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Manila in October

Hot and wet, as the days shorten.

Typical weather, averaged over 30 years

October in Manila is hot: highs near 88°F, lows near 77°F. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.October in Manila is hot: highs near 31°C, lows near 25°C. Rain falls on about five days a week, less often as the month goes on, and the days shorten by 16 minutes from the first week to the last.

High
88°F31°Caverage
Low
77°F25°Caverage
Wet days
5a week · 78% of days
Daylight
11h 46mon average

Is October a good time to visit Manila?

October sits outside Manila's most comfortable months, which run from January to February. Expect hot days and rain on about five 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 October sits in the year

week by week

Temperature

Highs near 88°F in October, against 86°F to 93°F through the year.Highs near 31°C in October, against 30°C to 34°C through the year.

Chance of a wet day

78% of days in October, against 14% to 96% through the year.

Cloud cover

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

Daylight

11h 46m in October, against 11h 17m to 12h 58m through the year.

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

Either side

  1. September87°31°low 77°low 25°7 wet days a weekRain on almost every day.
  2. October88°31°low 77°low 25°5 wet days a weekRain on about five days a week.
  3. November88°31°low 76°low 24°3 wet days a weekRain on about three days a week.

Where Manila sits, in October

Asia/Manila
this place
typical high in October 40°F4°C95°F35°C
Sunrise, mid-October
5:47 AMsets 5:37 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 October, 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 October

high · low · wet days
See October 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.