ManilaPhilippines
Current time in Manila, Philippines
Friday, 25 September 2026
Philippine Standard TimeUTC+08:00
⛶ Full-screen clockManila time at a glance
- Country
- Philippines
- Location
- Capital city of Philippines
- Time zone
Asia/Manila- UTC offset now
UTC+08:00- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Next clock change
- No upcoming change available
Manila time guide
Does Manila change its clocks?
UTC+08:00.- Year-round offset
- Philippine Time (PHT), UTC+08:00
- Time-zone identifier
- Asia/Manila
- Manila and London
- 8 hours ahead during GMT; 7 hours ahead during BST
- Manila and New York
- 13 hours ahead during EST; 12 hours ahead during EDT
City and national capital region
The City of Manila is only part of Metro Manila
The 2020 Philippine census counted 1,846,513 people in the City of Manila and 13,484,462 across the National Capital Region. The regional total covers sixteen cities and one municipality.
Time-zone identity for Manila
- IANA zone
Asia/Manila- UTC offset now
- UTC+08:00
- Current zone label
- GMT+8
- Clock-change status
- No UTC offset change was found in the next 370 days.
Manila is currently 8 hours ahead of UTC. The named zone, rather than the offset alone, should be used for future dates.
Clock changes in Manila
370-day checked horizon
No UTC offset change was found through Thursday, 30 September 2027 in runtime time-zone data 2026b.
Time-zone history
UTC offset changes for Manila
A bounded record of offset transitions calculated for Asia/Manila, covering 2021 through 2031. Events are offset changes; their legal or daylight-saving cause is not inferred.
Previous 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the previous 5 years.
Next 5 years
No UTC offset transition was found in the next 5 years.
Dates are calculated from IANA time-zone rules. The calculation checks for offset changes throughout the displayed period and resolves each change to the nearest second.
Capital city context
About Manila, capital of Philippines
Manila is the capital of Philippines. This page combines its live local clock with location, time-zone, weather, Sun and Moon information.
- Capital status
- Capital of Philippines
- Administrative area
- National Capital Region, Philippines
- Population
- 1,600,000
- Coordinates
- 14.6042° N, 120.9822° E. The elevation is 13 metres.
Nearby city clocks
Cities near Manila
Nearby cities are ordered by approximate straight-line distance from Manila. Times are calculated for the same instant shown above.
- QuiapoNational Capital Region, PhilippinesLess than 1 km away
Asia/ManilaSame local time - Santa CruzNational Capital Region, PhilippinesLess than 1 km away
Asia/ManilaSame local time - BinondoNational Capital Region, Philippines0.9 km west
Asia/ManilaSame local time - PacoNational Capital Region, Philippines2.1 km southeast
Asia/ManilaSame local time - Port AreaNational Capital Region, Philippines2.3 km southwest
Asia/ManilaSame local time - CaloocanNational Capital Region, Philippines5.3 km north
Asia/ManilaSame local time
Sources for Manila time and city facts
Time-zone calculations use runtime tzdb 2026b. Weather and astronomy sources include their own retrieval times where available.
View 4 sources
- GeoNames cities15000GeoNames · 2026-07-15_01-57-51-849 · CC BY 4.0 · AccessedCity and country names, administrative area, coordinates and population.
- IANA Time Zone DatabaseInternet Assigned Numbers Authority · 2026b · Public domain · AccessedTime-zone names, UTC offsets and clock changes.
- Unicode Common Locale Data RepositoryUnicode Consortium · 48.0 · Unicode License v3 · AccessedEnglish display names for countries, currencies and languages.
- 2020 Census Results: City of ManilaPhilippine Statistics Authority · 2020 census · AccessedOfficial city population and comparison with the National Capital Region.