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The Cathedral of Sant'Agata, Catania
CataniaThe Cathedral of Sant'Agata
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Catania by Berthold Werner, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Catania 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 Catania for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Catania’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. Catania 72, Manaus 38: Catania leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Catania 77, Manaus 56: Catania leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Catania 62, Manaus 46: Catania leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Catania 60, Manaus 42: Catania leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Catania 83, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Catania 84, Manaus 12: Catania leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Catania 50, Manaus 35: Catania leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Catania 48, Manaus 27: Catania leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Catania 42, Manaus 36: Catania leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Catania 60, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Catania 55, Manaus 54: Catania leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Catania 30, Manaus 20: Catania leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Catania and Manaus.

Your match

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

Catania
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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.

Catania in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °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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Where the figures come from

Catania's sunshine is measured 88 km from the centre, at Messina.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Catania: 1991-2020 normals, Catania / Fontanarossa (5.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCataniaManaus
Official languageItalianPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m92 m
Main airportCatania-Fontanarossa Airport (CTA)4 km from centre96 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCataniaManaus
City population311,5842,303,732
People per km²1,704202
Museums within 10 km2513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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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.