Cagayan Valley · Philippines
San Mateo travel guide
San Mateo is a city in Cagayan Valley, Philippines, home to about 67,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- CYZ19 km · Cauayan Airport
- Currency
- PHPPhilippine peso
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
- Language
- English, Filipino, Taglish
When to go
The best time to visit San Mateo
San Mateo has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; November is the wettest, with about 369 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 San Mateo: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cauayan Airport (CYZ), about 19 km from the city centre in a straight line; Tuguegarao Airport (TUG, 86 km) is also within reach.
CYZ · Cauayan Airport
TUG · Tuguegarao Airport
Questions
San Mateo: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit San Mateo?
San Mateo has no month that is both mild and dry by the measure used here. May is the warmest month, with average highs of 34 °C; November is the wettest, with about 369 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to San Mateo?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Cauayan Airport (CYZ), about 19 km from the city centre in a straight line; Tuguegarao Airport (TUG, 86 km) is also within reach.
What currency is used in San Mateo?
Philippine peso (PHP).
Nearby
Destinations near San Mateo
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.