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Titanic Belfast, Belfast
BelfastTitanic Belfast
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Belfast by Nico Kaiser, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Belfast 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 Belfast for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • 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. Belfast 20, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Food & drink. Belfast 50, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Belfast 55, Manaus 46: Belfast leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Belfast 50, Manaus 42: Belfast leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Belfast 74, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Belfast 66, Manaus 12: Belfast leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Belfast 58, Manaus 35: Belfast leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Belfast 62, Manaus 27: Belfast leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Belfast 45, Manaus 36: Belfast leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Belfast 48, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Belfast 55, Manaus 54: Belfast leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Belfast 25, Manaus 20: Belfast leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Belfast and Manaus.

Your match

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

Belfast
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Belfast in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
17 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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BelfastManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Belfast: 1991-2020 normals, Belfast / Aldergrove Airport (19.4 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBelfastManaus
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyPound Sterling (GBP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112 or 999Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m92 m
Main airportGeorge Best Belfast City Airport (BHD)4 km from centre25 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBelfastManaus
City population345,0062,303,732
People per km²3,000202
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.