Philippines When To Go

New Year’s heralds the arrival of high season (as well as dry season) for much of the country. Foreigners fill up resorts from January to March, while legions of local tourists fan out across the country once schools let out in late March. Avoid New Years and the “Holy Week” before Easter, when resorts triple their rates.

Morning sunshine and afternoon rains are the norm around Manila, but typhoons can cause days of nonstop torrential rain. Still, this can be a great time to travel as resorts slash prices and much of the country’s eastern seaboard is dry, if susceptible to occasional typhoons.

These are the most unpredictable months, weather-wise. Temperatures rise to a crescendo in June, heralding the onset of the rainy season around Manila and elsewhere. November sees high-season rates kick in as the influx of foreign tourists begins.