★ 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 January:hot, occasional rain Manila, Philippines · Records from 2006 to 2025. Not a forecast.
Mean high 30° Hottest day 32.9° (2024)
Mean low 24° Coldest night 19.3° (2014)
Rain days 6 days 0-14 by year
Rainfall 34mm Daylight 11.3 → 11.5 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 Finemostly dry and muggy
Humidity 76% 27 muggy days
Clear days 5 days 8 overcast days
Mean wind 13 km/h Rarely windy
Sunrise / sunset (15th) 06:24 / 17:45 Daylight 11.3 → 11.5 h
Manila in January Peak of the dry season, with little rain and cooler mornings and evenings that make walking pleasant. On 9 January the Black Nazarene procession fills the Quiapo district and the roads around it for the whole day, so plan around it.
Manila in January ran hot: 30°C by day and 24°C at night. By midday the shade was the best seat in town. 6 rain days in a typical January: noticeable, but most days stayed dry. January could skip rain entirely: 1 of 20 years had none, while 2021 had 14 rain days.
With 17 days above 30°C on average, most of the month felt like high summer. Mostly fine, light rain: about 6 mm per wet day, more mist than downpour.
Typhoons i 1 of the last 20 years had a tropical storm pass within 300 km this month.
Mekkhala (2015), 217 km away tropical storm 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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January 1 Friday 1 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 24° January 2 Saturday 2 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° 1-2 rain on 20% of days 30° 24°
January 3 Sunday 3 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° January 4 Monday 4 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 5 Tuesday 5 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 30° 24° January 6 Wednesday 6 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 31° 24° January 7 Thursday 7 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 8 Friday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 9 Saturday 9 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 3-9 rain on 14% of days 30° 24°
January 10 Sunday 10 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 11 Monday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 24° January 12 Tuesday 12 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 29° 24° January 13 Wednesday 13 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 14 Thursday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 15 Friday 15 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 16 Saturday 16 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° 10-16 rain on 19% of days 30° 24°
January 17 Sunday 17 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° January 18 Monday 18 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 24° January 19 Tuesday 19 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 20 Wednesday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 21 Thursday 21 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 22 Friday 22 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 23 Saturday 23 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° 17-23 rain on 24% of days 30° 24°
January 24 Sunday 24 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° January 25 Monday 25 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 26 Tuesday 26 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 27 Wednesday 27 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 28 Thursday 28 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 29 Friday 29 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 30 Saturday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 24-30 rain on 16% of days 30° 24°
January 31 Sunday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24°
January 31 rain on 25% of days 30° 24°
1-2 rain on 20% of days 30° 24° 3-9 rain on 14% of days 30° 24° 10-16 rain on 19% of days 30° 24° 17-23 rain on 24% of days 30° 24° 24-30 rain on 16% of days 30° 24° January 31 rain on 25% of days 30° 24°
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January 1 Saturday 1 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 24° January 1 rain on 30% of days 29° 24°
January 2 Sunday 2 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 3 Monday 3 rain in 7 of 20 yrs 7/20 30° 24° January 4 Tuesday 4 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 5 Wednesday 5 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 30° 24° January 6 Thursday 6 rain in 1 of 20 yrs 1/20 31° 24° January 7 Friday 7 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 8 Saturday 8 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 2-8 rain on 13% of days 30° 24°
