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The skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake, Denver
DenverThe skyline and the Rocky Mountains over City Park and Ferril Lake
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Denver by Zenhaus, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Denver 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 Denver for

  • day trips
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • 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. Denver 5, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Denver 54, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Denver 44, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Denver 47, Manaus 42: Denver leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Denver 84, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Denver 57, Manaus 12: Denver leads by 45 points.
Good for families. Denver 67, Manaus 35: Denver leads by 32 points.
Getting around. Denver 40, Manaus 27: Denver leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Denver 44, Manaus 36: Denver leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Denver 36, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Denver 66, Manaus 54: Denver leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Denver 40, Manaus 20: Denver leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Denver and Manaus.

Your match

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

Denver
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Denver in July

32 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
55 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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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DenverManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Denver: 1991-2020 normals, Denver / Stapleton International, Co. (11.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDenverManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-7, UTC-6 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1,609 m92 m
Main airportDenver International Airport (DEN)30 km from centre231 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDenverManaus
City population715,5222,303,732
People per km²1,783202
Museums within 10 km2613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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.