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Wat Pho, Bangkok
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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Photos: Bangkok by Lu Zhao, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bangkok 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 Bangkok for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • live music and the arts

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. Bangkok 12, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Bangkok 95, Manaus 56: Bangkok leads by 39 points.
Culture & sights. Bangkok 80, Manaus 46: Bangkok leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Bangkok 85, Manaus 42: Bangkok leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bangkok 25, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 61 points.
Day trips. Bangkok 72, Manaus 12: Bangkok leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Bangkok 50, Manaus 35: Bangkok leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Bangkok 50, Manaus 27: Bangkok leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Bangkok 80, Manaus 36: Bangkok leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Bangkok 85, Manaus 63: Bangkok leads by 22 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bangkok 52, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bangkok 75, Manaus 20: Bangkok leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bangkok and Manaus.

Your match

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

Bangkok
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and wellness with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Bangkok in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
184 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
30 °Csea
13 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. Bangkok: 1991-2020 normals, Bangkok (5.7 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBangkokManaus
Official languageThaiPortuguese
CurrencyBaht (THB)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsABCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+7UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2 m92 m
Main airportSuvarnabhumi Airport (BKK)26 km from centre150 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBangkokManaus
City population5,676,6482,303,732
People per km²3,619202
Museums within 10 km5913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.