January 9 Sunday 9 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 10 Monday 10 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° January 11 Tuesday 11 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 30° 24° January 12 Wednesday 12 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 29° 24° January 13 Thursday 13 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 14 Friday 14 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 15 Saturday 15 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 9-15 rain on 19% of days 30° 24°
January 16 Sunday 16 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° January 17 Monday 17 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° January 18 Tuesday 18 rain in 6 of 20 yrs 6/20 29° 24° January 19 Wednesday 19 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 20 Thursday 20 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 21 Friday 21 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 22 Saturday 22 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° 16-22 rain on 23% of days 30° 24°
January 23 Sunday 23 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 24 Monday 24 rain in 4 of 20 yrs 4/20 30° 24° January 25 Tuesday 25 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 26 Wednesday 26 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 27 Thursday 27 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24° January 28 Friday 28 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 29 Saturday 29 rain in 2 of 20 yrs 2/20 30° 24° 23-29 rain on 18% of days 30° 24°
January 30 Sunday 30 rain in 3 of 20 yrs 3/20 30° 24° January 31 Monday 31 rain in 5 of 20 yrs 5/20 30° 24°
30-31 rain on 20% of days 30° 24°
January 1 rain on 30% of days 29° 24° 2-8 rain on 13% of days 30° 24° 9-15 rain on 19% of days 30° 24° 16-22 rain on 23% of days 30° 24° 23-29 rain on 18% of days 30° 24° 30-31 rain on 20% of days 30° 24°
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2006 none
2007 5mm
2008 none
2009 none
2010 1mm
2011 none
2012 none
2013 1mm
2014 none
2015 none
2016 none
2017 none
2018 3mm
2019 none
2020 none
2021 4mm
2022 none
2023 2mm
2024 none
2025 18mm
Holidays in January (2027) December 30 to January 3 New Year breakJanuary 1 New Year's DayJanuary 18 Birthday of Martin Luther King, Jr. 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)1 US holidays (flights fill up)
Holidays in January (2028) December 30 to January 2 New Year break 1 Local public holiday or break (busier, pricier)
Your trip dates, the past 20 years Trip dates January 1 (Fri) 2 (Sat) 3 (Sun) 4 (Mon) 5 (Tue) 6 (Wed) 7 (Thu) 8 (Fri) 9 (Sat) 10 (Sun) 11 (Mon) 12 (Tue) 13 (Wed) 14 (Thu) 15 (Fri) 16 (Sat) 17 (Sun) 18 (Mon) 19 (Tue) 20 (Wed) 21 (Thu) 22 (Fri) 23 (Sat) 24 (Sun) 25 (Mon) 26 (Tue) 27 (Wed) 28 (Thu) 29 (Fri) 30 (Sat) 31 (Sun) ~ January 1 (Fri) 2 (Sat) 3 (Sun) 4 (Mon) 5 (Tue) 6 (Wed) 7 (Thu) 8 (Fri) 9 (Sat) 10 (Sun) 11 (Mon) 12 (Tue) 13 (Wed) 14 (Thu) 15 (Fri) 16 (Sat) 17 (Sun) 18 (Mon) 19 (Tue) 20 (Wed) 21 (Thu) 22 (Fri) 23 (Sat) 24 (Sun) 25 (Mon) 26 (Tue) 27 (Wed) 28 (Thu) 29 (Fri) 30 (Sat) 31 (Sun) 1-7 8-14 15-21 22-end Whole month
You can also click two dates on the axis. Hover a cell to see that day's rain. By year Driest trips first
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Trip rain days Month rain days Tap a date to start, tap another to end. Each cell is that date in one year. '06 '07 '08 '09 '10 '11 '12 '13 '14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '20 '21 '22 '23 '24 '25
of 20 Dates outside your trip are dimmed.
One row per year, one cell per day. 2019 had 0 rain days, 2021 had 14.
What to pack At 30°C by day and 24°C at night with humid air, sweat hardly dried. Quick-dry fabrics beat heavy cotton, and a spare top saved the evening.
Rain was occasional. A compact umbrella in the bag is enough.
Common questions Does it rain a lot in Manila in January? Over the past 20 years January averaged 6 rain days (1 mm or more) out of 31. Individual years ran from 0 in the driest to 14 in the wettest.
What should I wear in Manila in January? Days averaged 30°C and nights 24°C. Pack a compact umbrella, T-shirts, sunscreen plus a hat, and insect repellent.
Is January a good time to visit Manila? On warmth and rain days alone, Manila's easiest months were January to March. January ranked 2 of 12, close to the top.
Is Manila humid in January? Mean relative humidity was 76%, with about 27 muggy days (dew point of 20°C or more) in the month.
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