Time in Manila, Philippines

00:00:00
 

Current time in Philippines

Time zone: PST (UTC/GMT +08:00) — Asia/Manila

 
Manila, officially the City of Manila, is the capital of the Philippines and a highly urbanized city. It is the most densely populated city proper in the world as of 2019. The term "Manila" is commonly used to refer to the whole metropolitan area, the greater metropolitan area or the city proper. The officially defined metropolitan area called Metro Manila, the capital region of the Philippines, includes the much larger Quezon City and the Makati Central Business District. It is the most populous region of the country and one of the most populous urban areas in the world.
From Wikipedia

What time zone is Manila in?

The local standard in Manila is PST — UTC+08:00, or 8 hours ahead of UTC. Systems that store time zones by name use Asia/Manila for this part of the world.

Daylight saving is not observed here, so UTC+08:00 is year-round. Any seasonal drift you notice against another city comes from that city, not from Manila.

How far ahead or behind is Manila?

Current gap between Manila and cities people most often need to coordinate with. These figures already account for daylight saving where it applies.

New York UTC-04:00 Manila is 12 hours ahead
Los Angeles UTC-07:00 Manila is 15 hours ahead
London UTC+01:00 Manila is 7 hours ahead
Paris UTC+02:00 Manila is 6 hours ahead
Dubai UTC+04:00 Manila is 4 hours ahead
Mumbai UTC+05:30 Manila is 2 hours 30 minutes ahead
Shanghai UTC+08:00 same time as Manila
Tokyo UTC+09:00 Manila is 1 hour behind
Sydney UTC+10:00 Manila is 2 hours behind
Sao Paulo UTC-03:00 Manila is 11 hours ahead

Best time to call Manila

Overlap of a normal working day, shown in Manila time — outside these windows one side is off the clock.

Shanghai 09:00–17:00 in Manila 8 hours overlap
Tokyo 09:00–16:00 in Manila 7 hours overlap
Sydney 09:00–15:00 in Manila 6 hours overlap
Mumbai 11:30–17:00 in Manila 5.5 hours overlap

No shared working window exists with New York, Los Angeles or Sao Paulo, so those calls have to sit outside somebody's normal hours.

Cities on the same clock as Manila

No difference at all from Manila: the cities below share the Asia/Manila zone.

Davao Caloocan City Budta Malingao Paranaque City Pasig City Makati City Zamboanga