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Huntington Beach Pier on a summer day, Huntington Beach
Huntington BeachHuntington Beach Pier on a summer day
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Huntington Beach by Stephen Leonardi, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Huntington Beach 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 Huntington Beach for

  • day trips
  • families
  • beaches

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • 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. Huntington Beach 70, Manaus 38: Huntington Beach leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Huntington Beach 46, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Huntington Beach 14, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Huntington Beach 38, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Huntington Beach 58, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Huntington Beach 63, Manaus 12: Huntington Beach leads by 51 points.
Good for families. Huntington Beach 82, Manaus 35: Huntington Beach leads by 47 points.
Getting around. Huntington Beach 20, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Huntington Beach 42, Manaus 36: Huntington Beach leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Huntington Beach 28, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Huntington Beach 33, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Huntington Beach 36, Manaus 20: Huntington Beach leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Huntington Beach and Manaus.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Huntington Beach
44match

Wins on day trips and families with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Huntington Beach in July

26 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 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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Huntington BeachManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Huntington Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Santa Ana / Paularino (12.3 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureHuntington BeachManaus
Official language-Portuguese
CurrencyUS Dollar (USD)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB120 V, 60 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-8, UTC-7 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number911Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation12 m92 m
Main airportJohn Wayne Orange County International Airport (SNA)12 km from centre53 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureHuntington BeachManaus
City population198,7112,303,732
People per km²2,406202
Museums within 10 km313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01
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). 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.