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Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Dubrovnik 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 Dubrovnik for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Dubrovnik 74, Manaus 38: Dubrovnik leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Dubrovnik 47, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Dubrovnik 72, Manaus 46: Dubrovnik leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Dubrovnik 37, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Nature & outdoors. Dubrovnik 70, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Dubrovnik 66, Manaus 12: Dubrovnik leads by 54 points.
Good for families. Dubrovnik 50, Manaus 35: Dubrovnik leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Dubrovnik 60, Manaus 27: Dubrovnik leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Dubrovnik 25, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Dubrovnik 28, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Dubrovnik 25, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Dubrovnik 32, Manaus 20: Dubrovnik leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Dubrovnik and Manaus.

Your match

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

Dubrovnik
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureDubrovnikManaus
Official languageCroatianPortuguese
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
Elevation10 m92 m
Main airportDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureDubrovnikManaus
City population41,5622,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 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). 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.