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Palms on Waikiki Beach, Honolulu
HonoluluPalms on Waikiki Beach
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Honolulu by Jess Loiterton, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Honolulu 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 Honolulu for

  • beaches
  • families
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • 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. Honolulu 91, Manaus 38: Honolulu leads by 53 points.
Food & drink. Honolulu 70, Manaus 56: Honolulu leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Honolulu 55, Manaus 46: Honolulu leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Honolulu 45, Manaus 42: Honolulu leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Honolulu 88, Manaus 86: Honolulu leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Honolulu 38, Manaus 12: Honolulu leads by 26 points.
Good for families. Honolulu 80, Manaus 35: Honolulu leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Honolulu 52, Manaus 27: Honolulu leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Honolulu 60, Manaus 36: Honolulu leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Honolulu 15, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 48 points.
Live music & performing arts. Honolulu 40, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Honolulu 50, Manaus 20: Honolulu leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Honolulu and Manaus.

Your match

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

Honolulu
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Honolulu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
26 °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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HonoluluManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Honolulu: 1991-2020 normals, Honolulu International Airport (10.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHonoluluManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-10UTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation12 m92 m
Main airportDaniel K. Inouye International Airport (HNL)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHonoluluManaus
City population350,9642,303,732
People per km²1,981202
Museums within 10 km1213
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
Swim season, months above 21 °C12 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.