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Satellite view of Manila Bay; the pin marks the beach
Satellite view: Sentinel-2 cloudless · EOX, CC BY 4.0, colour-adjusted by Coastya. About 6 km of coast; the pin marks the beach.

Bay

Manila Bay

PhilippinesNational Capital Region · Philippines · South China Sea

14.5175, 120.9689 · Baclaran, 3 km

  • 30°Sea · June
  • 32°High · April
  • 8.1 hSunshine · April
The dot marks Manila Bay. About 140 km of coast, north at the top.

Your month at the beach

Manila Bay in October

  • 28°CAir, daytime high23°C at night
  • 29°CSea temperature
  • 4.6 hSunshine a day
  • 27 daysRainy days in the month341 mm in total
  • 9 km/hAverage wind

Averages for 1991–2020. A rainy day is a day with at least 1 mm of rain.

The beach itself

  • 143Places to stay within 5 kmHotels, guest houses, apartments and campsites · OpenStreetMap Places to stay near Manila Bay ↗
  • 6 kmAirport: Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)In a straight line; by road it is further

No reliable information yet on: bathing water quality, wheelchair access, lifeguards.

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October from 2020 to 2025

In October 2025 the sea averaged 28.8 °C — about the same as the 1991–2020 average.

Sea temperature 2025: −0.1 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.9 °C

Air, daytime high 2025: +0.2 °C

1991–2020 average: 28.5 °C

Each bar is one year. Above the dashed line (the 1991–2020 average), that month was warmer than usual; below it, cooler.

When to go

1991–2020 averages
Warmest seaMay and June30 °C
Most sunshineApril and May8 h of sun a day
Least rainMarch and April102 mm in the month

The year at a glance

  1. Jan27°4 h148 mm
  2. Feb27°6 h148 mm
  3. Mar28°7 h119 mm
  4. Apr29°8 h102 mm
  5. May30°7 h171 mm
  6. Jun30°6 h248 mm
  7. Jul29°5 h312 mm
  8. Aug29°4 h289 mm
  9. Sep29°5 h301 mm
  10. Oct29°5 h341 mm
  11. Nov28°4 h345 mm
  12. Dec27°4 h393 mm
8°C20°C32°C

Each card is a month. The colour is the sea temperature, on the same scale as the map; in bold, the two best months for each.

Sea temperature

1991–2020 averages
26°28°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 27°Feb: 27°Mar: 28°Apr: 29°May: 30°Jun: 30°Jul: 29°Aug: 29°Sep: 29°Oct: 29°Nov: 28°Dec: 27°30°27°
8°C20°C32°C

Climate through the year

1991–2020 averages
20°25°30°JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 20°)Feb: 24 °C (High 28° / Low 20°)Mar: 25 °C (High 30° / Low 21°)Apr: 27 °C (High 32° / Low 23°)May: 28 °C (High 32° / Low 24°)Jun: 27 °C (High 30° / Low 24°)Jul: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Aug: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 24°)Sep: 26 °C (High 29° / Low 24°)Oct: 26 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Nov: 25 °C (High 28° / Low 23°)Dec: 24 °C (High 27° / Low 22°)28°24°
AverageLow – High
8°C20°C32°C

Rain

0 mm200 mm400 mmJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 148 mmFeb: 148 mmMar: 119 mmApr: 102 mm102May: 171 mmJun: 248 mmJul: 312 mmAug: 289 mmSep: 301 mmOct: 341 mmNov: 345 mmDec: 393 mm393

Sunshine

0 h2.5 h5 h7.5 hJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDecJan: 4.5 hFeb: 5.6 hMar: 6.6 hApr: 8.1 h8.1May: 7.3 hJun: 6.3 hJul: 5.0 hAug: 4.4 hSep: 5.0 hOct: 4.6 hNov: 4.5 hDec: 3.7 h3.7

Sunshine hours are estimated from measured solar radiation, not observed directly.

Month by month

1991–2020 averages

Every month at Manila Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.

Every month at Manila Bay: air, sea, rain and sunshine. Averages for 1991–2020.
MonthHigh°CLow°CSea°CRainmmRainy daysdaysSunshineh/dayWindkm/h
January272027148224.513
February282027148155.612
March302128119146.612
April322329102148.110
May322430171237.38
Junewarmest sea302430248266.38
July292429312285.09
August282429289274.410
September292429301275.08
October282329341274.69
November282328345264.511
December272227393263.713

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Plan your trip

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About these numbers

Averages are for 1991–2020; the recent years (2020–2025) are what actually happened. Neither is today's weather.

WhatWhere it comes from Nearest measurement
Air, rain and sunshineNASA POWER30 km away
Sea temperatureNOAA OISST v2.1, 1991–202016 km away
2020–2025, month by monthNASA POWER · NOAA OISST v2.130 km away
Lifeguards and places to stayOpenStreetMapwithin 1–5 km
Nearest airportOurAirportsstraight-line distance
Image at the topSentinel-2 cloudless (EOX)at this spot

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