Best time to go to Philippines for a perfect weather and where to go?

Get the very best time to visit Philippines from average weather conditions in many locations like Mindoro island (Puerto Galera) or Tagaytay, right here.

When is the best time to go to Philippines?

When is the best time to go to Philippines? Here's some information to help you in your decision:

In Philippines, the weather is at least tolerable in February and March
The best months to go to Manila are January, February, March and December
On average, the warmest months in Manila are March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October and November
The rainiest months in this city are July and August
The cities with the best climate are Cabanatuan City and Laoag, with good weather at least 7 months a year
The sea temperature is suitable for swimming all year round in Manila

For information about the climate and the weather city by city in Philippines for a specific month, click on the corresponding line below:

Month			Our opinion	View Details
January	20°C to 30°C	57%	very bad to perfect*	Philippines in january
February	22°C to 30°C	45%	tolerable to perfect*	Philippines in february
March	23°C to 31°C	47%	tolerable to good*	Philippines in march
April	25°C to 33°C	52%	bad to good*	Philippines in april
May	25°C to 34°C	73%	very bad to tolerable*	Philippines in may
June	25°C to 32°C	85%	very bad to good*	Philippines in june
July	24°C to 31°C	87%	very bad to good*	Philippines in july
August	25°C to 32°C	81%	very bad to good*	Philippines in august
September	25°C to 31°C	84%	very bad to good*	Philippines in september
October	24°C to 31°C	75%	bad to good*	Philippines in october
November	23°C to 31°C	62%	bad to good*	Philippines in november
December	22°C to 31°C	59%	very bad to perfect*	Philippines in december

* weather varies across the country ; please check out the Where to go section below.

Best time to travel to Philippines by cities

Best time to go to Manila

The best months to go to Manila are january, february, march and december.

Best time to go to Cebu

The best months to go to Cebu are march and april.

Best time to go to Davao

The best months to go to Davao are january, february, march and december.

Best time to go to Puerto Princesa (Palawan island)

The best months to go to Puerto Princesa (Palawan island) are february and march.

Best time to go to Tagaytay

The best months to go to Tagaytay are january, february, march, april, june, july, august, september, october, november and december.

Best time to go to Boracay

The best months to go to Boracay are march and april.

Angeles City

Bacolod

Baguio

Bohol Island

Cagayán de Oro

Coron

El Nido

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Temperatures and rainfall in Philippines

On these 3 graphs, we present the evolution of temperatures of Philippines and month-by-month rainfall for the cities of Manila, Cebu, Davao, Puerto Princesa (Palawan island) and Tagaytay, as well as the month-by-month sea temperature for coastal cities.

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	31°C 26°C	32°C 27°C	34°C 27°C	36°C 30°C	37°C 31°C	35°C 30°C	34°C 29°C	33°C 28°C	34°C 29°C	34°C 28°C	33°C 28°C	32°C 27°C
Précipitations	24%	18%	18%	26%	63%	80%	88%	88%	81%	56%	24%	25%
Température de la mer	27°C	27°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	29°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 27°C	30°C 27°C	31°C 27°C	33°C 28°C	34°C 29°C	34°C 29°C	33°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	31°C 28°C
Précipitations	75%	53%	43%	48%	71%	82%	83%	78%	87%	81%	68%	69%
Température de la mer	27°C	27°C	28°C	28°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	28°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	33°C 26°C	33°C 26°C	34°C 26°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 28°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 27°C	35°C 27°C	34°C 26°C
Précipitations	64%	51%	51%	61%	74%	70%	79%	83%	74%	72%	67%	59%
Température de la mer	29°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	31°C 28°C	31°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	34°C 30°C	34°C 30°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C
Précipitations	60%	39%	40%	45%	62%	78%	82%	80%	77%	76%	70%	65%
Température de la mer	28°C	28°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 25°C	32°C 26°C	33°C 27°C	35°C 29°C	35°C 30°C	34°C 28°C	33°C 27°C	33°C 27°C	33°C 27°C	33°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	31°C 27°C
Précipitations	40%	27%	33%	36%	72%	87%	90%	81%	91%	69%	41%	44%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	29°C 27°C	30°C 27°C	31°C 27°C	32°C 28°C	34°C 30°C	33°C 30°C	32°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 28°C	31°C 28°C
Précipitations	67%	48%	44%	32%	54%	81%	82%	68%	77%	71%	69%	66%
Température de la mer	28°C	27°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	28°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 24°C	32°C 25°C	33°C 26°C	36°C 28°C	35°C 30°C	33°C 28°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	31°C 25°C
Précipitations	37%	34%	45%	57%	82%	93%	96%	94%	94%	76%	53%	47%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 27°C	31°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	34°C 28°C	34°C 30°C	33°C 28°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	31°C 28°C
Précipitations	61%	39%	34%	36%	73%	90%	89%	81%	86%	78%	56%	57%
Température de la mer	27°C	27°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	28°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	29°C 23°C	29°C 23°C	31°C 24°C	31°C 25°C	31°C 27°C	30°C 25°C	29°C 24°C	28°C 24°C	29°C 24°C	29°C 24°C	30°C 25°C	30°C 24°C
Précipitations	27%	42%	52%	79%	94%	99%	99%	97%	96%	75%	57%	48%

