Negros Island Region · Philippines
Escalante travel guide
Escalante is a city in Negros Island Region, Philippines, home to about 97,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- BCD53 km · Bacolod-Silay International Airport
- Currency
- PHPPhilippine peso
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
- Language
- English, Filipino, Taglish
When to go
The best time to visit Escalante
Escalante has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; October is the wettest, with about 241 mm of rain.
Comfortable means average daytime high between 18 °C and 29 °C and under 80 mm of rain in the month. Averages for 1991–2020 over the surrounding area, a grid square about 50 km across, so a coast or a nearby mountain can make the town itself warmer or cooler. Data: CRU TS v4.10, Climatic Research Unit, University of East Anglia (Open Database License).
Getting there
Getting to Escalante: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), about 53 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB, 78 km) and Iloilo International Airport (ILO, 110 km) are also within reach.
BCD · Bacolod-Silay International Airport
CEB · Mactan Cebu International Airport
ILO · Iloilo International Airport
Questions
Escalante: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Escalante?
Escalante has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 33 °C; October is the wettest, with about 241 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Escalante?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD), about 53 km from the city centre in a straight line; Mactan Cebu International Airport (CEB, 78 km) and Iloilo International Airport (ILO, 110 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Escalante?
Philippine peso (PHP).
Nearby
Destinations near Escalante
Sources: city facts from Wikidata and Wikipedia; airports from OurAirports; climate from CRU TS v4.10 (University of East Anglia Climatic Research Unit), 1991–2020 monthly means, 0.5° grid; places to stay, guest scores and amenities from each operator's own public pages. How this guide is made.