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Colourful shopfronts in the city centre, Cork
CorkColourful shopfronts in the city centre
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Cork by Selim Karadayı, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Cork 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 Cork for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Cork 25, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Cork 58, Manaus 56: Cork leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Cork 40, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Cork 40, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Cork 62, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Cork 68, Manaus 12: Cork leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Cork 50, Manaus 35: Cork leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Cork 58, Manaus 27: Cork leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Cork 40, Manaus 36: Cork leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Cork 33, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Cork 45, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Cork 22, Manaus 20: Cork leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Cork and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Cork
45match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Cork in July

19 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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

Cork's station stands 153 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Cork: 1991-2020 normals, Cork Airport (5.6 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureCorkManaus
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m92 m
Main airportCork International Airport (ORK)7 km from centre47 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureCorkManaus
City population222,3332,303,732
People per km²5,961202
Museums within 10 km513
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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.