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The Goascorán river in La Unión, on the border with Honduras

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Border Crossings of El Salvador with Guatemala and Honduras

The Directorate General of Migration lists 9 land border crossings: 5 with Guatemala and 4 with Honduras. 7 are open 24 hours a day. The newest, El Coco in Chalchuapa, opened on 13 March 2026. El Salvador has no land border with Nicaragua; the two countries meet in the Gulf of Fonseca.

Updated November 2026 · Figures checked 9 November 2026

Photo: SamyReyes, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Land border crossings
91
Land border crossings
Crossings with Guatemala
51
Crossings with Guatemala
Crossings with Honduras
41
Crossings with Honduras
Crossings open 24 hours
71
Crossings open 24 hours

Border Crossings of El Salvador with Guatemala and Honduras

Map

Land border crossings of El Salvador 1 La Hachadura 2 Las Chinamas 3 El Coco 4 San Cristóbal 5 Anguiatú 6 El Poy 7 Puente Integración 8 Perquín 9 El Amatillo
Crossing with Guatemala Crossing with Honduras Places are approximate, from Wikidata and OpenStreetMap. Boundaries: geoBoundaries SLV ADM1 (OpenStreetMap contributors, CC BY-SA 2.0)1
  1. 1 La Hachadura Ahuachapán; 126 km from San Salvador; 24 hours
  2. 2 Las Chinamas Ahuachapán; 120 km; 24 hours
  3. 3 El Coco Chalchuapa, Santa Ana; 100 km; 24 hours
  4. 4 San Cristóbal Candelaria de la Frontera, Santa Ana; 98 km; 24 hours
  5. 5 Anguiatú Metapán, Santa Ana; 120 km; 24 hours
  6. 6 El Poy Citalá, Chalatenango; 92 km; 24 hours
  7. 7 Puente Integración Victoria, Cabañas; 110 km; 5:00 to 18:00
  8. 8 Perquín Morazán; 240 km; 5:00 to 21:00
  9. 9 El Amatillo Pasaquina, La Unión; 209 km; 24 hours

The nine crossings

The nine crossings
Crossing Border with Department From San Salvador Hours
La Hachadura Guatemala Ahuachapán 126 km 24 hours
Las Chinamas Guatemala Ahuachapán 120 km 24 hours
Anguiatú Guatemala Santa Ana 120 km 24 hours
San Cristóbal Guatemala Santa Ana 98 km 24 hours
El Coco Guatemala Santa Ana 100 km 24 hours
El Amatillo Honduras La Unión 209 km 24 hours
El Poy Honduras Chalatenango 92 km 24 hours
Perquín Honduras Morazán 240 km 5:00 to 21:00
Puente Integración Honduras Cabañas 110 km 5:00 to 18:00

Source: Directorate General of Migration: land border opening hours1

  • Pre-check points: for Las Chinamas, at the Bypass petrol station at km 92.5, half a kilometre from the Escalante bridge in Ahuachapán; for Anguiatú, at km 114½ of the Panamericana to Metapán.
  • El Coco: the control point in canton El Coco, Chalchuapa, opened on 13 March 2026 and connects with the municipality of Jerez, in Jutiapa, Guatemala.

Source: Directorate General of Migration: land border opening hours; Directorate General of Migration: new border control point at El Coco, Chalchuapa1,2

Hours and distances from the Directorate General of Migration. Check before you travel, as hours can change.1

Freight and customs

  • Customs offices: the Customs Directorate (DGA) has offices at the main crossings, among them El Poy at km 96 of the Troncal del Norte in Citalá, El Amatillo in Pasaquina and La Hachadura at the Arce bridge.
  • Integrated border posts: El Amatillo became the first integrated post with Honduras in December 2023, and Anguiatú–La Ermita with Guatemala in May 2025. Advance declaration of goods has been used at La Hachadura–Pedro de Alvarado since August 2022.
  • New bridge: the Manuel José Arce border bridge at La Hachadura, on the Litoral highway, has been open since October 2026. It is more than 440 m long, cost about $32 million and was in the 2026 budget policy.

Source: Customs (DGA): customs offices; Diario El Mundo: advance declaration of goods at Acajutla, with the integrated border posts; Ministry of Finance: Budget Policy 2026 (PDF, in Spanish); El Salvador.com: FOVIAL announces work on more than 30 roads, with the Manuel José Arce bridge, 16 October 20263,4,5,6

Sources

  1. Directorate General of Migration: land border opening hours (in Spanish)
  2. Directorate General of Migration: new border control point at El Coco, Chalchuapa (in Spanish)
  3. Customs (DGA): customs offices (in Spanish)
  4. Diario El Mundo: advance declaration of goods at Acajutla, with the integrated border posts (in Spanish)
  5. Ministry of Finance: Budget Policy 2026 (PDF, in Spanish)
  6. El Salvador.com: FOVIAL announces work on more than 30 roads, with the Manuel José Arce bridge, 16 October 2026 (in Spanish)

Figures checked 9 November 2026. Prepared by InvestSalvador.com for general information. Figures come from the sources listed.

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