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A heritage tram before the Regent building, Christchurch
ChristchurchA heritage tram before the Regent building
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Christchurch by Bernard Spragg. NZ, CC0; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Christchurch 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 Christchurch for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • food and drink

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. Christchurch and Manaus are level on 38.
Food & drink. Christchurch 45, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Christchurch 38, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Christchurch 32, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Christchurch 84, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Christchurch 45, Manaus 12: Christchurch leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Christchurch 66, Manaus 35: Christchurch leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Christchurch 48, Manaus 27: Christchurch leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Christchurch 32, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Christchurch 38, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Christchurch 38, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Christchurch 45, Manaus 20: Christchurch leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Christchurch and Manaus.

Your match

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

Christchurch
Best match
46match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Christchurch in July

11 °Cdaytime high
1 °Cnight-time low
68 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
10 °Csea
9 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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ChristchurchManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Christchurch: 1991-2020 normals, Christchurch (8.7 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureChristchurchManaus
Official languageEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, MāoriPortuguese
CurrencyNew Zealand Dollar (NZD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+12, UTC+13 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number111Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation20 m92 m
Main airportChristchurch International Airport (CHC)10 km from centre28 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureChristchurchManaus
City population383,2002,303,732
People per km²1,298202
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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.