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The beach with the bay and the skyline behind, Acapulco
AcapulcoThe beach with the bay and the skyline behind
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Acapulco by Felicia Navarrete, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Acapulco or Manaus?

Our verdict in twelve categories, each scored against the same fixed benchmark cities, and the climate month by month, so you can choose for your trip.

Choose Acapulco for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Acapulco’s own page.

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’s own page.

Scoreboard

Twelve categories on one fixed scale from 0 to 100. The shaded stretch is the gap between the two.

Beaches & swimming. Acapulco 80, Manaus 38: Acapulco leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Acapulco 55, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Acapulco 28, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Acapulco 64, Manaus 42: Acapulco leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Acapulco 50, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Acapulco 15, Manaus 12: Acapulco leads by 3 points.
Good for families. Acapulco 45, Manaus 35: Acapulco leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Acapulco 30, Manaus 27: Acapulco leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Acapulco 32, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Acapulco 74, Manaus 63: Acapulco leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Acapulco 26, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Acapulco 32, Manaus 20: Acapulco leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Acapulco and Manaus.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Acapulco
44match

Wins on beaches and nightlife with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Acapulco in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
226 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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AcapulcoManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Acapulco: 1991-2020 normals, Acapulco, Gro. (5.9 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAcapulcoManaus
Official languageSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec MayaPortuguese
CurrencyMexican Peso (MXN)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB127 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6UTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation18 m92 m
Main airportGeneral Juan N. Álvarez International Airport (ACA)18 km from centre10 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year9 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAcapulcoManaus
City population658,6092,303,732
People per km²350202
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Rainfall where no rain gauge is within 25 km is from the TerraClimate 1991-2020 climatology (Abatzoglou et al. 2018, Scientific Data), read at the city. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. Non-stop route lists from the "Airlines and destinations" tables on English Wikipedia airport articles, by Wikipedia contributors, reused under CC BY-SA 4.0. Currency from the ISO 4217 register maintained by SIX, cross-checked against country data from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Price level from World Bank open data (PPP conversion factor for private consumption and official exchange rate), CC BY 4.0. Time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0); clock offsets computed from the IANA time zone database. Daylight hours computed from each destination's latitude using the NOAA solar position algorithm.

Category scores are our editorial verdict under rubric v3, each placed against the same fixed benchmark cities; the climate figures are measured. How the scores are set. Snapshot generated 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.