The climate of Manila
Am Tropical monsoon. Hot all year, with a very wet season and a short dry spell. Heavy seasonal rains bring a monsoon, followed by a short drier period. The wet season is wet enough to keep forests growing through the dry months.
The 1901 to 1930 map put Manila in Aw (tropical savannah), so its zone is different from a century ago.
Manila: then, now and by 2100
| Map | Climate zone | Compared with now |
|---|---|---|
| 1901 to 1930 | Aw Tropical savannah | Different from now |
| 1991 to 2020 (now) | Am Tropical monsoon | - |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP1-2.6 (low emissions) | Am Tropical monsoon | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP2-4.5 (middle of the road) | Am Tropical monsoon | Same as now |
| 2071 to 2099, SSP5-8.5 (high emissions) | Am Tropical monsoon | Same as now |
The 2071 to 2099 rows are model projections under three emissions scenarios, not forecasts. The 1901 to 1930 row is a reconstruction. All come from Beck et al. (2023).
Under the middle-of-the-road scenario (SSP2-4.5), the model keeps Manila in Am in 2071 to 2099. The high-emissions scenario (SSP5-8.5) gives the same answer.
Cities with the same climate as Manila
Other big cities that are Am (tropical monsoon) in 1991 to 2020, at most two per country:
- Mumbai, India
- Abidjan, Ivory Coast
- Yangon, Myanmar
- Chattogram, Bangladesh
- Quezon City, Philippines
- Navi Mumbai, India
- Bandung, Indonesia
- Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic
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Population of Manila from GeoNames: 1,600,000 (rank 299 in our list of 1,000). Climate data: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0. Data sources and licences.