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A jetty on the lagoon, Faro
FaroA jetty on the lagoon
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Faro by Efrem Efre, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Faro 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 Faro for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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. Faro 74, Manaus 38: Faro leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Faro 48, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Faro 35, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Faro 32, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Faro 62, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Faro 64, Manaus 12: Faro leads by 52 points.
Good for families. Faro 60, Manaus 35: Faro leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Faro 60, Manaus 27: Faro leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Faro 35, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Faro 60, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Faro 30, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Faro 33, Manaus 20: Faro leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Faro and Manaus.

Your match

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

Faro
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and beaches with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Faro in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °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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FaroManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Faro: 1991-2020 normals, Faro / Aeroporto (2.8 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFaroManaus
Official languagePortuguesePortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation10 m92 m
Main airportFaro - Gago Coutinho International Airport (FAO)3 km from centre91 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFaroManaus
City population64,5602,303,732
People per km²319202
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 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.