VacationSelector
A canal bridge in autumn, Amsterdam
AmsterdamA canal bridge in autumn
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Amsterdam by Hans, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Amsterdam 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 Amsterdam for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Amsterdam 25, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Amsterdam 58, Manaus 56: Amsterdam leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Amsterdam 82, Manaus 46: Amsterdam leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Amsterdam 77, Manaus 42: Amsterdam leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Amsterdam 47, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Amsterdam 87, Manaus 12: Amsterdam leads by 75 points.
Good for families. Amsterdam 72, Manaus 35: Amsterdam leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Amsterdam 86, Manaus 27: Amsterdam leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Amsterdam 68, Manaus 36: Amsterdam leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Amsterdam 22, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 41 points.
Live music & performing arts. Amsterdam 78, Manaus 54: Amsterdam leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Amsterdam 42, Manaus 20: Amsterdam leads by 22 points.
0255075100

What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Amsterdam and Manaus.

Your match

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

Amsterdam
Best match
62match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Amsterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
84 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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

0°10°20°30°40°JFMAMJJASOND

Rainfall in the month, mm

0100200300400JFMAMJJASOND
AmsterdamManaus

Where the figures come from

Amsterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Amsterdam's sunshine is measured 35 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Amsterdam: 1991-2020 normals, Amsterdam Airport Schiphol (12 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAmsterdamManaus
Official languageDutchPortuguese
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
Elevation-2 m92 m
Main airportAmsterdam Airport Schiphol (AMS)12 km from centre287 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAmsterdamManaus
City population921,4682,303,732
People per km²4,208202
Museums within 10 km10113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km51
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

Where else could you go?

Every comparison below shares a destination with this one, so you can follow Amsterdam or Manaus somewhere new.

Browse every destination

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.