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The Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse, Bordeaux
BordeauxThe Three Graces fountain, Place de la Bourse
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Bordeaux by Gzen92, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Bordeaux 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 Bordeaux for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Bordeaux’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. Bordeaux 50, Manaus 38: Bordeaux leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Bordeaux 78, Manaus 56: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Bordeaux 68, Manaus 46: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bordeaux 50, Manaus 42: Bordeaux leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bordeaux 58, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Bordeaux 78, Manaus 12: Bordeaux leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Bordeaux 57, Manaus 35: Bordeaux leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Bordeaux 76, Manaus 27: Bordeaux leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Bordeaux 56, Manaus 36: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Bordeaux 42, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bordeaux 55, Manaus 54: Bordeaux leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bordeaux 40, Manaus 20: Bordeaux leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bordeaux and Manaus.

Your match

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

Bordeaux
Best match
59match

Wins on day trips 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.

Bordeaux in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
47 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
15 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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BordeauxManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Bordeaux: 1991-2020 normals, Bordeaux / Merignac (9.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBordeauxManaus
Official languageFrenchPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1 m92 m
Main airportBordeaux–Mérignac Airport (BOD)11 km from centre95 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBordeauxManaus
City population267,9912,303,732
People per km²5,425202
Museums within 10 km1813
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.