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The Brandenburg Gate, Berlin
BerlinThe Brandenburg Gate
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Berlin by Claudia Solano, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Berlin 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 Berlin for

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Berlin and Manaus are level on 38.
Food & drink. Berlin 66, Manaus 56: Berlin leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Berlin 86, Manaus 46: Berlin leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Berlin 98, Manaus 42: Berlin leads by 56 points.
Nature & outdoors. Berlin 50, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Berlin 66, Manaus 12: Berlin leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Berlin 76, Manaus 35: Berlin leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Berlin 82, Manaus 27: Berlin leads by 55 points.
Shopping & style. Berlin 68, Manaus 36: Berlin leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Berlin 48, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Berlin 90, Manaus 54: Berlin leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Berlin 55, Manaus 20: Berlin leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Berlin and Manaus.

Your match

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

Berlin
Best match
69match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Berlin in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
76 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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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BerlinManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Berlin: 1991-2020 normals, Berlin / Alexanderplatz (0.9 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBerlinManaus
Official languageGermanPortuguese
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
Elevation34 m92 m
Main airportBerlin Brandenburg Airport (BER)19 km from centre161 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBerlinManaus
City population3,700,5772,303,732
People per km²4,153202
Museums within 10 km15713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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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). 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.