Quezon City
City in Philippines: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Katipunan area with Eastwood (view from SMDC Blue) (Quezon City and Marikina)(2017-09-06): Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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Overview
Quezon City is a city in Philippines, in National Capital Region. About 3.1 million people live in the city proper, making it the 1st largest city of Philippines in our atlas.
It lies at 14.65° N, 121.05° E, about 49 m (161 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Manila time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Quezon City. Green dots: other major cities of Philippines. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Quezon City has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 2,917 mm (115 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PhilippinesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Pasig City · 7 km
- Antipolo · 8 km
- Manila · 9 km
- Caloocan · 9 km
- Valenzuela · 11 km
- Taguig · 14 km
- Paranaque City · 19 km
- Cebu City · 569 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1692192 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1475 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Katipunan area with Eastwood (view from SMDC Blue) (Quezon City and Marikina)(2017-09-06): Patrickroque01, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Malacañan Palace 2013 stamp of the Philippines: Valeraraisen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rizal Monument at Rizal Park: Maynard Rabanal (Greedyplus), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- BGC Taguig at night (Jopet Sy) - Flickr: jopetsy, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Smart Araneta Coliseum Basketball setup: WayKurat, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Black Nazarene: Constantine Agustin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oceania Manila Ocean Park: Foxyreign, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rizal Monument: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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