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The Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens, Adelaide
AdelaideThe Adelaide skyline and the footbridge over the River Torrens
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Adelaide by Ardash Muradian, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Adelaide 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 Adelaide for

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Adelaide 68, Manaus 38: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Adelaide 72, Manaus 56: Adelaide leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Adelaide 48, Manaus 46: Adelaide leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Adelaide and Manaus are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Adelaide 66, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Adelaide 60, Manaus 12: Adelaide leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Adelaide 70, Manaus 35: Adelaide leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Adelaide 57, Manaus 27: Adelaide leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Adelaide 44, Manaus 36: Adelaide leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Adelaide 40, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Adelaide 63, Manaus 54: Adelaide leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Adelaide 42, Manaus 20: Adelaide leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Adelaide and Manaus.

Your match

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

Adelaide
Best match
56match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Adelaide in July

16 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
72 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
14 °Csea
10 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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AdelaideManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Adelaide: 1991-2020 normals, Adelaide (West Terrace / ngayirdapira) (3.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAdelaideManaus
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9:30, UTC+10:30 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1 m92 m
Main airportAdelaide International Airport (ADL)6 km from centre35 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAdelaideManaus
City population1,387,2902,303,732
People per km²1,071202
Museums within 10 km1313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

Where else could you go?

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.