PhilippinesIsland

Corregidor

5.5 km² of land in the South China Sea.

N 1 km

BeachesFerry portsLighthousesPeaks

Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

5.5km²

Area

19km

Coastline

188m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

June

1,042km

To the mainland

When to go to Corregidor

Best for the beach from January to March.

The sea is warmest in June (30 °C) and coolest in February (27 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

27°28°23°

Jan6

27°29°23°

Feb6

27°31°24°

Mar6

29°33°26°

Apr8

30°32°27°

May21

30°30°27°

Jun27

29°29°26°

Jul29

29°28°26°

Aug29

29°28°26°

Sep27

29°29°26°

Oct23

28°29°25°

Nov18

28°28°24°

Dec15

Sea temperature (the water level) Air: night low to afternoon high Wet days Best months

Averages 1991–2020. Sea: NOAA OISST, the water within 35 km of the coast. Air, rain and sun: NASA POWER. Best months weigh warm afternoons (23–30 °C), sea of 24 °C or more and few wet days.

Island in the Philippines

Corregidor is an island in Philippines. It covers 5.5 km², with 19 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 188 m. The nearest mainland is 1,042 km away.

Getting there

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 50 km in a straight lineCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesCabcaben-Corregidor Motorboat, Manila - Corregidor
1,042 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Marchbest months to go (from 30 years of averages)

Plan the trip

Ferries, stays and things to do

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On the island

What you find on Corregidor.

6beaches(old) Officers Swimming Beach, South Beach and 4 more
2viewpointsView of Tailside, Sunset View
1lighthousesOld Spanish Lighthouse
2ferry terminalsCorregidor North Dock, South Dock
2named peaksMalinta Hill, Morrison Hill
50ruins and archaeological sitesSenior Officers Family Quarters Row, Telephone Exchange Building, Battery Way and 47 more
2hotels, guesthouses and apartments
3restaurants, cafés and bars

Counted in OpenStreetMap, the map anyone can edit, inside the island's outline. A low number may only mean nobody has mapped it yet.

Cross-checked with our atlases

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Everything Coastya, Peakyas, Lakeyas and Cascadyas know about what lies inside Corregidor, each with its own numbers.

2beaches and covesCoastya

Beach with the warmest sea
29.9°C
South Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

2 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

South Beach29.9°C
Corregidor Covecove29.9°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 83 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

35 %0–50 m
65 %50–200 m

Share of the island's area in each altitude band, from the Copernicus DEM (30 m, read at 30–240 m on large islands).

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Corregidor6 km²

Capri10 km²

Manhattan54 km²

5 km

All outlines drawn to the same scale (Natural Earth and OpenStreetMap).

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	29	31	33	32	30	29	28	28	29	29	28
Night low (°C)	23	23	24	26	27	27	26	26	26	26	25	24
Sea (°C)	27	27	27	29	30	30	29	29	29	29	28	28
Rain (mm)	31	33	33	41	180	381	467	539	426	232	136	111
Wet days	6	6	6	8	21	27	29	29	27	23	18	15
Sun h/day	6.8	7.8	8.6	9.4	8.0	6.4	4.9	4.1	5.3	6.1	6.4	6.0
Wind (km/h)	20	19	17	14	12	14	15	18	14	14	17	20

Averages 1991–2020 for the ~55 km NASA POWER cell over the island; the sea from NOAA OISST.

Recent years

Warmer and cooler years at sea.

Each month's sea temperature compared with its 1991–2020 average, in degrees.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
2020	+0.1	−0.4	+0.5	+0.2	+0.7	+0.9	+1.6	+1.3	+0.9	+1.0	+0.7	+0.9
2021	+1.2	+0.6	+1.0	+0.1	+0.1	+0.5	+0.9	+0.9	+1.1	+0.6	+0.6	+0.4
2022	+0.4	+0.7	+1.3	+0.3	−0.1	+0.8	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.7	+0.8
2023	+0.3	+0.3	+0.1	+0.4	+0.2	+0.1	+0.3	+0.9	+0.5	+0.5	+0.8	+0.5
2024	+0.7	+0.6	+0.1	+0.6	+0.9	+1.1	+1.0	+1.2	+0.6	+0.6	+0.7	+0.6
2025	+0.4	+0.8	+0.4	+0.6	+0.4	−0.3	−0.2	+0.1	−0.3	−0.1	+0.2	+0.4

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Corregidor Lighthouse — Jozen · CC BY-SA 3.0

Corregidor Island — Mercyreyes888 · CC BY-SA 4.0

Corregidor 2005 — User:Drumlanrig · Public domain

Corregidor Island Banner — IJVelas · CC BY-SA 3.0

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q928075) · CC0
Outline	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperature	NOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
Climate	NASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D model	Copernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails	© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Towns	GeoNames · CC BY 4.0
Images	EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfalls	Coastya — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST

Every figure is an average, an estimate or a count from a public dataset. Licences and methods: data sources.

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