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The Blue Mosque, Istanbul
IstanbulThe Blue Mosque
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Istanbul by AXP Photography, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Istanbul 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 Istanbul for

  • wellness
  • shopping
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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. Istanbul 45, Manaus 38: Istanbul leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Istanbul 87, Manaus 56: Istanbul leads by 31 points.
Culture & sights. Istanbul 90, Manaus 46: Istanbul leads by 44 points.
Nightlife. Istanbul 77, Manaus 42: Istanbul leads by 35 points.
Nature & outdoors. Istanbul 52, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Istanbul 55, Manaus 12: Istanbul leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Istanbul 55, Manaus 35: Istanbul leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Istanbul 62, Manaus 27: Istanbul leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Istanbul 86, Manaus 36: Istanbul leads by 50 points.
Affordability. Istanbul 60, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Istanbul 62, Manaus 54: Istanbul leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Istanbul 75, Manaus 20: Istanbul leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Istanbul and Manaus.

Your match

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

Istanbul
Best match
67match

Wins on wellness and shopping 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.

Istanbul in July

30 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
23 °Csea
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Istanbul: 1991-2020 normals, Istanbul / Goztepe (9.9 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureIstanbulManaus
Official languageTurkishPortuguese
CurrencyTurkish Lira (TRY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+3UTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation100 m92 m
Main airportİstanbul Airport (IST)36 km from centre343 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureIstanbulManaus
City population15,655,9242,303,732
People per km²2,930202
Museums within 10 km7313
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C3 months-

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. 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). 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.