Manila
Capital of Philippines: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Big Manila: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
Overview
Manila is the capital of Philippines, in National Capital Region. About 1.6 million people live in the city proper, making it the 4th largest city of Philippines in our atlas.
It lies at 14.60° N, 120.98° E, about 13 m (43 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the Asia/Manila time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Manila. Green dots: other major cities of Philippines. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Manila has a tropical rainforest climate (Köppen Af). The warmest month is usually Apr, with average highs near 32°C (89°F); the coolest nights come in Jan at about 20°C (69°F). Around 2,917 mm (115 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Dec.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in PhilippinesNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Caloocan · 5 km
- Pasig City · 9 km
- Quezon City · 9 km
- Valenzuela · 11 km
- Taguig · 14 km
- Paranaque City · 14 km
- Antipolo · 15 km
- Cebu City · 569 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 1701668 (CC BY 4.0)
- Wikidata Q1461 (CC0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Big Manila: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Malacañan Palace 2013 stamp of the Philippines: Valeraraisen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rizal Monument at Rizal Park: Maynard Rabanal (Greedyplus), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Smart Araneta Coliseum Basketball setup: WayKurat, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Black Nazarene: Constantine Agustin, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Oceania Manila Ocean Park: Foxyreign, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Rizal Monument: Mike Gonzalez (TheCoffee), CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- MZandBGjf9906 02: Ramon FVelasquez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
