Manila
Elevation 9 m14.60° N, 120.98° E
When to go?
Mean 26 °C, 3 rain days in the month (33 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 30 °C
Mean 27 °C, 2 rain days in the month (24 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 26 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
Mean 28 °C, 2 rain days in the month (25 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
Mean 30 °C, 3 rain days in the month (30 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 35 °C
Mean 30 °C, 11 rain days in the month (161 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 30 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 34 °C
Mean 29 °C, 19 rain days in the month (214 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 33 °C
- Often rainyrain on 6 days in 10
Mean 28 °C, 24 rain days in the month (333 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain14 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 25 rain days in the month (315 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 8 days in 10
- Torrential rain13 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 22 rain days in the month (384 mm).
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 7 days in 10
- Torrential rain17 mm per rain day
Mean 28 °C, 15 rain days in the month (274 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 29 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Often rainyrain on 5 days in 10
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 3
Mean 28 °C, 8 rain days in the month (113 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 28 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 32 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 3
Mean 27 °C, 6 rain days in the month (107 mm).
Good for
- Ideal for the seawater at 27 °C
Against
- Hothighs of 31 °C
- Typhoonsone within 300 km, 1 year in 5
No ideal month: the best months are January–February, the least hot. Ideal for the sea: October–May. Avoid March–December (hot, at times often rainy and torrential rain and typhoons).
What is the climate like?
Temperature and rain
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
Monthly min and max temperature (°C)
How much it rains
Rain days and how much water
Rain days and how much water
Bars: length = rain days, thickness = mm on a rain day, area = the month's rain. 3 mm a day7 mm a day15 mm a day
Colour = the month's rain: 103060100160250400mm
Daylight hours
Daylight and sky: sunrise, sunset and cloud cover
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
daylight under a clear sky (average share)daylight under cloud
Times on the 15th of each month, in local time: daylight saving where and when it applies, standard time in the other months.
Sea temperature: South China Sea
Monthly mean sea temperature: South China Sea (°C)
Monthly mean sea temperature: South China Sea (°C)
Effect of climate change
Today's climate (1996–2025) compared with 1961–1990:
In short
Year by year
Temperature of each year
Against 1961–1990 the mean temperature of today (1996–2025) has changed by +0.3 °C; in the last ten years by +0.8 °C. Warmest year: 2024 (+1.3 °C), coldest: 1963 (−0.4 °C).
December and November warmed the most (+0.7 and +0.6 °C), May the least (0.0 °C).
Warming stripes: after an idea by Ed Hawkins (University of Reading), showyourstripes.info, CC BY 4.0.
Rain of each year (% against 1961–1990)
more rain than in 1961–1990less rain
Rain in a year: +5 % every ten years.
The sea, then and now
+0.5 °Cthe sea today, compared with 1961–1990