PhilippinesIsland

Luzon

109,965 km² rising to 2,922 m out of the South China Sea.

When to go

Quezon CityCalambaAngeles City

N 50 km

LakesWaterfalls

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

In numbers

109,965km²

Area

3,699km

Coastline

measured on a simplified outline

2,922m

Highest point

Mount Pulag

53,336,134

People

30°C

Warmest sea

June

586km

To the mainland

When to go to Luzon

Best for the beach from January to May.

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

27°24°16°

Jan16

26°25°17°

Feb14

27°27°18°

Mar16

28°29°19°

Apr17

30°29°20°

May25

30°28°21°

Jun27

30°27°21°

Jul28

29°27°21°

Aug28

29°27°20°

Sep27

29°27°20°

Oct24

28°26°19°

Nov22

27°25°18°

Dec20

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.

Largest island of the Philippines

Luzon is an island in Philippines. It covers 109,965 km², with 3,699 km of coastline. Its highest point, Mount Pulag, rises to 2,922 m. About 53,336,134 people live on it. The nearest mainland is 586 km away.

Getting there

Clark International Airport / Clark Air Base (CRK)main airport (8 on the island with scheduled flights)Car hire at CRK airport (Mabalacat)Discover Cars · Affiliate link
586 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 Luzon.

This island is too large to count beaches and viewpoints in a meaningful way.

Cross-checked with our atlases

Luzon in our other atlases

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

61beaches and covesCoastya
28lakesLakeyas
23waterfallsCascadyas

Tallest waterfall
50m
Villa Cueba
according to Cascadyas
Largest lake
235km²
Taal Lake
172 m deep · according to Lakeyas
Warmest lake
32.3°C
Cansiritan Lake
surface water, warmest month · according to Lakeyas
Beach with the warmest sea
30.1°C
Perez Beach
sea in the warmest month · according to Coastya

61 beaches

on Coastya, the beach atlas

Pansol Beach30.0°C
Manga Beach30.0°C
Andron Buyanging Beach30.0°C
Casuarina Beach29.6°C
Racat Beach29.6°C
Guiguiwanen Beach30.0°C
Baler Beach30.0°C
Bungan Beach30.0°C

53 more on CoastyaOpen Coastya ↗

28 lakes

on Lakeyas, the lake atlas

Taal Lake172 m deep235km²
Lake Bato45.6km²
Lake Baao42.0km²
Pantabangan Reservoir37.9km²
Magat Reservoir30.2km²
Lake Buhi16.2km²
Lake Caliraya8.0km²
Lake Bulusan0.26km²

20 more on LakeyasLakeyas is coming soonOpen Lakeyas ↗

23 waterfalls

on Cascadyas, the waterfall atlas

Villa Cueba50m
Pagsanjan Falls
Camaya Falls
Hinulugang Taktak
Matang Tubig
Kaytitinga Falls
Daranak Falls
Kabigan Falls

15 more on CascadyasCascadyas is coming soonOpen Cascadyas ↗

Size, for real

Next to islands you may know.

Luzon109,965 km²

Great Britain217,695 km²

Cuba106,092 km²

500 km

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

Towns on the island

Quezon City3,084,270 people
Caloocan1,712,945 people
Manila1,600,000 people
Taguig1,308,085 people
Antipolo913,712 people
Pasig City853,050 people
Valenzuela725,173 people
Paranaque City703,245 people
Las Piñas615,549 people
Calamba575,046 people
Muntinlupa552,225 people
Makati City510,383 people

Month by month

The weather on the island.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
Afternoon high (°C)	24	25	27	29	29	28	27	27	27	27	26	25
Night low (°C)	16	17	18	19	20	21	21	21	20	20	19	18
Sea (°C)	27	26	27	28	30	30	30	29	29	29	28	27
Rain (mm)	127	114	131	112	232	242	344	341	302	334	345	297
Wet days	16	14	16	17	25	27	28	28	27	24	22	20
Sun h/day	4.5	5.6	6.7	8.1	8.1	7.8	6.4	5.5	5.9	4.8	4.1	3.5
Wind (km/h)	10	9	8	7	6	7	7	8	7	8	10	11

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

+1 warmer than usual −1 cooler than usual

Photos

Seen by visitors.

Le lac Taal avec sur la gauche le Binintiang Malaki (cône volcanique)- Luzon- Philippines. (49377784036) — Globetrotteur17... Ici, là-bas ou ailleurs... from La Rochelle, FRANCE · CC BY-SA 2.0

View of the north coast of Luzon - ZooKeys-266-001-g002 — Brown R, Siler C, Oliveros C, Welton L, Rock A, Swab J, Van Weerd M, van Beijnen J, Rodrig · CC BY 3.0

Luzon Island, Philippines (28174889461) — Urbain J. Kinet · No restrictions

Luzon Schools of Living TraditionsA — Unknown author · CC BY-SA 4.0

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About these numbers

Names, area, population	Wikidata (Q125384) · CC0
Outline	Natural Earth · public domain
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, Lakeyas, Cascadyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST; 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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