January
- Avg temp
- 25.8°C
- Rainfall
- 71 mm
- Humidity
- 78%
- Crowd index
- 85/100
- Weather81
- Crowds15
- Disaster risk57
- Hotel cost91
- Flight cost31
Travel timing
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Best months
- Top pickFebruary77/100 · Excellent
- #2March75/100 · Excellent
- #3April72/100 · Good
Month breakdown
February
- Avg temp
- 26.1°C
- Rainfall
- 44 mm
- Humidity
- 74%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather92
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk66
- Hotel cost81
- Flight cost100
March
- Avg temp
- 27.7°C
- Rainfall
- 26 mm
- Humidity
- 70%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather97
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk70
- Hotel cost84
- Flight cost90
April
- Avg temp
- 29.2°C
- Rainfall
- 42 mm
- Humidity
- 68%
- Crowd index
- 75/100
- Weather91
- Crowds25
- Disaster risk69
- Hotel cost84
- Flight cost90
May
- Avg temp
- 29.6°C
- Rainfall
- 143 mm
- Humidity
- 73%
- Crowd index
- 70/100
- Weather62
- Crowds30
- Disaster risk61
- Hotel cost78
- Flight cost83
June
- Avg temp
- 28.2°C
- Rainfall
- 282 mm
- Humidity
- 82%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather41
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk22
- Hotel cost69
- Flight cost77
July
- Avg temp
- 27.4°C
- Rainfall
- 426 mm
- Humidity
- 85%
- Crowd index
- 50/100
- Weather42
- Crowds50
- Disaster risk31
- Hotel cost69
- Flight cost85
August
- Avg temp
- 27.3°C
- Rainfall
- 347 mm
- Humidity
- 85%
- Crowd index
- 45/100
- Weather42
- Crowds55
- Disaster risk31
- Hotel cost75
- Flight cost84
September
- Avg temp
- 27.1°C
- Rainfall
- 362 mm
- Humidity
- 86%
- Crowd index
- 50/100
- Weather42
- Crowds50
- Disaster risk36
- Hotel cost0
- Flight cost0
October
- Avg temp
- 27.1°C
- Rainfall
- 241 mm
- Humidity
- 85%
- Crowd index
- 55/100
- Weather43
- Crowds45
- Disaster risk24
- Hotel cost100
- Flight cost97
November
- Avg temp
- 27.2°C
- Rainfall
- 135 mm
- Humidity
- 81%
- Crowd index
- 60/100
- Weather66
- Crowds40
- Disaster risk50
- Hotel cost97
- Flight cost86
December
- Avg temp
- 26.5°C
- Rainfall
- 155 mm
- Humidity
- 80%
- Crowd index
- 100/100
- Weather61
- Crowds0
- Disaster risk52
- Hotel cost0
- Flight cost0
How we score this
Each month combines weather, crowds, natural-disaster risk, hotel cost and flight cost into one rating for Manila. Higher scores are better for typical leisure travellers from Australia.
- Weather25%
- Crowds20%
- Disaster risk20%
- Hotel cost15%
- Flight cost20%
- Weather:Open-Meteo Historical Weather API (ERA5 archive, ~10y monthly normals)
- Crowds:Curated monthly visitor-pressure index (Manila, Philippines: tourism seasonality; refresh from official arrivals when available)
- Disaster risk:USGS M>=4.5 earthquakes (10y) + GDACS multi-hazard SEARCH, blended with destination seasonal baseline
- Flights:SerpApi Google Flights mid-month round-trip samples (AUD, AU market, multi-origin median)
- Hotels:SerpApi Google Hotels mid-month sample (AUD nightly median, lowest-price sort)
Scores last refreshed 2 October 2026.
