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Senate Square and the statue of Alexander II, Helsinki
HelsinkiSenate Square and the statue of Alexander II
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Helsinki by Ximonic (Simo Räsänen), CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Helsinki 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 Helsinki for

  • wellness
  • getting around
  • day trips

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Helsinki 28, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Helsinki 52, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Helsinki 60, Manaus 46: Helsinki leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Helsinki 50, Manaus 42: Helsinki leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Helsinki 58, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Helsinki 62, Manaus 12: Helsinki leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Helsinki 76, Manaus 35: Helsinki leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Helsinki 86, Manaus 27: Helsinki leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Helsinki 62, Manaus 36: Helsinki leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Helsinki 30, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Helsinki 63, Manaus 54: Helsinki leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Helsinki 82, Manaus 20: Helsinki leads by 62 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Helsinki and Manaus.

Your match

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

Helsinki
Best match
59match

Wins on wellness and getting around 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.

Helsinki in July

22 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
18 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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HelsinkiManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Helsinki: 1991-2020 normals, Helsinki Kaisaniemi / Harju (1.6 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHelsinkiManaus
Official languageFinnish, SwedishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation17 m92 m
Main airportHelsinki Vantaa Airport (HEL)16 km from centre136 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHelsinkiManaus
City population694,3922,303,732
People per km²3,239202
Museums within 10 km7413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.