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Manila in August

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

August in Manila is hot: highs near 87°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.August in Manila is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on almost every day, and the days shorten by 20 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
87°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
7a week · 96% of days
Daylight
12h 35mon average

Is August a good time to visit Manila?

August sits outside Manila's most comfortable months, which run from January to February. Expect hot days and rain on almost every day.

How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 70°F to 80°F, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.How we judge it: every month is scored on how close its typical high comes to the range from 21°C to 27°C, how mild its nights are, and how rarely it rains. The best months are the run of months that scores best.

How August sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 87°F in August, against 86°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in August, against 30°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

96% of days in August, against 14% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

82% cover in August, against 57% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

12h 35m in August, against 11h 17m to 12h 58m through the year.

Week by week, lightly smoothed, with August shaded. The olive line marks the most comfortable months. Hover or tap a week for its figures.

Either side

  1. July88°31°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. August87°31°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  3. September87°31°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.

Where Manila sits, in August

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in August 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-August
5:42 AMsets 6:20 PM
Above the sea
0 mlow-lying
Latitude
14.6°Nnorthern hemisphere
Nearest of ours
El Nido417 km south-west

The land around Manila, shaded by its typical high in August, the planning map's own layer. Hover the map for the figure at that spot; tap it on a phone. Clock times are local, for the 15th.

Elsewhere in Philippines in August

high · low · wet days
See August on the planning mapThe whole year in Manila

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years (1995–2024), from the 11 km grid square nearest Manila. Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 3.1°F cold in the source data and are raised to match.Temperatures are adjusted against 66 weather stations: daytime highs read about 1.7°C cold in the source data and are raised to match. Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not. Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.

Daylight is calculated from latitude. Charts are lightly smoothed week to week; the figures in the table are not.

Source: Copernicus ERA5-Land reanalysis; cloud cover from NASA's MERRA-2 reanalysis, on a coarser grid of about 50 km. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026; neither the European Commission nor ECMWF is responsible for any use of it. These are averages, not a forecast.