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The junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong
Hong KongThe junk Duk Ling in Victoria Harbour
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Hong Kong by LN9267, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Hong Kong 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 Hong Kong for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • 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. Hong Kong 50, Manaus 38: Hong Kong leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Hong Kong 90, Manaus 56: Hong Kong leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Hong Kong 60, Manaus 46: Hong Kong leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Hong Kong 68, Manaus 42: Hong Kong leads by 26 points.
Nature & outdoors. Hong Kong 80, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Hong Kong 68, Manaus 12: Hong Kong leads by 56 points.
Good for families. Hong Kong 75, Manaus 35: Hong Kong leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Hong Kong 97, Manaus 27: Hong Kong leads by 70 points.
Shopping & style. Hong Kong 88, Manaus 36: Hong Kong leads by 52 points.
Affordability. Hong Kong 27, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Hong Kong 55, Manaus 54: Hong Kong leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Hong Kong 42, Manaus 20: Hong Kong leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Hong Kong and Manaus.

Your match

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

Hong Kong
Best match
67match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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.

Hong Kong in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
381 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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Hong KongManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Hong Kong: 1991-2020 normals, King's Park (4.4 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHong KongManaus
Official languageStandard ChinesePortuguese
CurrencyHong Kong Dollar (HKD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsG220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number999Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation7 m92 m
Main airportHong Kong International Airport (HKG)25 km from centre148 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHong KongManaus
City population7,413,0702,303,732
People per km²-202
Museums within 10 km3913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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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.