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White sand and parasols on the beach, Destin
DestinWhite sand and parasols on the beach
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Destin by #KenFL74, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Destin 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 Destin for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • nature and the outdoors

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. Destin 86, Manaus 38: Destin leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Destin 42, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Destin 14, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Destin 36, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Destin 56, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Destin 44, Manaus 12: Destin leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Destin 72, Manaus 35: Destin leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Destin 20, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Destin 40, Manaus 36: Destin leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Destin 34, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Destin 20, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Destin 33, Manaus 20: Destin leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Destin 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

Destin
41match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Destin in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
186 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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

Destin has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Destin: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Destin (0.8 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDestinManaus
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
Elevation8 m92 m
Main airportDestin-Fort Walton Beach Airport (VPS)11 km from centre45 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDestinManaus
City population13,9312,303,732
People per km²636202
Museums within 10 km113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 months-

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.