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The cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar, Bogota
BogotaThe cathedral on Plaza de Bolivar
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Bogota by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bogota 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 Bogota for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • 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. Bogota 5, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Bogota 66, Manaus 56: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Bogota 68, Manaus 46: Bogota leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bogota 72, Manaus 42: Bogota leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bogota 64, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Bogota 52, Manaus 12: Bogota leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Bogota 45, Manaus 35: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Bogota 36, Manaus 27: Bogota leads by 9 points.
Shopping & style. Bogota 52, Manaus 36: Bogota leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Bogota 77, Manaus 63: Bogota leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bogota 64, Manaus 54: Bogota leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bogota 28, Manaus 20: Bogota leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bogota and Manaus.

Your match

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

Bogota
Best match
52match

Wins on day trips and nightlife with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Bogota in July

17 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
49 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 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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BogotaManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bogota: 1991-2020 normals, Bogota / Eldorado (14.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBogotaManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyColombian Peso (COP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB110 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5UTC-4
Emergency number123Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation2,582 m92 m
Main airportEl Dorado International Airport (BOG)13 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year19 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBogotaManaus
City population8,034,6492,303,732
People per km²5,092202
Museums within 10 km3013
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.