Quezon City, the most populous city in the Philippines and part of Metro Manila, sits on the Luzon plain just northeast of Manila at approximately 14.68°N, 121.04°E. It has a tropical savanna climate (Köppen Aw) — hot and humid year-round — with a sharply defined wet and dry season, and it lies squarely in the typhoon belt.

The hottest, driest months run from March to May, when lowland temperatures reach 34–36°C with very high humidity and schools close for the summer break. The wet season then runs from June to November, driven by the southwest monsoon, with frequent torrential downpours; this stretch coincides with the peak typhoon season, when storms can bring catastrophic flooding to Metro Manila.

There is no true winter, but from December to February the northeast monsoon brings cooler, drier air from mainland Asia, with nights dropping to around 20°C and lower humidity. Typhoons still occur but are less frequent; this bright, comparatively cool stretch is comfortably the most pleasant time of year and the peak tourist season.

Quezon City receives on the order of 2,000–2,400 mm of rain a year, overwhelmingly concentrated in the wet season from June to November, while February to April is markedly dry — the pronounced wet-dry pattern of western Luzon. Live rainfall, humidity, and pressure readings for the city are shown in the panels above.

The Philippines is struck by more tropical cyclones than any country on earth — around twenty enter its waters each year — and Metro Manila has been repeatedly inundated, most catastrophically by Typhoon Ketsana in 2009, which submerged much of the metropolitan area in a single day of rain.

To follow any single measurement in Quezon City more closely, use our live instruments: the online barometer for atmospheric pressure, the thermometer for temperature, the hygrometer for humidity, the anemometer for wind speed, the wind vane for wind direction, and the rain gauge for rainfall.