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Surfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach, Gold Coast
Gold CoastSurfers Paradise from Narrowneck Beach
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Gold Coast by Kgbo, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Gold Coast 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 Gold Coast for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

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

Choose Manaus for

  • culture and sights
  • prices
  • 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. Gold Coast 92, Manaus 38: Gold Coast leads by 54 points.
Food & drink. Gold Coast 47, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Culture & sights. Gold Coast 15, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Gold Coast 55, Manaus 42: Gold Coast leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Gold Coast 82, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Gold Coast 52, Manaus 12: Gold Coast leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Gold Coast 89, Manaus 35: Gold Coast leads by 54 points.
Getting around. Gold Coast 45, Manaus 27: Gold Coast leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Gold Coast 40, Manaus 36: Gold Coast leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Gold Coast 35, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Gold Coast 30, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Gold Coast 42, Manaus 20: Gold Coast leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Gold Coast and Manaus.

Your match

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

Gold Coast
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on culture and sights and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Gold Coast in July

22 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
59 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
21 °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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Where the figures come from

Gold Coast's sunshine is measured 75 km from the centre, at Brisbane Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Gold Coast: 1991-2020 normals, Gold Coast Seaway (13 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGold CoastManaus
Official languageEnglishPortuguese
CurrencyAustralian Dollar (AUD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsI230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+10UTC-4
Emergency number000Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation12 m92 m
Main airportGold Coast Airport (OOL)20 km from centre19 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGold CoastManaus
City population607,6652,303,732
People per km²433202
Museums within 10 km213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 months-

Where else could you go?

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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.