Live Time and Weather in Manila, Philippines

Manila, as the whole county, uses only one time zone (UTC +08:00), meaning that it is 8 hours ahead of Greenwich Mean Time and 7 hours ahead of Central European Time.

Manila has tropical savanna climate as together with the whole Philippines lies within the tropics. Its close location to the equator the temperature here is high all year round and rarely goes lower than 21°C or above 39°C. The temperature might felt even higher due to the high humidity levels. The dry season here, the yearly period of low rainfall, starts in December and lasts until the end of May. Typhoons, which hits the city around 5 to 7 times annually, together with the wet season usually occur at June and last until September.

The highest temperature in Manila was marked as 17.5°C on January 11, 1914, meanwhile, the lowest was 39.6°C on May 7, 1915.

Notably, Manila was ranked as one of the most dangerous places to live in due to city’s exposure to natural hazards - earthquakes, tsunamis, typhoons, and floods.