Time-zone spread
Philippines is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Asia/Manila · 4 cities.
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Country time hub
Philippines has 1 time zone.
Last updated recently. Country-level time references, currency snapshots, nearby airports, and next-holiday context refresh on the daily page update window.
What time is it in Philippines
It's currently 6:00 PM GMT+8 in Philippines, which is UTC+08:00. Philippines does not observe daylight saving time.
Primary timezone
Asia/Manila
Indexed cities
4
Next holiday
Independence Day
June 12, 2026
Airport pages
4
Operational country read
This page is classified as a compact country time hub. It combines city coverage, time-zone spread, holiday signals, airport links, and reference-market overlap so users can decide whether to open a city page, a meeting planner, or a travel page next.
Time-zone spread
Philippines is modeled as a single-zone country on this page, so the main planning risk is not internal time spread but coordination with DST-observing countries elsewhere.
Largest indexed cluster: Asia/Manila · 4 cities.
Reference-market overlap
Philippines is outside shared business hours for the sampled reference markets right now, so meeting planning should start from the city compare or meeting-planner tools rather than a cold call.
Snapshot uses 8 reference market clocks against Asia/Manila.
Planning next step
Philippines has an airport-country page, so travel planning can move from national time context into arrival-city and airport-zone details.
Country evidence
Practical use cases
Trust boundaries
Updated 2026-05-22 · ECB rates
Code
Philippine Peso
1 USD = 61.621 PHP
Quick conversions
The Philippines has a population of roughly 117 million and a GDP near 430 billion USD. It observes Philippine Standard Time (PHT, UTC+8) year-round as a single nationwide zone — the same offset as China, Singapore, and Malaysia, despite the archipelago lying further east — and has not used DST since a brief 1978 experiment was abandoned. It is a presidential republic with a single non-renewable six-year presidential term; Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has served as president since 2022. The Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) is the principal equity market. The economy is anchored by business process outsourcing — the country is a global hub for call centers — and by overseas Filipino worker remittances, which contribute roughly 9% of GDP. Filipino (Tagalog-based) and English are co-official, Spanish colonial vocabulary persists in daily usage, and around 80% of the population is Roman Catholic — the only large Catholic-majority country in Asia.
Sources
Last verified 2026-05-23 (manual).
Capital
Manila
Population
114,123,600
Area
342,353 km²
Languages
English, Filipino
Currencies
PHP
Indexed cities
4
Indexed airports
4
Next public holiday
June 12, 2026
Philippines is one of the country intelligence hubs in WorldClockTools, so this page combines live timezone structure, major city clocks, holidays, airports, and same-day planning signals instead of stopping at a flat country index.
Philippines currently spans 1 curated timezone. It sits in the South-Eastern Asia subregion. The wider region is Asia.
Tue, Jun 2
Caloocan City
06:00 PM
Asia/Manila
Tue, Jun 2
Davao
06:00 PM
Asia/Manila
Tue, Jun 2
Manila
06:00 PM
Asia/Manila
Tue, Jun 2
Quezon City
06:00 PM
Asia/Manila
Exchange snapshot
Currency snapshot unavailable
| Reference market | Current local time | Difference | Business-hours overlap |
|---|---|---|---|
| London | 11:00 AM | -7h | Plan around office hours |
| New York | 06:00 AM | -12h | Plan around office hours |
| Los Angeles | 03:00 AM | -15h | Plan around office hours |
| Dubai | 02:00 PM | -4h | Plan around office hours |
| Singapore | 06:00 PM | +0h | Plan around office hours |
| Tokyo | 07:00 PM | +1h | Plan around office hours |
| Sydney | 08:00 PM | +2h | Plan around office hours |
| São Paulo | 07:00 AM | -11h | Plan around office hours |
Reference fields include Philippines: ISO code, canonical slug, timezone roster, indexed cities, airport rows, next holiday, currency/language hints, reference-market overlap, and country-specific planning text.
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Public holidays in Philippines
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Airports in Philippines
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Market hours
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