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The Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves, Brisbane
BrisbaneThe Story Bridge from Howard Smith Wharves
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Brisbane by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brisbane 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 Brisbane for

  • families
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • culture and sights

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. Brisbane 55, Manaus 38: Brisbane leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Brisbane 60, Manaus 56: Brisbane leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Brisbane 42, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Brisbane 55, Manaus 42: Brisbane leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brisbane 74, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brisbane 50, Manaus 12: Brisbane leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Brisbane 78, Manaus 35: Brisbane leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Brisbane 62, Manaus 27: Brisbane leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Brisbane 45, Manaus 36: Brisbane leads by 9 points.
Affordability. Brisbane 33, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brisbane 55, Manaus 54: Brisbane leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brisbane 40, Manaus 20: Brisbane leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brisbane and Manaus.

Your match

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

Brisbane
Best match
54match

Wins on families and day trips 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.

Brisbane in July

22 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
27 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
11 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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BrisbaneManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brisbane: 1991-2020 normals, Brisbane (4.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrisbaneManaus
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-4
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m92 m
Main airportBrisbane International Airport (BNE)13 km from centre88 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrisbaneManaus
City population2,706,9662,303,732
People per km²171202
Museums within 10 km1613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C9 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.