"This is the hottest I've ever experienced here," said Nancy Bautista, 65, whose resort in Cavite province near Manila was fully booked.
"Many of our guests are friends and families. They swim in the pool to fight the heat."
March, April and May are typically the hottest and driest months of the year in the region but this year's conditions have been exacerbated by the El Nino weather phenomenon.
"All places in the country, not necessarily just Metro Manila, are expected to have hotter temperatures until the second week of May," Glaiza Escullar of the state weather forecaster told AFP.
Camiling municipality in Tarlac province, north of Manila, recorded a temperature of 40.3 degrees Celsius on Saturday - the highest in the Philippines this year.
As the mercury rose, Gerise Reyes, 31, planned to take her two-year-old daughter to a shopping mall near Manila.
"It's hot here at home. This is the hottest I've ever experienced, especially between 10am and 4pm," she said.
"We need a free aircon to cut our electricity bill."
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