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The Fisherman's Bastion, Budapest
BudapestThe Fisherman's Bastion
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Budapest by Perituss, CC0; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Budapest 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 Budapest for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • 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. Budapest 25, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Budapest 63, Manaus 56: Budapest leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Budapest 80, Manaus 46: Budapest leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Budapest 78, Manaus 42: Budapest leads by 36 points.
Nature & outdoors. Budapest 58, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Budapest 68, Manaus 12: Budapest leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Budapest 62, Manaus 35: Budapest leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Budapest 78, Manaus 27: Budapest leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Budapest 55, Manaus 36: Budapest leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Budapest 62, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Budapest 76, Manaus 54: Budapest leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Budapest 98, Manaus 20: Budapest leads by 78 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Budapest and Manaus.

Your match

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

Budapest
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and day trips with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and beaches with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Budapest in July

27 °Cdaytime high
17 °Cnight-time low
75 mmrain in the month
10 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Budapest: 1991-2020 normals, Budapest Met Center (2.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBudapestManaus
Official languageHungarianPortuguese
CurrencyForint (HUF)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
Elevation117 m92 m
Main airportBudapest Liszt Ferenc International Airport (BUD)18 km from centre157 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBudapestManaus
City population1,675,7772,303,732
People per km²3,191202
Museums within 10 km8113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.