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Romblon Island

83.1 km² of land in the Sibuyan Sea.

When to go

Romblon Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
RomblonCajimos
N 1 km

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

In numbers

83.1km²

Area

56km

Coastline

161m

Highest point

34,660

People

30°C

Warmest sea

June

1,301km

To the mainland

When to go to Romblon Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

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

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

Romblon Island is an island in Philippines. It covers 83.1 km², with 56 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 161 m. About 34,660 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,301 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Tugdan Airport (TBH)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 32 km in a straight lineCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesSan Agustin-Romblon-Ambulong (Sibuyan), Batangas-Romblon, Romblon-Odiongan, San Agustin-Romblon
  • 1,301 km from the mainlanddistance to the nearest continental coast
  • From January to Maybest 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 Romblon Island.

  • 5beachesMargie's Beach, Tiamban Beach, Talipasak Beach and 2 more
  • 1viewpoints
  • 3lighthousesApunan Lighthouse, Sabang Point Lighthouse, Calabago Point Lighthouse
  • 1ferry terminalsRomblon
  • 2named peaksMount Lagting, Calvary Hill
  • 1castles and fortsFort San Andres
  • 2dive centresThe Three P Holiday & Dive Resort, Ducks Diving
  • 1campsitesTangkap
  • 13hotels, guesthouses and apartments
  • 6restaurants, 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 Romblon Island, each with its own numbers.

  • 1beachCoastya
  • Beach with the warmest sea

    29.8°C

    Malibon Cove

    sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

1 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

  1. Malibon Covecove29.8°C

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 142 m above the sea. 74 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 19 %0–50 m
  • 55 %50–200 m
  • 26 %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.

Romblon Island83 km²
Santorini76 km²
Malta247 km²

10 km

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

Towns on the island

  • Romblon15,316 people
  • Cajimos2,739 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)272728303029282828282828
Night low (°C)252526272828272727272726
Sea (°C)272727293030292929292828
Rain (mm)1801159772173243303232265295260325
Wet days201514122025282526272626
Sun h/day5.77.28.29.48.37.05.85.66.16.26.45.5
Wind (km/h)262421181415182017172225

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.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2020+0.7+0.3+0.8+0.6+0.6+0.8+1.3+1.2+1.1+0.7+0.6+0.9
2021+0.7+0.4+0.9+0.1+0.1+0.3+0.6+0.7+0.7+0.6+0.6+0.2
2022+0.2+0.5+1.0+0.1−0.3+0.5+0.7+0.7+0.8+0.6+0.8+1.0
2023+0.2+0.1−0.3+0.4+0.2−0.1±0.0+0.4+0.5+0.8+0.8+0.6
2024+0.8+0.5+0.3+0.5+0.5+0.7+0.7+1.0+0.4+0.7+0.6+0.8
2025+0.5+0.9+0.3+0.4+0.3−0.3−0.2±0.0+0.1+0.3+0.4+0.6

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q2061809) · CC0
Outline© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1 · 1991–2020
ClimateNASA POWER · 1991–2020
Relief, 3D modelCopernicus DEM GLO-30 · © DLR e.V., © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, Copernicus/ESA
Beaches, ports, lighthouses, trails© OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL
TownsGeoNames · CC BY 4.0
ImagesEOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons
Beaches, mountains, lakes and waterfallsCoastya — 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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