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The Semperoper, Dresden
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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Photos: Dresden by Maksym Kozlenko, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dresden 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 Dresden for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Dresden 10, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Dresden 45, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Dresden 79, Manaus 46: Dresden leads by 33 points.
Nightlife. Dresden 47, Manaus 42: Dresden leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dresden 74, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Dresden 76, Manaus 12: Dresden leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Dresden 60, Manaus 35: Dresden leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Dresden 74, Manaus 27: Dresden leads by 47 points.
Shopping & style. Dresden 42, Manaus 36: Dresden leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Dresden 55, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dresden 76, Manaus 54: Dresden leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dresden 42, Manaus 20: Dresden leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dresden and Manaus.

Your match

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

Dresden
Best match
57match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Dresden in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
80 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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DresdenManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dresden: 1991-2020 normals, Dresden-Strehlen (3.8 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDresdenManaus
Official languageGermanPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation126 m92 m
Main airportDresden Airport (DRS)10 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDresdenManaus
City population562,7642,303,732
People per km²1,713202
Museums within 10 km7013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). 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.