Ninoy Aquino International Airport

RPLL · Metro Manila, Philippines

Climate Ninoy Aquino International Airport 2021-2025

Climate and trends: average temperature, flight conditions, precipitation, wind speed and direction.

Calculated from historical METAR data of Ninoy Aquino International Airport (RPLL) between 2021 and 2025.

VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 95.8 94 96 96 98 90
February 96.7 98 96 94 96
March 98.5 96 100 97 99
April 97.9 99 92 99 99
May 96.5 97 90 98 97
June 94.1 94 92 96 89
July 91.5 90 92 96 77
August 91.2 94 98 91 78
September 91.3 90 88 92 87
October 93.5 95 98 94 89
November 96.3 94 98 97 97
December 94.1 95 97 96 92
Average 94.7 94.1 94.6 94.7 95.6 90.8

VFR conditions during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the VFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 8 km or more and a ceiling of 3,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Marginal VFR conditions (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 99.5 100 100 99 100 100
February 99.3 99 99 99 100
March 99.4 99 100 99 99
April 99.5 99 99 99 100
May 99.3 99 99 99 100
June 98.7 100 99 99 96
July 98.4 99 99 99 97
August 98.0 99 100 99 94
September 98.6 99 99 98 99
October 99.1 99 100 99 100
November 99.3 100 100 99 99
December 99.1 100 99 100 99
Average 99.1 100.0 99.3 99.3 99.1 98.4

Marginal VFR conditions or better during daylight period

Percentage of observations where the MVFR minimums for ceiling and visibility are met: visibility of 5 km or more and a ceiling of 1,000 ft or more. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Maximum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 30.6 30.8 31.0 29.8 30.8 29.8
February 31.3 32.6 31.5 32.0 30.8
March 33.0 33.1 32.7 33.7 33.1
April 34.1 35.7 33.7 33.0 33.2
May 34.8 35.6 33.8 34.1 35.7
June 33.2 33.8 32.7 33.3 32.6
July 31.9 32.3 32.2 32.6 31.3
August 31.4 32.5 31.5 31.3 32.3
September 31.6 31.3 31.8 31.5 31.8
October 31.8 32.0 31.8 32.0 31.8
November 32.0 32.5 32.5 31.8 32.6
December 31.0 30.8 32.0 31.1 30.8
Average 32.1 30.9 32.7 32.1 32.3 32.2

Average highest temperature per day

The maximum temperature is typically observed some hours after noon.

Minimum temperatures (°C)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 24.1 24.3 23.1 24.5 23.5 24.3
February 23.3 24.8 21.8 24.1 23.3
March 24.6 24.6 22.8 26.1 24.6
April 26.2 27.0 25.6 25.3 26.3
May 26.9 28.1 27.6 25.8 27.3
June 26.1 26.6 25.3 24.8 26.8
July 24.5 24.6 24.5 26.3 23.5
August 24.9 25.8 24.3 25.6 25.3
September 25.1 24.8 22.8 25.6 25.1
October 25.1 26.5 25.3 24.8 24.1
November 24.4 24.6 25.1 25.0 23.5
December 24.7 25.8 23.1 25.8 23.6
Average 24.9 24.3 25.5 24.4 25.2 24.8

Average lowest temperature per day

The minimum temperature is typically observed just before sunrise.

Precipitation (%)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 4.5 3 1 9 1 10
February 3.2 0 3 3 8
March 1.1 1 2 1 3
April 1.8 0 3 5 1
May 3.7 6 2 8 0
June 8.1 6 7 5 6
July 16.2 18 14 11 29
August 12.4 7 11 15 7
September 13.5 16 14 13 15
October 10.9 10 7 13 17
November 7.3 7 4 8 5
December 10.7 14 4 13 6
Average 7.2 2.5 7.1 6.6 7.8 8.8

Precipitation during daylight period

Percentage of observations with observed rain, drizzle, snow or hail. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Wind speed (knots)

Month Average 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 6.7 6 7 7 7 6
February 7.4 8 7 7 6
March 7.6 7 7 7 7
April 7.9 8 6 7 8
May 7.8 8 8 6 8
June 7.3 7 7 6 8
July 7.2 7 7 6 8
August 8.9 8 12 6 8
September 7.6 8 7 9 6
October 6.3 7 6 7 6
November 6.2 6 6 6 5
December 5.8 5 6 6 6
Average 7.1 5.7 7.1 7.2 6.6 6.9

Average wind speed

Excluding wind gusts. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.

Prevailing wind direction

Month 2025 2024 2023 2022 2021
January 105° 099° 079° 099° 082°
February 111° 098° 109° 089°
March 114° 120° 118° 101°
April 122° 153° 109° 195°
May 132° 252° 138° 123°
June 239° 251° 246° 265°
July 224° 239° 256° 256°
August 265° 258° 265° 256°
September 255° 262° 257° 263°
October 264° 253° 234° 232°
November 152° 089° 109° 092°
December 096° 102° 081° 082°

Prevailing wind direction

Average wind direction, weighed by wind speed. Only observations between sunrise and sunset are taken into account.