PhilippinesIsland

Polillo

659 km² of land in the Philippine Sea.

PolilloBurdeosSibulanPanukulanKarligan

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

In numbers

659km²

Area

213km

Coastline

313m

Highest point

30°C

Warmest sea

June

1,043km

To the mainland

When to go to Polillo

Best for the beach from January to April and in July.

The sea is warmest in June (30 °C) and coolest in January (26 °C). You can swim comfortably all year (21 °C or more).

26°26°25°

Jan24

26°27°24°

Feb18

27°28°25°

Mar17

28°29°26°

Apr17

30°30°28°

May24

30°30°28°

Jun26

30°30°27°

Jul28

29°30°27°

Aug27

29°30°27°

Sep27

29°29°27°

Oct28

28°28°26°

Nov27

27°27°26°

Dec27

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

Polillo is an island in Philippines. It covers 659 km², with 213 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 313 m. The nearest mainland is 1,043 km away.

Getting there

Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 106 km in a straight lineCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
FerriesPolillo-Anawan, Patnanungan-Burdeos, Burdeos-Cabungalunan, Polillo-Panukulan
1,043 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
From January to April and Julybest 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 Polillo.

75beachesAga-Bato Beach, San Fransisco Beach, Puerto Verde Beach and 72 more
1viewpointsOld pier
4lighthousesBuguitay Lighthouse, Polillo R (F) Lighthouse, Burdeous Lighthouse and 1 more
15ferry terminalsCabungalunan Pier, San Rafael, Port of Panukulan and 12 more
1named peaksMount Malolo
1waterfallsTamulaya Waterfall
7hotels, guesthouses and apartments
2restaurants, 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.

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

1beachCoastya

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

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Bislian Covecove29.9°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 63 m above the sea. 99 % of it is below 200 m.

47 %0–50 m
52 %50–200 m
<1 %200–500 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.

Polillo659 km²

Madeira Island742 km²

Tenerife2,038 km²

20 km

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

Towns on the island

Polillo5,502 people
Burdeos4,548 people
Sibulan3,633 people
Panukulan2,836 people
Karligan2,562 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	26	27	28	29	30	30	30	30	30	29	28	27
Night low (°C)	25	24	25	26	28	28	27	27	27	27	26	26
Sea (°C)	26	26	27	28	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27
Rain (mm)	221	202	166	135	200	223	286	233	278	396	450	530
Wet days	24	18	17	17	24	26	28	27	27	28	27	27
Sun h/day	4.9	5.9	6.8	8.2	7.7	6.8	5.6	4.7	5.9	5.3	4.9	4.4
Wind (km/h)	22	20	18	15	12	12	13	14	13	16	20	23

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	+0.3	−0.1	+0.8	+0.4	+0.5	+0.6	+1.3	+1.1	+0.8	+0.9	+0.7	+0.8
2021	+0.8	+0.1	+0.6	±0.0	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.5	+0.7	+0.6	+0.4	+0.3
2022	+0.4	+0.5	+1.0	+0.2	+0.1	+0.6	+0.4	+0.6	+0.7	+0.2	+0.7	+1.0
2023	±0.0	±0.0	−0.4	+0.1	+0.1	+0.1	+0.2	+0.6	+0.3	+0.3	+0.5	+0.8
2024	+0.7	+0.6	+0.2	+0.9	+0.8	+0.8	+0.6	+1.0	+0.7	+0.6	+0.8	+0.5
2025	±0.0	+0.2	±0.0	+0.5	+0.4	−0.1	±0.0	−0.1	−0.3	+0.1	+0.5	+0.5

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Nearby

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q2688966) · 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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