La Trinidad is a 1st class municipality in the province of Benguet, Philippines. It is the capital municipality of Benguet.. It has a population of 67,963 people in 13,658 households. Spanish explorers led by Don M. Quirante discovered the valley in 1624.  Its name La Trinidad is the namesake of her discoverer, Don Q.M. Quirante’s beloved and beautiful wife.

Geography and climate

La Trinidad is located 3 kms north of Baguio City and is 256 kms north of Manila. It is bounded on the north by the municipality of Tublay, on the south by Baguio, and on the west by Sablan and Tuba.

It has a land area of 8273.80 hectares, representing 3.16% of the provincial land area. The terrain is generally mountainous with springs, rivers and creeks. La Trinidad's valley floor elevation is at 1300 meters above sea level. Elevation ranges from 500 to 1700 meters above sea level.

La Trinidad belongs under the Type I climate by the Coronas System of classification with distinct wet and dry seasons. The dry season is from November to April while the wet season occurs during the rest of the year. The climate is cool with temperatures ranging from 11.7 C during the month of December at its coldest and 23.2 C at its warmest during the months of March, April and May. The average daily temperature is 18.55 C. Wind velocity is 1.43. During the rainest month of August, the rainfall average is 850.70 mm.