★ January30° · ☂ 6 ★ February31° · ☂ 3 ★ March32° · ☂ 3 April 34° · ☂ 3 May 34° · ☂ 10 June 33° · ☂ 16 July 32° · ☂ 20 August 31° · ☂ 19 September 31° · ☂ 19 October 32° · ☂ 16 November 31° · ☂ 12 December 30° · ☂ 10 Manila in December:hot, frequent rain Manila, Philippines · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 30° Hottest day 33.8° (2023)
Mean low 25° Coldest night 21.7° (2008)
Rain days 10 days 1-18 by year
Rainfall 124mm Daylight 11.3 → 11.3 h
Manila's 12 months i Best: January to March
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Trip types Sightseeing on foot Finehot, muggy and storm risk
Humidity 79% 30 muggy days
Clear days 5 days 11 overcast days
Mean wind 12 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 06:13 / 17:29 Daylight 11.3 → 11.3 h
Manila in December The dry season is back and the weather is good, but Christmas season traffic jams easily. Simbang Gabi dawn masses run from 16 to 24 December and malls light up. Use the metro and light rail and avoid cars where you can.
Manila in December ran hot: 30°C by day and 25°C at night. By midday the shade was the best seat in town. About 10 days a month saw rain, enough that a wet-weather plan was worth having. Averages hide a lot here: one year saw 1, another 18.
Highs topped 30°C on 20 days of the month on average. Mixing in indoor stops at midday made sense.
Typhoons i 5 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Hagupit (2014), 89 km away typhoon strength Nock-Ten (2016), 105 km away typhoon strength Melor (2015), 107 km away typhoon strength 1 1 2 3 1 4 6 5 4 6 3 7 3 8 8 9 13 10 7 11 5 12
Date by date i Sun
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December 1 Tuesday 1 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 31° 25° December 2 Wednesday 2 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 31° 25° December 3 Thursday 3 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 31° 25° December 4 Friday 4 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 31° 25° December 5 Saturday 5 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 31° 25° 1-5 rain on 27% of days 31° 25°
December 6 Sunday 6 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 31° 25° December 7 Monday 7 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 25° December 8 Tuesday 8 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 31° 25° December 9 Wednesday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 25° December 10 Thursday 10 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 30° 25° December 11 Friday 11 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 31° 25° December 12 Saturday 12 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 31° 25° 6-12 rain on 33% of days 31° 25°
December 13 Sunday 13 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 31° 25° December 14 Monday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 31° 25° December 15 Tuesday 15 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 16 Wednesday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 17 Thursday 17 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 25° December 18 Friday 18 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 25° December 19 Saturday 19 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 24° 13-19 rain on 37% of days 30° 25°
December 20 Sunday 20 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 30° 24° December 21 Monday 21 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 30° 25° December 22 Tuesday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 23 Wednesday 23 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° December 24 Thursday 24 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° December 25 Friday 25 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° December 26 Saturday 26 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° 20-26 rain on 30% of days 30° 24°
December 27 Sunday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° December 28 Monday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° December 29 Tuesday 29 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 30° 24° December 30 Wednesday 30 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° December 31 Thursday 31 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 24°
27-31 rain on 33% of days 30° 24°
1-5 rain on 27% of days 31° 25° 6-12 rain on 33% of days 31° 25° 13-19 rain on 37% of days 30° 25° 20-26 rain on 30% of days 30° 24° 27-31 rain on 33% of days 30° 24°
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December 1 Wednesday 1 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 31° 25° December 2 Thursday 2 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 31° 25° December 3 Friday 3 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 31° 25° December 4 Saturday 4 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 31° 25° 1-4 rain on 29% of days 31° 25°
