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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Bilbao 45, Manaus 38: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Manaus 56: Bilbao leads by 25 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Manaus 46: Bilbao leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Manaus 42: Bilbao leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Manaus 12: Bilbao leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Manaus 35: Bilbao leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Manaus 27: Bilbao leads by 52 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Manaus 36: Bilbao leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Manaus 20: Bilbao leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Manaus.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °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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BilbaoManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoManaus
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
Elevation19 m92 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoManaus
City population351,1242,303,732
People per km²8,440202
Museums within 10 km1713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.