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Comares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra, Granada
GranadaComares Tower and the Palace of Charles V, Alhambra
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Granada by Jebulon, CC0; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Granada 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 Granada for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • 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. Granada and Manaus are level on 38.
Food & drink. Granada 62, Manaus 56: Granada leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Granada 80, Manaus 46: Granada leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Granada 58, Manaus 42: Granada leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Granada 80, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Granada 76, Manaus 12: Granada leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Granada 52, Manaus 35: Granada leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Granada 68, Manaus 27: Granada leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Granada 40, Manaus 36: Granada leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Granada and Manaus are level on 63.
Live music & performing arts. Granada 58, Manaus 54: Granada leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Granada 48, Manaus 20: Granada leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Granada and Manaus.

Your match

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

Granada
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on 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.

Granada in July

35 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
13 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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GranadaManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Granada: 1991-2020 normals, Granada / Caserío Hospicio (5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureGranadaManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation693 m92 m
Main airportF.G.L. Airport Granada-Jaén Airport (GRX)16 km from centre13 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureGranadaManaus
City population233,9752,303,732
People per km²2,659202
Museums within 10 km2013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.