 Agreement gives a separate 90 day allowance shared with three neighbors. Confusing the two is the mistake that costs people money at a border.
El Salvador is compact enough to cross in a day, which makes the season matter more than the region. The dry months are the easy ones, the green months are the beautiful ones, and the hurricane season overlaps the second half of the year.
Nicaragua suits an unhurried trip well. The two things that shape a comfortable visit are the heat of the Pacific plain and the state of the colonial streets, and both are manageable with the right pace.
Nicaragua has a clear dry season and a clear wet one, and unlike most of this region it also has a hurricane season that runs across the second half of the year. Choosing a month means weighing all three.
Nicaragua sits inside a four country agreement that treats the region as one, which means the clock you are on started before you reached the border. The passport rule and the arrival tax are the other two things to settle before you fly.
Nicaragua has three distinct climates inside a country you can cross in a day. Knowing which one you will be standing in matters more than knowing the month.
Nicaragua uses the cordoba and accepts the US dollar more readily than any other foreign currency. Where you change money is a safety question here rather than a question about rates.
Nicaragua asks for less clothing than most trips and more thought about feet, sun and insects. The Caribbean legs are where running out of something becomes a real problem.
Most of Nicaragua is connected by an inexpensive and genuinely useful bus network. The Caribbean side is the exception, and it changes how you have to plan.