December 5 Sunday 5 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 31° 25° December 6 Monday 6 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 31° 25° December 7 Tuesday 7 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 25° December 8 Wednesday 8 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 31° 25° December 9 Thursday 9 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 25° December 10 Friday 10 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 30° 25° December 11 Saturday 11 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 31° 25° 5-11 rain on 34% of days 31° 25°
December 12 Sunday 12 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 31° 25° December 13 Monday 13 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 31° 25° December 14 Tuesday 14 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 31° 25° December 15 Wednesday 15 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 16 Thursday 16 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 17 Friday 17 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 25° December 18 Saturday 18 rain in 11 of 20 yrs 11/20 30° 25° 12-18 rain on 31% of days 30° 25°
December 19 Sunday 19 rain in 10 of 20 yrs 10/20 30° 24° December 20 Monday 20 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 30° 24° December 21 Tuesday 21 rain in 9 of 20 yrs 9/20 30° 25° December 22 Wednesday 22 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 25° December 23 Thursday 23 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° December 24 Friday 24 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° December 25 Saturday 25 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 19-25 rain on 32% of days 30° 24°
December 26 Sunday 26 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° December 27 Monday 27 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° December 28 Tuesday 28 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° December 29 Wednesday 29 rain in 8 of 20 yrs 8/20 30° 24° December 30 Thursday 30 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° December 31 Friday 31 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 24°
26-31 rain on 33% of days 30° 24°
1-4 rain on 29% of days 31° 25° 5-11 rain on 34% of days 31° 25° 12-18 rain on 31% of days 30° 25° 19-25 rain on 32% of days 30° 24° 26-31 rain on 33% of days 30° 24°
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2006 none
2007 none
2008 none
2009 none
2010 none
2011 12mm
2012 none
2013 none
2014 1mm
2015 64mm
2016 12mm
2017 7mm
2018 none
2019 none
2020 2mm
2021 6mm
2022 2mm
2023 1mm
2024 14mm
2025 89mm
Holidays in December (2026) December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (special non-working day)December 24 to December 27 Christmas breakDecember 30 to January 3 New Year breakDecember 30 Rizal DayDecember 31 Last Day of the Year (special non-working day)December 25 Christmas Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Holidays in December (2027) December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (special non-working day)December 24 to December 26 Christmas breakDecember 30 to January 2 New Year breakDecember 30 Rizal DayDecember 31 Last Day of the Year (special non-working day)December 24 Christmas Day (observed)December 25 Christmas Day 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates December 1 (Tue) 2 (Wed) 3 (Thu) 4 (Fri) 5 (Sat) 6 (Sun) 7 (Mon) 8 (Tue) 9 (Wed) 10 (Thu) 11 (Fri) 12 (Sat) 13 (Sun) 14 (Mon) 15 (Tue) 16 (Wed) 17 (Thu) 18 (Fri) 19 (Sat) 20 (Sun) 21 (Mon) 22 (Tue) 23 (Wed) 24 (Thu) 25 (Fri) 26 (Sat) 27 (Sun) 28 (Mon) 29 (Tue) 30 (Wed) 31 (Thu) ~ December 1 (Tue) 2 (Wed) 3 (Thu) 4 (Fri) 5 (Sat) 6 (Sun) 7 (Mon) 8 (Tue) 9 (Wed) 10 (Thu) 11 (Fri) 12 (Sat) 13 (Sun) 14 (Mon) 15 (Tue) 16 (Wed) 17 (Thu) 18 (Fri) 19 (Sat) 20 (Sun) 21 (Mon) 22 (Tue) 23 (Wed) 24 (Thu) 25 (Fri) 26 (Sat) 27 (Sun) 28 (Mon) 29 (Tue) 30 (Wed) 31 (Thu) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
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7 31 Thu Pick December 31
6 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2009 had 1 rain day, 2024 had 18.
What to pack At 30°C by day and 25°C at night with humid air, sweat hardly dried. Quick-dry fabrics beat heavy cotton, and a spare top saved the evening.
Rainy days were mixed in often enough that shoes you cannot get wet are a bad bet.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Manila in December? Over the past 20 years December averaged 10 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 1 in the driest to 18 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Manila in December? Days averaged 30°C and nights 25°C. Pack a compact umbrella, T-shirts, sunscreen plus a hat, and insect repellent.
Is December a good time to visit Manila? On warmth and rain days alone, Manila's easiest months were January to March. December ranked 5 of 12.
Is Manila humid in December? Mean relative humidity was 79%, with about 30 muggy days (dew point of 20°C or more) in the month.
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