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Manila in May

Hot and wet, as the days lengthen.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

May in Manila is hot: highs near 93°F, lows near 79°F. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.May in Manila is hot: highs near 34°C, lows near 26°C. Rain falls on about four days a week, more often as the month goes on, and the days lengthen by 15 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
93°F34°Caverage
Low
79°F26°Caverage
Wet days
4a week · 61% of days
Daylight
12h 48mon average

Is May a good time to visit Manila?

May sits outside Manila's most comfortable months, which run from January to February. Expect hot days and rain on about four days a week.

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 May sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

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

Chance of a wet day

61% of days in May, against 14% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

80% cover in May, against 57% to 83% through the year.

Daylight

12h 48m in May, against 11h 17m to 12h 58m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. April93°34°low 77°low 25°1 wet day a weekRain on about one day a week.
  2. May93°34°low 79°low 26°4 wet days a weekRain on about four days a week.
  3. June90°32°low 78°low 26°6 wet days a weekRain on about six days a week.

Where Manila sits, in May

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in May 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-May
5:28 AMsets 6:16 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 May, 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 May

high · low · wet days
See May 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.