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About
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital and second-most populous city of the Philippines after Quezon City. According to the 2024 census, it has a population of 1,902,590 people. Located on the eastern shore of Manila Bay on the island of Luzon, it is classified as a highly urbanized city. With 44,935 inhabitants per square kilometer (116,380/sq mi), Manila is one of the world's most densely populated cities proper.
Wikipedia →Summary excerpted from the Wikipedia article Manila, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Text may be clipped or paraphrased to fit this page.
The next week in Manila
7-day forecast from Open-Meteo. UV badges flag days when sun protection matters (3 and above is moderate; 8 and above is risk territory for unprotected fair skin within 30 minutes).
Today
Showers
32° / 25°
12.9 mm
UV Very high
Sun
Thunderstorm
31° / 26°
7.1 mm
UV Very high
Mon
Thunderstorm
32° / 26°
2.4 mm
UV Very high
Tue
Thunderstorm
33° / 26°
1.2 mm
UV Very high
Wed
Thunderstorm
33° / 26°
5.4 mm
UV Very high
Thu
Thunderstorm
33°
In May 16
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Air quality
No monitoring station within 25 km.
Weather
38° / 22°
Typical high / low
6 mm rainfall this month
Daylight
12.8h
05:28 – 18:16local
Year-round climate
Monthly highs, lows, and rainfall (long-term averages, NASA POWER).
Airports near Manila
3 commercial airports within 100 km. Closest is Ninoy Aquino International Airport (MNL) at 11 km.
Getting around Manila
Public-transit operators within 8 km of the city center. Click through to each operator’s site for routes, fares, and tickets.
Operators and modes aggregated by TransitLand from individual transit-agency GTFS feeds. Route classifications (subway / tram / rail / bus / etc) come from each feed’s GTFS route_type codes.
Sister cities
Sources
This page blends public reference data, climate/elevation services, and personal notes. Travel requirements can change, so visa and entry details should be checked again before booking.
- Wikipedia →
Summary, canonical article, and some image fallbacks.
- Wikidata →
Population, area, image, coordinates, and linked identifiers where available.
- NASA POWER →
Monthly temperature and rainfall climatology.
- Open-Meteo historical weather →
1991-2020 temperature and precipitation cross-check for compact climate fields.
- Open-Elevation →
Coordinate-based elevation backfill.
- tz database →
Coordinate-based IANA timezone lookup.
- City flag source →
CC BY-SA 3.0, Own work by Philtro (file log).
- Site credits →
Global source notes, map tiles, flags, licenses, and attribution policy.