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Agutaya Island

14.9 km² of land in the Sulu Sea.

When to go

Agutaya Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Agutaya
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Satellite: Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX (CC BY 4.0). Outline and points © OpenStreetMap contributors / Natural Earth. North up.

In numbers

14.9km²

Area

18km

Coastline

50m

Highest point

13,351

People

30°C

Warmest sea

May

1,263km

To the mainland

When to go to Agutaya 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).

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

Agutaya Island is an island in Philippines. It belongs to Cuyo Archipelago. It covers 14.9 km², with 18 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 50 m. About 13,351 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,263 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • San Jose Airport (SJI)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 135 km in a straight lineCar hire in CoronDiscover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesCuyo - Agutaya
  • 1,263 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 Agutaya Island.

  • 1lighthousesAgutaya Lighthouse
  • 2volcanoesBoctong, Agutaya

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

The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 52 m above the sea. 99 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 58 %0–50 m
  • 42 %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.

Agutaya Island15 km²
Capri10 km²
Manhattan54 km²

5 km

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

Towns on the island

  • Agutaya12,867 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)272728293029282828292928
Night low (°C)262627282928282828282827
Sea (°C)272727293030292929292928
Rain (mm)75524859214421481417391342188188
Wet days129992228303028282320
Sun h/day7.48.59.39.88.16.15.04.95.36.57.46.9
Wind (km/h)272521171315182017172124

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q31462583) · 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

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

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