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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Antwerp 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 Antwerp for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Antwerp 15, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Manaus 56: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Manaus 46: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Manaus 42: Antwerp leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 53 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Manaus 12: Antwerp leads by 74 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Manaus 35: Antwerp leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Manaus 27: Antwerp leads by 48 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Manaus 36: Antwerp leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Manaus 54: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Manaus 20: Antwerp leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Manaus.

Your match

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

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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Where the figures come from

Antwerp 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.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpManaus
Official languageFrench, German, DutchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m92 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpManaus
City population529,2472,303,732
People per km²2,542202
Museums within 10 km3813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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. 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.