River
Pasig River
25 km from source to mouth · Philippines.
PhilippinesFlows into Manila Bay5th longest in Philippines
In numbers
Length
25km
Average flow
180m³/s
Basin
4,678km²
Drop
2m
from 2 m to 0 m
Country
1
The journey
From source to mouth
25 km of river and 33 stops on the way: 16 towns and cities on its banks, dams, bridges and the tributaries that feed it.
- 0 kmLaguna de Bayat 2 m
- 0 kmTaguig1,308,085 people
- 4 kmTaytay397,111 people
- 8 kmwater pipeline bridge in Pasig (Maynilad Water Services)
- 8 kmPateros63,840 people
- 11 kmSanta Monica–Lawton Bridge
- 11 kmPasig City853,050 people
- 12 kmGuadalupe Bridge
- 12 kmMandaluyong City465,902 people
- 13 kmMarikina Rivertributary
- 13 kmEstrella–Pantaleon Bridge
- 13 kmMakati City510,383 people
- 13 kmMakati–Mandaluyong Bridge
- 13 kmBel Air36,007 people
- 14 kmMandaluyong425,000 people
- 15 kmNamayan7,670 people
- 16 kmwater pipeline bridge in Manila (Maynilad Water Services)
- 18 kmSan Juan134,312 people
- 18 kmwater pipeline bridge crossing the Pasig River
- 19 kmMabini Bridge
- 21 kmPaco79,839 people
- 21 kmAyala Bridge
- 22 kmMacArthur Bridge
- 22 kmQuezon Bridge
- 22 kmPuente Colgante
- 22 kmSanta Cruz126,735 people
- 22 kmQuiapo32,236 people
- 22 kmSanta Cruz Bridge
- 23 kmPuente de España
- 23 kmJones Bridge
- 23 kmManila1,902,590 people
- 23 kmBinondo–Intramuros Bridge
- 23 kmBinondo20,491 people
- 25 kmPort Area72,605 people
- 25 kmManila Bayat 0 m
Water level along the river (RiverATLAS; the height is exaggerated). Towns: GeoNames and Wikidata; bridges, dams and tributaries: Wikidata.
River in the Philippines
At the mouth it carries 182 m³/s on average: an Olympic pool every 14 seconds. Its basin covers 4,678 km², about the size of TT. 11.6 million people live in it. Highest water: from August to September; lowest: from January to April. Its dams hold back little of its water (2.1% of a year's flow).
Where to start
- ManilaLargest city on its banks · 1,902,590 people
- Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)Nearest airport with scheduled flights, 11 km from the cityCar hire at MNL airport (Manila)Discover Cars · Affiliate link↗
- On the water44 ferry piers, marinas, boat rentals and boat ramps along the river (OpenStreetMap)
- From January to FebruaryThe best months to visit
Pasig River, month by month
Highest water: from August to September
Lowest water: from January to April. Best months to visit: from January to February.
From about 58 m³/s in the lowest month to 330 m³/s in the highest. An estimate: the monthly flow is modelled from the lowest and highest months of WaterGAP (RiverATLAS, 1971–2000) and the rain and snow along the river (WorldClim). Dams change the real rhythm. The chip is the average air temperature; below it, the month's rain.
Plan the trip
Plan the trip: boat trips, a bed by the river, a car
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The basin
Pasig River: the basin in numbers
4,034 km² of land send their water to this river. This is what lives on it.
- 11.6millionpeople live in the basin
- 3,135/km²people per km²
- 164maverage altitude of the basin
- 2,437mmof rain a year (basin average)
- 26.3°Caverage air temperature
- 16%protected areas
- 22.6%covered by lakes
- 0.1km³held in reservoirs
What covers the basin
- 12% Forest
- 28% Cropland
- 42% Towns and cities
RiverATLAS (HydroATLAS v1.0, CC BY 4.0): land cover, people, protected areas, glaciers and dams over the whole basin upstream of the mouth.
Along the river
Pasig River: what you find on the way
- 1Weirs
- 44Ferry piersPinagbuhatan, Kalawaan, Kalawaan Ferry Station and 41 more
- 1River beachesBaseco Beach
From OpenStreetMap, within 1.6 km of the river. Not mapped is not the same as not there.
Cross-checked with our atlases
Pasig River in our other atlases
What our sister atlases know about the waterfalls on this river, the lakes it flows through, the beaches at its mouth, the mountains where it rises and the islands off its mouth.
1mountain at the sourcePeakyas
1island off the mouthIslandyas
Mountains at the source (1)
Within 15 km of the source, by Peakyas
- Mount Puting Bato15 km away
Islands off the mouth (1)
Within 30 km of the mouth, by Islandyas
- Navotas Island7.9 km away
Islandyas is coming soonOpen Islandyas ↗
From space
The source and the mouth, seen from orbit
Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 by EOX IT Services GmbH (contains modified Copernicus Sentinel data 2016), CC BY 4.0. The glowing line is the river as drawn by RiverATLAS.
Photos
Pasig River in pictures
Tributaries
Where it flows, and what flows into it
Tributaries (2)
Also: Marikina River, San Juan River
Where these numbers come from
| Name, length, places | Wikidata (Q1156477) · CC0 |
|---|---|
| Course, profile, basin | RiverATLAS v1.0 (HydroATLAS, Linke et al. 2019) · CC BY 4.0 — followed from the source to the mouth given by Wikidata |
| Flow | WaterGAP (RiverATLAS), 1971–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Climate along the river | WorldClim (RiverATLAS), 1970–2000 · CC BY 4.0 |
| Towns, bridges, dams | Wikidata · CC0; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0 |
| Along the river | © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL |
| Images | EOX Sentinel-2 cloudless 2016 · CC BY 4.0; Wikimedia Commons |
| Our other atlases | Peakyas, Islandyas — Wikidata · CC0; © OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL; GeoNames · CC BY 4.0; HydroLAKES · CC BY 4.0; NOAA OISST |
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