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Banff Avenue below Cascade Mountain, Banff
BanffBanff Avenue below Cascade Mountain
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Banff by bryan pascual, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Banff 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 Banff for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • beaches
  • 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. Banff 12, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Banff 32, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Banff 22, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Banff 30, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Banff 98, Manaus 86: Banff leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Banff 25, Manaus 12: Banff leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Banff 60, Manaus 35: Banff leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Banff 55, Manaus 27: Banff leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Banff 28, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Banff 18, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 45 points.
Live music & performing arts. Banff 32, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Banff 54, Manaus 20: Banff leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Banff and Manaus.

Your match

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

Banff
39match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Banff in July

23 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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BanffManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Banff: 1991-2020 normals, Banff (2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBanffManaus
Official languageFrench, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyCanadian Dollar (CAD)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
Elevation1,400 m92 m
Main airportCalgary International Airport (YYC)109 km from centre103 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBanffManaus
City population8,3052,303,732
People per km²1,730202
Museums within 10 km413
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.