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The Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort, Galle
GalleThe Dutch Reformed Church in Galle Fort
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Galle by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Galle 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 Galle for

  • wellness
  • beaches
  • day trips

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

Choose Manaus for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • 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. Galle 80, Manaus 38: Galle leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Galle 50, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Galle 55, Manaus 46: Galle leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Galle 18, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Galle 66, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Galle 50, Manaus 12: Galle leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Galle 42, Manaus 35: Galle leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Galle 35, Manaus 27: Galle leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Galle 33, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Galle 72, Manaus 63: Galle leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Galle 10, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Galle 70, Manaus 20: Galle leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Galle and Manaus.

Your match

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

Galle
Best match
48match

Wins on wellness and beaches with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts 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.

Galle in July

28 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
116 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
28 °Csea
12 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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GalleManaus

Where the figures come from

Galle has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Galle: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGalleManaus
Official languageTamil, SinhalaPortuguese
CurrencySri Lanka Rupee (LKR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsGM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:30UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 119, ambulance 110, fire 110Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation0 m92 m
Main airportBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)133 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGalleManaus
City population93,1182,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

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Sources

Structured data from Wikidata (CC0). Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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). 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. Weather data by Meteostat. Meteorological data provided by NOAA, DWD and others. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.