Bacolod City, is the capital and largest highly urbanized Philippine city of the province of Negros Occidental, famous for its MassKara Festival held during October. Known for being a relatively friendly city, it bears the nickname "City of Smiles."
AIR Bacolod City Domestic Airport is 4 kilometers away from the city's downtown area. Bacolod is 45 minutes from Manila by plane and 30 minutes from Cebu City by plane.The city's airport is set to be replaced by the new Bacolod-Silay City International Airport in the nearby city of Silay. The P4.37-billion airport is capable of handling all-weather and night-landing operations. Its 2,500-meter long and 45-meter wide runway, and 678-meter by 23-meter taxiways can accommodate Airbus A320 family-size aircraft, the Airbus A330 and the Boeing 737, while the apron can hold five aircraft at any one time.
LAND Bacolod City has two main roads, Lacson Street to the north and Araneta Street to the south. Bacolod is also known for its wide road city features which has 6 lane capacity. The City has a well traffic plan lay-out and very seldom has traffic jams, unlike other highly-urbanized cities in the Philippines. The streets in the downtown area are all oneway, making bacolod free of traffic congestion.
SEA Bacolod is a major seaport and has daily ferry trips to Iloilo City. By boat, Bacolod is 18 hours from Manila and 7 hours from Cebu City.
Bacolod is ideally located on a level area, slightly sloping as it extends toward the sea with an average slope of 0.9 percent for the city proper and between 3 to 5 percent for the suburbs. The altitude is 32.8 feet or 10.0 meters above sea level with the Bacolod City Public Plaza as the benchmark. Bacolod has two pronounced seasons, wet and dry. The rainy season starts from May to January of the following year with heavy rains occurring during the months of August and September. Dry season starts from the month of February until the last week of April.