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The Georgia State Capitol, Atlanta
AtlantaThe Georgia State Capitol
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Atlanta by DXR, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Atlanta 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 Atlanta for

  • day trips
  • families
  • nightlife

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • 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. Atlanta 10, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Atlanta 68, Manaus 56: Atlanta leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Atlanta 55, Manaus 46: Atlanta leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Atlanta 65, Manaus 42: Atlanta leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Atlanta 60, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Atlanta 52, Manaus 12: Atlanta leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Atlanta 70, Manaus 35: Atlanta leads by 35 points.
Getting around. Atlanta 28, Manaus 27: Atlanta leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Atlanta 50, Manaus 36: Atlanta leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Atlanta 40, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Atlanta 62, Manaus 54: Atlanta leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Atlanta 33, Manaus 20: Atlanta leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Atlanta and Manaus.

Your match

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

Atlanta
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Atlanta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
120 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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

Atlanta 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Atlanta: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Atlanta / Carroll Heights (12.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAtlantaManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation225 m92 m
Main airportHartsfield Jackson Atlanta International Airport (ATL)14 km from centre238 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureAtlantaManaus
City population498,7152,303,732
People per km²1,433202
Museums within 10 km2713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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. 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.