Best time to visit Iloilo

Philippines · Southeast Asia

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Iloilo

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Go in Feb or Mar — 29C max, 6 rainy days. Jan is the next best.

Dry season: Feb–Apr, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Things to do in Iloilo

Jaro Metropolitan Cathedral One of the most significant religious sites in the Visayas.
Iloilo River Esplanade A -long well-landscaped linear park along the banks of the Iloilo River.
Molo Church Built in 1831, this Gothic-Renaissance church stands as one of the most iconic landmarks of Iloilo.
Molo Mansion Historic house in the Philippines
Nelly Garden Built in 1928 by the Lopez family, this Beaux-Arts mansion is one of Iloilo’s most elegant heritage houses.
Calle Real The city’s historic street, lined with late 19th and early 20th-century neoclassical and art deco buildings.
Casa Mariquit The 200-year-old ancestral house of Doña Mariquit Lopez, the matriarch of the Lopez clan of ABS CBN.

Tours and tickets in Iloilo

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Tripadvisor

Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Iloilo City), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

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Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	28°	9d	84%	9.2h	ok	28C max, 9 rainy days
Feb	29°	6d	81%	10.1h	sweet spot	29C max, 6 rainy days
Mar	30°	4d	78%	11.1h	sweet spot	30C max, 4 rainy days
Apr	32°	4d	75%	11.2h	ok	32C max, 4 rainy days
May	32°	13d	80%	10.8h	avoid	32C max, 13 rainy days
Jun	30°	18d	85%	9.7h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 251mm
Jul	30°	20d	86%	8.8h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 308mm
Aug	30°	17d	86%	9.4h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 241mm
Sep	30°	18d	87%	9.1h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 278mm
Oct	30°	20d	88%	8.7h	avoid	monsoon: 20 rainy days, 327mm
Nov	30°	11d	87%	9.5h	okbusy	busier than usual
Dec	29°	11d	86%	9.1h	ok	29C max, 11 rainy days

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 17 km from the airport (ILO): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

About as busy all year round.

Then and now

Iloilo's August days now average 29.7°C, 1.1°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 7 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	27.7°	28.7°	30.3°	31.7°	31.5°	29.4°	28.7°	28.6°	28.7°	28.7°	28.5°	28.0°
2017–26	28.5°	28.9°	30.2°	32.0°	32.1°	30.5°	29.6°	29.7°	29.7°	29.6°	29.6°	29.0°
Change	+0.7°	+0.3°	-0.1°	+0.3°	+0.6°	+1.0°	+0.9°	+1.1°	+1.0°	+0.9°	+1.1°	+1.0°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Iloilo is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type A and B and C plugs at 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Philippine peso. UK Foreign Office: avoid all travel to parts. Everything for Philippines: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Cards work in malls, hotels and bigger restaurants; small shops, jeepneys and taxis mostly want cash. QR Ph codes (GCash, Maya) are common, and Alipay+ wallets usually work where GCash is taken.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — Restaurants usually add a service charge, so a tip is optional. In taxis, round up or add 20–50 pesos; Grab lets you tip in the app.

Getting around Iloilo

Apps — Rides: Angkas, Grab, JoyRide, Move It. Maps: Google Maps. Messages: Messenger, Viber. Grab is the main app for cars and metered taxis; Angkas, JoyRide and Move It are mostly motorbike taxis.

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Help

Emergency — 911 (any emergency).
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 3 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Iloilo in pictures

Mandurriao Iloilo City skyline 2025 — i

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Iloilo is in Philippines, Southeast Asia. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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