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The Explanada de España, Alicante
AlicanteThe Explanada de España
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Alicante by Emilio Sánchez Hernández, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alicante 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 Alicante for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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. Alicante 82, Manaus 38: Alicante leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Alicante 67, Manaus 56: Alicante leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Alicante and Manaus are level on 46.
Nightlife. Alicante 60, Manaus 42: Alicante leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alicante 63, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Day trips. Alicante 72, Manaus 12: Alicante leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Alicante 68, Manaus 35: Alicante leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Alicante 66, Manaus 27: Alicante leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Alicante 44, Manaus 36: Alicante leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Alicante 60, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alicante 37, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alicante 40, Manaus 20: Alicante leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alicante and Manaus.

Your match

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

Alicante
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

Alicante in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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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AlicanteManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alicante: 1991-2020 normals, Alicante (2.8 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlicanteManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m92 m
Main airportAlicante-Elche Miguel Hernández Airport (ALC)10 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlicanteManaus
City population366,2212,303,732
People per km²1,819202
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.