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 27°C	31°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	33°C 28°C	34°C 29°C	34°C 29°C	33°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	33°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	31°C 28°C
Précipitations	67%	44%	40%	37%	56%	75%	69%	57%	77%	66%	63%	57%
Température de la mer	28°C	27°C	28°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	28°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 26°C	31°C 26°C	31°C 26°C	32°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	33°C 27°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 27°C	32°C 27°C	31°C 26°C
Précipitations	82%	67%	70%	78%	85%	91%	77%	78%	75%	80%	90%	80%
Température de la mer	28°C	28°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	31°C 28°C	31°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	34°C 31°C	33°C 30°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 30°C	32°C 29°C
Précipitations	31%	22%	21%	31%	62%	87%	92%	84%	87%	70%	51%	47%
Température de la mer	28°C	28°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	30°C 28°C	30°C 28°C	31°C 28°C	33°C 29°C	34°C 30°C	33°C 30°C	32°C 29°C	33°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	32°C 29°C	31°C 29°C
Précipitations	43%	32%	29%	38%	71%	87%	88%	81%	85%	72%	61%	56%
Température de la mer	28°C	28°C	28°C	29°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	29°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Températures moyennes	29°C 26°C	30°C 26°C	31°C 27°C	33°C 28°C	34°C 30°C	33°C 29°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	32°C 28°C	31°C 27°C	30°C 27°C
Précipitations	75%	52%	56%	52%	61%	83%	87%	78%	85%	83%	76%	79%
Température de la mer	27°C	27°C	28°C	28°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	30°C	29°C	28°C

Average temperatures

Chance of rain

Sea temperature

Where to go in Philippines?

This table allows you to see the maximum temperature for each city and our opinion on the weather month by month (see colour legend below the table).

Cities	jan.	feb.	mar.	apr.	may	jun.	jul.	aug.	sep.	oct.	nov.	dec.
Manila	31°C	32°C	34°C	36°C	37°C	35°C	34°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	32°C
Cebu	30°C	30°C	31°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	31°C
Davao	33°C	33°C	34°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	35°C	34°C
Puerto Princesa (Palawan island)	31°C	31°C	32°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	32°C
Tagaytay	30°C	32°C	33°C	35°C	35°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	31°C
Boracay	29°C	30°C	31°C	32°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	31°C
Angeles City	30°C	32°C	33°C	36°C	35°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	31°C
Bacolod	30°C	31°C	32°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	31°C
Baguio	29°C	29°C	31°C	31°C	31°C	30°C	29°C	28°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	30°C
Bohol Island	30°C	31°C	32°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	31°C
Cagayán de Oro	30°C	31°C	31°C	32°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	31°C
Coron	31°C	31°C	32°C	33°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C
El Nido	30°C	30°C	31°C	33°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	31°C
Legaspi	29°C	30°C	31°C	33°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	32°C	31°C	30°C
Luzon island (Baguio)	29°C	29°C	31°C	31°C	31°C	30°C	29°C	28°C	29°C	29°C	30°C	30°C
Mindanao island (Dabaw)	30°C	30°C	31°C	32°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	31°C
Mindoro island (Puerto Galera)	30°C	30°C	32°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	34°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	32°C	31°C
Quezon City	31°C	32°C	34°C	36°C	37°C	35°C	34°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	32°C
Zamboanga	32°C	33°C	33°C	34°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	34°C	34°C
Abucayan	30°C	30°C	31°C	33°C	34°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	33°C	32°C	32°C	31°C

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Is this weather information for Philippines reliable?

Climate data for Philippines has been gathered every day since January 2009. The analysis of these meteorological data for Philippines allows us to determine the average for each month in Manila, Cebu, Davao, Puerto Princesa (Palawan island), Tagaytay, Boracay, Angeles City, Bacolod, and 90 other cities.

So yes: this data is reliable except in cases of temporary climate disruption in the region.

Best time to go to Philippines for a perfect weather and where to go?

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