Study Abroad Programs in Quezon City, Philippines

Originally the residential center of Metropolitan Manila, it was founded in 1939 and has transformed over the years into the most populous and commercially competitive city in the capital region. This transformation can be credited in part to its status as the nation’s capital from 1948 to 1976. About 2.8 million Filipinos now call Quezon City home.

Quezon City, like the rest of the country, is warm throughout most of the year. The wet season is plagued with monsoons or typhoons which bring rain almost daily but the scorching dry season, which precedes the rain, refuses to let the temperature drop more than a few degrees. January and February are normally the coolest months in the Philippines while May and June bring the toastiest weather. The frequent weather changes of the wet season has led Quezon City residents to develop a habit of carrying umbrellas nearly every day. They utilize the umbrellas to ward off both the glaring sun and the heavy rain that the sky releases without warning. This habit is actually quite prevalent anywhere in the Philippines, since sunny days commonly turn rainy then back to sunny in an instant.