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The Campanile, Trinity College, Dublin
DublinThe Campanile, Trinity College
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Dublin by David Kernan, CC BY 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dublin 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 Dublin for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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. Dublin 27, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Dublin 50, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Dublin 64, Manaus 46: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Dublin 62, Manaus 42: Dublin leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dublin 70, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dublin 72, Manaus 12: Dublin leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Dublin 57, Manaus 35: Dublin leads by 22 points.
Getting around. Dublin 66, Manaus 27: Dublin leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Dublin 54, Manaus 36: Dublin leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Dublin 20, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dublin 65, Manaus 54: Dublin leads by 11 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dublin 25, Manaus 20: Dublin leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dublin and Manaus.

Your match

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

Dublin
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices 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.

Dublin in July

20 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
15 °Csea
17 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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DublinManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dublin: 1991-2020 normals, Dublin Airport (9.3 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDublinManaus
Official languageEnglish, IrishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation20 m92 m
Main airportDublin Airport (DUB)9 km from centre200 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDublinManaus
City population592,7132,303,732
People per km²5,154202
Museums within 10 km4013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.