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India Gate behind its flower beds, Delhi
DelhiIndia Gate behind its flower beds
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Delhi by shalender kumar, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Delhi 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 Delhi for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches
  • families

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. Delhi 4, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Delhi 84, Manaus 56: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Delhi 85, Manaus 46: Delhi leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Delhi 44, Manaus 42: Delhi leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Delhi 20, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 66 points.
Day trips. Delhi 68, Manaus 12: Delhi leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Delhi 32, Manaus 35: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Delhi 55, Manaus 27: Delhi leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Delhi 78, Manaus 36: Delhi leads by 42 points.
Affordability. Delhi 90, Manaus 63: Delhi leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Delhi 55, Manaus 54: Delhi leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Delhi 25, Manaus 20: Delhi leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Delhi and Manaus.

Your match

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

Delhi
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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.

Delhi in July

36 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
190 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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. Delhi: 1991-2020 normals, New Delhi / Safdarjung (9.4 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDelhiManaus
Official languageHindi, EnglishPortuguese
CurrencyIndian Rupee (INR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4
Emergency number108 or 112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation221 m92 m
Main airportIndira Gandhi International Airport (DEL)17 km from centre144 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDelhiManaus
City population26,495,0002,303,732
People per km²18,962202
Museums within 10 km2313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.