About of Batanes

The province is hilly and mountainous, with only 1,631.5 hectares or 71 of its area level to undulating, and 782 or 17,

9944 hectares varying from rolling to steep and very steep. Forty two percent or 9,73440 hectares are steep to very

steep land. Because of the terrain of the province, drainage is good and prolonged flooding is non-existent. The main

island of Batan has the largest share of level and nearly level lands, followed by Itbayat and Sabtang, respectively.

Itbayat has gently rolling hills and nearly level areas on semi-plateaus surrounded by continuous massive cliffs

rising from 20 to 70 metres 66–230 feet above sea level, with no shorelines. Sabtang has its small flat areas spread

sporadically on its coasts, while its interior is dominated by steep mountains and deep canyons. Batan Island and

Sabtang have intermittent stretches of sandy beaches and rocky shorelines.

Batanes has a tropical climate Kppen climate classification Am. The average yearly temperature is 260 C 788 F, and the

average monthly temperature ranges from 220 C 76 F in January to 285 C 833 F in July, similar to that of Southern

Taiwan. Precipitation is abundant throughout the year the rainiest month is August while the driest month is April.

November to February are the coldest months. There is a misconception that Batanes is constantly battered by typhoons.

Batanes is mentioned frequently in connection with typhoons, because it holds the northernmost weather station in the

Philippines, thus, it is also a reference point for all typhoons that enter the Philippine area however, in September

2016, Typhoon Meranti impacted the entire province, including a landfall on Itbayat.