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The Sagrada Família, Barcelona
BarcelonaThe Sagrada Família
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Barcelona by Canaan, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Barcelona 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 Barcelona for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Barcelona 75, Manaus 38: Barcelona leads by 37 points.
Food & drink. Barcelona 82, Manaus 56: Barcelona leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Barcelona 86, Manaus 46: Barcelona leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Barcelona 82, Manaus 42: Barcelona leads by 40 points.
Nature & outdoors. Barcelona 72, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Barcelona 80, Manaus 12: Barcelona leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Barcelona 76, Manaus 35: Barcelona leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Barcelona 80, Manaus 27: Barcelona leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Barcelona 75, Manaus 36: Barcelona leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Barcelona 44, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Barcelona 70, Manaus 54: Barcelona leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Barcelona 38, Manaus 20: Barcelona leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Barcelona and Manaus.

Your match

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

Barcelona
Best match
72match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Barcelona in July

28 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
24 °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. Barcelona: 1991-2020 normals, Barcelona / Aeropuerto (14.4 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarcelonaManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation9 m92 m
Main airportJosep Tarradellas Barcelona-El Prat Airport (BCN)13 km from centre235 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarcelonaManaus
City population1,731,6492,303,732
People per km²17,094202
Museums within 10 km9513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.