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The Centro Civico and its clock tower, Bariloche
BarilocheThe Centro Civico and its clock tower
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Bariloche by Maclemo, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bariloche 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 Bariloche for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Bariloche 27, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Bariloche 44, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Bariloche 27, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Nightlife. Bariloche 33, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bariloche 94, Manaus 86: Bariloche leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Bariloche 38, Manaus 12: Bariloche leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Bariloche 55, Manaus 35: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bariloche 44, Manaus 27: Bariloche leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Bariloche 33, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Bariloche 46, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bariloche 27, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bariloche 40, Manaus 20: Bariloche leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bariloche and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Bariloche
42match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Bariloche in July

8 °Cdaytime high
-1 °Cnight-time low
132 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 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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BarilocheManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bariloche: 1991-2020 normals, Bariloche Aerodrome (11.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBarilocheManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyArgentine Peso (ARS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCI220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-4
Emergency number117 or 911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation794 m92 m
Main airportTeniente Luis Candelaria International Airport (BRC)12 km from centre17 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBarilocheManaus
City population136,3812,303,732
People per km²619202
Museums within 10 km313
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). 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.