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The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hamburg 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 Hamburg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • beaches

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. Hamburg 28, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Hamburg 55, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Hamburg 62, Manaus 46: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Hamburg 76, Manaus 42: Hamburg leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hamburg 52, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Hamburg 70, Manaus 12: Hamburg leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Hamburg 74, Manaus 35: Hamburg leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Hamburg 80, Manaus 27: Hamburg leads by 53 points.
Shopping & style. Hamburg 65, Manaus 36: Hamburg leads by 29 points.
Affordability. Hamburg 38, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hamburg 80, Manaus 54: Hamburg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hamburg 44, Manaus 20: Hamburg leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hamburg and Manaus.

Your match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors 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.

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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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HamburgManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHamburgManaus
Official languageGermanPortuguese
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
Elevation6 m92 m
Main airportHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year10 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHamburgManaus
City population1,869,4732,303,732
People per km²2,476202
Museums within 10 km7713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. 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.