Water data sources in the Philippines
14 portals, APIs and datasets for the Philippines, covering flood hazard, rainfall, storm surge, flood forecasting and flood hazard maps. 11 are free to use.
Government (10)
- DENR-EMB Environmental Data Center
Real-time environmental monitoring system with 5-minute data updates from 412 water quality monitoring stations across Metro Manila and regional EMB offices
Free | National Philippines with focus on Metro Manila water bodies, creeks, and Manila Bay
- Philippines NWRB
National Water Resources Board - water permits and regulations
Free | National
- Geoportal Philippines
Official GIS platform of the Philippines (NAMRIA) providing national geospatial maps, datasets and spatial services including hazard and flood-related layers.
Free | Philippines
- PAGASA Climate Data
Philippine weather and climate data including hydro-meteorological information
Registration Required | Nationwide stations
- PAGASA Hydromet
Hydrological and meteorological services
Free | Major river basins
- Philippines FOI - BAGWD Water Quality Dataset 2025
2025 water-quality dataset published by the Baguio Water District through the Philippine Freedom of Information portal, providing treated/source water quality readings.
Free | Baguio (Philippines)
- Philippines FOI - DENR-EMB Water Quality Monitoring Dataset
Ambient and potable/non-potable water-quality monitoring readings published by the DENR Environmental Management Bureau through the Philippine Freedom of Information portal (e.g.
Free | National (Philippines)
- Philippines LIDAR Portal for Flood Mapping (Project NOAH)
High-resolution flood hazard maps for the Philippines derived from LIDAR surveys, including storm surge maps, landslide susceptibility, and river basin flood maps for disaster...
Free | National
- Philippines PAGASA Flood Forecasting and Warning System
Flood forecasting data for major Philippine river basins including the Pampanga, Agno, Bicol, and Cagayan rivers, with real-time water level monitoring and flood bulletins.
Free | Major River Basins
- Water Resources Data Center - PhilSensors (DOST-ASTI Philippines)
DOST-Advanced Science and Technology Institute network of 2,000+ hydrometeorological stations across the Philippines providing near-real-time rainfall and river water level sensor...
Limited | Philippines
Academic (2)
- LiPAD - LiDAR Portal for Archiving and Distribution (Philippines DOST)
Philippine DOST / UP Phil-LiDAR data portal providing DEMs, DTMs, orthophotos, classified LAZ, flood hazard maps and hydrology/resource maps for download in GIS-ready formats.
Limited | National (Philippines)
- UP NOAH Hazard Data (UP Resilience Institute)
University of the Philippines Resilience Institute NOAH center providing downloadable flood, landslide and storm-surge hazard maps and data (ESRI shapefile) under an Open Database...
Free | Philippines
Non-Profit (1)
- Project NOAH Hazard Maps (BetterGov.ph Open Data)
Open Data Portal mirror of the Project NOAH hazard maps for the Philippines (flood, landslide, storm surge), providing structured downloadable geospatial datasets via a community...
Free | Philippines
UN Organization (1)
- Humanitarian Data Exchange - Philippines Water Courses (Rivers)
Philippine river/watercourse vector dataset (sourced from NAMRIA 1:250k) available as shapefile via the UN OCHA Humanitarian Data Exchange (CKAN), with river names and geographic...
Free | National (Philippines)
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