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Manila in December

Hot and damp, as the days hold steady.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

December in Manila is hot: highs near 86°F, lows near 75°F. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 17 minutes.December in Manila is hot: highs near 30°C, lows near 24°C. Rain falls on about two days a week, and daylight holds at about 11 hours 17 minutes.

High
86°F30°Caverage
Low
75°F24°Caverage
Wet days
2a week · 35% of days
Daylight
11h 17mon average

Is December a good time to visit Manila?

A good month, just outside Manila's most comfortable months, which run from January to February.

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 December sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

35% of days in December, against 14% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

68% cover in December, against 57% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

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

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

Either side

  1. November88°31°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.
  2. December86°30°low 75°low 24°2 wet days a weekRain on about two days a week.
  3. January86°30°low 73°low 23°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.

Where Manila sits, in December

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in December 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-December
6:13 AMsets 5:29 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 December, 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 December

high · low · wet days
See December 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.