Western Visayas · Philippines
Santa Barbara travel guide
Santa Barbara is a city in Western Visayas, Philippines, home to about 68,000 people.
- Nearest airport
- ILO5 km · Iloilo International Airport
- Currency
- PHPPhilippine peso
- Time zone
- Asia/Manila
- Language
- English, Filipino, Taglish
When to go
The best time to visit Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara 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; July is the wettest, with about 457 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 Santa Barbara: airports and arrival
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Iloilo International Airport (ILO), about 4.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD, 53 km) and Roxas Airport (RXS, 89 km) are also within reach.
ILO · Iloilo International Airport
BCD · Bacolod-Silay International Airport
RXS · Roxas Airport
Questions
Santa Barbara: questions travellers ask
When is the best time to visit Santa Barbara?
Santa Barbara 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; July is the wettest, with about 457 mm of rain.
Which airport is closest to Santa Barbara?
The nearest airport with scheduled flights is Iloilo International Airport (ILO), about 4.6 km from the city centre in a straight line; Bacolod-Silay International Airport (BCD, 53 km) and Roxas Airport (RXS, 89 km) are also within reach.
What currency is used in Santa Barbara?
Philippine peso (PHP).
Nearby
Destinations near Santa Barbara
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.