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The skyline and yachts on the canals, Fort Lauderdale
Fort LauderdaleThe skyline and yachts on the canals
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Fort Lauderdale by KeanoManu, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Fort Lauderdale 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 Fort Lauderdale for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Fort Lauderdale 88, Manaus 38: Fort Lauderdale leads by 50 points.
Food & drink. Fort Lauderdale 47, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Fort Lauderdale 28, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Fort Lauderdale 52, Manaus 42: Fort Lauderdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Fort Lauderdale 62, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Fort Lauderdale 58, Manaus 12: Fort Lauderdale leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Fort Lauderdale 66, Manaus 35: Fort Lauderdale leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Fort Lauderdale 32, Manaus 27: Fort Lauderdale leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Fort Lauderdale 52, Manaus 36: Fort Lauderdale leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Fort Lauderdale 32, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Fort Lauderdale 42, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Fort Lauderdale 40, Manaus 20: Fort Lauderdale leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Fort Lauderdale and Manaus.

Your match

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

Fort Lauderdale
Best match
50match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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.

Fort Lauderdale in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
166 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °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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Fort LauderdaleManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Fort Lauderdale: 1991-2020 normals, Fort Lauderdale (7.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureFort LauderdaleManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-5, UTC-4 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation11 m92 m
Main airportFort Lauderdale Hollywood International Airport (FLL)7 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureFort LauderdaleManaus
City population182,7602,303,732
People per km²1,829202
Museums within 10 km613
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.