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Praia Mole in Florianopolis, Florianopolis
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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Photos: Florianopolis by Papa Pic, CC0; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Florianopolis 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 Florianopolis for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Florianopolis 85, Manaus 38: Florianopolis leads by 47 points.
Food & drink. Florianopolis 58, Manaus 56: Florianopolis leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Florianopolis 33, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Florianopolis 60, Manaus 42: Florianopolis leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Florianopolis 78, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Florianopolis 50, Manaus 12: Florianopolis leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Florianopolis 60, Manaus 35: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Florianopolis 28, Manaus 27: Florianopolis leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Florianopolis 33, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Florianopolis 60, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Florianopolis 28, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Florianopolis 45, Manaus 20: Florianopolis leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Florianopolis and Manaus.

Your match

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

Florianopolis
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Florianopolis in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
11 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. Florianopolis: 1991-2020 normals, Florianopolis (1.7 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFlorianopolisManaus
Official languagePortuguesePortuguese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCN60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-3UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation3 m92 m
Main airportHercílio Luz International Airport (FLN)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFlorianopolisManaus
City population587,4862,303,732
People per km²870202
Museums within 10 km1113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. 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.