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The white medina above the harbour walls, Essaouira
EssaouiraThe white medina above the harbour walls
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Essaouira by Manel Cusido, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Essaouira 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 Essaouira for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife
  • 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. Essaouira 47, Manaus 38: Essaouira leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Essaouira 44, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Essaouira 48, Manaus 46: Essaouira leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Essaouira 14, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Essaouira 57, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Essaouira 17, Manaus 12: Essaouira leads by 5 points.
Good for families. Essaouira 42, Manaus 35: Essaouira leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Essaouira 58, Manaus 27: Essaouira leads by 31 points.
Shopping & style. Essaouira 44, Manaus 36: Essaouira leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Essaouira 74, Manaus 63: Essaouira leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Essaouira 28, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Essaouira 66, Manaus 20: Essaouira leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Essaouira 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

Essaouira
45match

Wins on wellness and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and nightlife with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Essaouira in July

22 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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

Essaouira 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. Essaouira: 1991-2020 normals, Essaouira (1.4 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureEssaouiraManaus
Official languageArabic, Standard Moroccan TamazightPortuguese
CurrencyMoroccan Dirham (MAD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCE50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m92 m
Main airportEssaouira-Mogador Airport (ESU)15 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

MeasureEssaouiraManaus
City population82,9622,303,732
People per km²16,592202
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.