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Skiers at the Albion base of the ski area, Alta, Utah
Alta, UtahSkiers at the Albion base of the ski area
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Alta, Utah by Sumanch, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Alta, Utah 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 Alta, Utah for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Alta, Utah’s own page.

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • prices
  • food and drink

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. Alta, Utah 3, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 35 points.
Food & drink. Alta, Utah 15, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Alta, Utah 5, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Alta, Utah 4, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Alta, Utah 90, Manaus 86: Alta, Utah leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Alta, Utah 40, Manaus 12: Alta, Utah leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Alta, Utah 30, Manaus 35: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Alta, Utah 35, Manaus 27: Alta, Utah leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Alta, Utah 4, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Alta, Utah 15, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Alta, Utah 3, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 51 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Alta, Utah 35, Manaus 20: Alta, Utah leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Alta, Utah and Manaus.

Your match

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

Alta, Utah
23match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Alta, Utah in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Alta, UtahManaus

Where the figures come from

Alta, Utah has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Alta, Utah: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAlta, UtahManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2,610 m92 m
Main airportSalt Lake City International Airport (SLC)37 km from centre108 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAlta, UtahManaus
City population2282,303,732
People per km²19202
Museums within 10 km013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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. 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. 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.