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The Parthenon on the Acropolis, Athens
AthensThe Parthenon on the Acropolis
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Athens by Ranjeet Kumar Singh, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Athens 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 Athens for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Athens 70, Manaus 38: Athens leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Athens 78, Manaus 56: Athens leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Athens 88, Manaus 46: Athens leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Athens 80, Manaus 42: Athens leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Athens 64, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Athens 85, Manaus 12: Athens leads by 73 points.
Good for families. Athens 58, Manaus 35: Athens leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Athens 66, Manaus 27: Athens leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Athens 55, Manaus 36: Athens leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Athens 56, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Athens 64, Manaus 54: Athens leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Athens 42, Manaus 20: Athens leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Athens and Manaus.

Your match

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

Athens
Best match
67match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Athens in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
13 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Athens: 1991-2020 normals, Athens / Athenai / Pláka (2.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAthensManaus
Official languageGreekPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation74 m92 m
Main airportAthens Eleftherios Venizelos International Airport (ATH)20 km from centre173 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAthensManaus
City population643,4522,303,732
People per km²16,499202
Museums within 10 km8813
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.