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The Burj Al Arab, Dubai
DubaiThe Burj Al Arab
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Dubai by Aleksandar Pasaric, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubai 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 Dubai for

  • families
  • shopping
  • beaches

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • live music and the arts

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. Dubai 80, Manaus 38: Dubai leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Dubai 76, Manaus 56: Dubai leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Dubai 40, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nightlife. Dubai 62, Manaus 42: Dubai leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubai 25, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 61 points.
Day trips. Dubai 45, Manaus 12: Dubai leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Dubai 82, Manaus 35: Dubai leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Dubai 42, Manaus 27: Dubai leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Dubai 82, Manaus 36: Dubai leads by 46 points.
Affordability. Dubai 32, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubai 40, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubai 46, Manaus 20: Dubai leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubai and Manaus.

Your match

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

Dubai
Best match
54match

Wins on families and shopping with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Dubai in July

42 °Cdaytime high
33 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
33 °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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubai: 1991-2020 normals, Dubai International Airport (3.3 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubaiManaus
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyUAE Dirham (AED)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+4UTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m92 m
Main airportDubai International Airport (DXB)7 km from centre294 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubaiManaus
City population3,944,7512,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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). 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). 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.