PhilippinesIsland

Lubang Island

196 km² rising to 598 m out of the South China Sea.

When to go

LubangTagbakMaliigLoocVigoTilik

N 2 km

BeachesFerry portsPeaksAirports

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

In numbers

196km²

Area

100km

Coastline

598m

Highest point

32,028

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

1,075km

To the mainland

When to go to Lubang Island

Best for the beach from January to April.

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

27°28°26°

Jan6

27°28°26°

Feb5

28°29°26°

Mar6

29°30°28°

Apr8

30°30°29°

May20

30°29°28°

Jun27

29°29°28°

Jul29

29°28°28°

Aug28

29°28°28°

Sep27

29°29°28°

Oct23

29°29°28°

Nov18

28°28°27°

Dec14

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

Lubang Island is an island in Philippines. It covers 196 km², with 100 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 598 m. About 32,028 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,075 km away.

Getting there

Subic Bay International Airport / Naval Air Station Cubi Point (SFS)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 115 km in a straight lineCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
Ferries1 ferry terminals on the island
1,075 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to Aprilbest 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 Lubang Island.

87beachesWhite Beach and 86 more
1ferry terminalsTilik
2named peaksMount Gonting, Mount Antimolan

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

Lubang Island in our other atlases

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

6beaches and covesCoastya
8mountainsPeakyas

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

6 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Tagbak Covecove29.8°C
Antimolan Covecove29.8°C
Ansonio Covecove29.8°C
Gonting Covecove29.9°C
Agcawayan Covecove29.8°C
Ag-o Covecove29.8°C

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8 mountains

on Peakyas, the mountain atlas

Puntang Maputi Hills
Manoc Hills
Talonan Nagcalabao Hills
Alapan Mountains
Mount Palim
Mount Gonting
Mount Ambulong
Mount Ambonong

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 98 m above the sea. 84 % of it is below 200 m.

48 %0–50 m
36 %50–200 m
15 %200–500 m
<1 %500–1,000 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.

Lubang Island196 km²

Malta247 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

20 km

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

Towns on the island

Lubang5,750 people
Tagbak4,143 people
Tangal3,337 people
Maliig2,837 people
Looc2,627 people
Vigo2,482 people
Tilik2,351 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	28	28	29	30	30	29	29	28	28	29	29	28
Night low (°C)	26	26	26	28	29	28	28	28	28	28	28	27
Sea (°C)	27	27	28	29	30	30	29	29	29	29	29	28
Rain (mm)	33	27	28	35	169	337	417	446	369	230	140	120
Wet days	6	5	6	8	20	27	29	28	27	23	18	14
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)	24	22	18	14	13	15	18	20	16	17	22	25

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	±0.0	−0.2	+0.5	+0.2	+0.8	+0.9	+1.7	+1.2	+1.0	+0.9	+0.4	+0.7
2021	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	−0.1	+0.3	+0.3	+0.6	+0.8	+1.1	+0.5	+0.5	+0.4
2022	+0.6	+0.6	+1.1	+0.1	−0.3	+0.6	+0.5	+0.7	+0.8	+0.4	+0.7	+0.8
2023	+0.4	+0.3	−0.1	+0.2	+0.1	−0.1	±0.0	+0.7	+0.6	+0.5	+0.9	+0.5
2024	+0.7	+0.7	±0.0	+0.4	+0.7	+0.7	+0.7	+1.0	+0.5	+0.5	+0.5	+0.7
2025	+0.5	+0.8	+0.3	+0.3	+0.2	−0.5	−0.3	−0.1	−0.3	±0.0	+0.1	+0.2

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Lubang Island Beach — Elmer B. Domingo · CC BY-SA 4.0

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q13580811) · 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, Peakyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST