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Jomalig Island

51.7 km² of land in the Philippine Sea.

When to go

Jomalig Island seen from space, cut out from the sea (Sentinel-2)
Casuguran
N 2 km

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

In numbers

51.7km²

Area

36km

Coastline

22m

Highest point

7,884

People

30°C

Warmest sea

June

1,103km

To the mainland

When to go to Jomalig Island

Best for the beach from January to May.

The sea is warmest in June (30 °C) and coolest in January (26 °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

Jomalig Island is an island in Philippines. It covers 51.7 km², with 36 km of coastline. Its highest point rises to 22 m. About 7,884 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 1,103 km away.

Read more on Wikipedia

Getting there

  • Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)nearest airport with scheduled flights · 147 km in a straight lineCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
  • FerriesReal - Jomalig, Patnanungan - Jomalig, Patnanungan - Salibungot, Salibungot - Moros
  • 1,103 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 Jomalig Island.

  • 18beachesKanaway Beach, Salibungot Beach and 16 more
  • 1viewpointsSunset View
  • 1lighthousesJomalig Lighthouse
  • 4ferry terminalsMoros Boat Dock, Jomalig Port and 2 more
  • 5hotels, guesthouses and apartments

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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Jomalig Island in our other atlases

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

  • 1lakeLakeyas
  • Largest lake

    0.18km²

    Bigwangan

    according to Lakeyas

1 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

  1. Bigwangan0.18km²

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The shape of the land.

On average the island stands 11 m above the sea. 100 % of it is below 200 m.

  • 100 %0–50 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.

Jomalig Island52 km²
Santorini76 km²
Manhattan54 km²

10 km

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

Towns on the island

  • Casuguran2,270 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Afternoon high (°C)262627283030292929292827
Night low (°C)262626272828282828282727
Sea (°C)262627283030292929292827
Rain (mm)26718114697166211277240282379450504
Wet days272019152327302928292829
Sun h/day4.65.96.98.58.17.25.95.75.84.94.73.9
Wind (km/h)292623191616171916212630

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Kanaway Golden Beach at Jomalig Island
Ervin Malicdem · CC BY-SA 4.0

About these numbers

Names, area, populationWikidata (Q31825714) · 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 waterfallsLakeyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES (Messager et al. 2016) · CC BY 4.0, LakeTEMP (Korver et al. 2024) · CC BY 4.0

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

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