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Cloud Gate in Millennium Park, Chicago
ChicagoCloud Gate in Millennium Park
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Chicago by Jesus Toledo, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Chicago 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 Chicago for

  • getting around
  • families
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chicago’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. Chicago 50, Manaus 38: Chicago leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Chicago 80, Manaus 56: Chicago leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Chicago 78, Manaus 46: Chicago leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Chicago 77, Manaus 42: Chicago leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Chicago 48, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 38 points.
Day trips. Chicago 42, Manaus 12: Chicago leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Chicago 78, Manaus 35: Chicago leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Chicago 72, Manaus 27: Chicago leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Chicago 70, Manaus 36: Chicago leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Chicago 33, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Chicago 82, Manaus 54: Chicago leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Chicago 33, Manaus 20: Chicago leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Chicago and Manaus.

Your match

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

Chicago
Best match
62match

Wins on getting around and families 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.

Chicago in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
102 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
21 °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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ChicagoManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Chicago: 1991-2020 normals, Chicago Midway Airport (14.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChicagoManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-6, UTC-5 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation179 m92 m
Main airportChicago O'Hare International Airport (ORD)25 km from centre274 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChicagoManaus
City population2,746,3882,303,732
People per km²4,529202
Museums within 10 km4413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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.