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The golden Dome of the Rock, Jerusalem
JerusalemThe golden Dome of the Rock
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Jerusalem by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Jerusalem 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 Jerusalem for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • 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. Jerusalem 40, Manaus 38: Jerusalem leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Jerusalem 66, Manaus 56: Jerusalem leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Jerusalem 92, Manaus 46: Jerusalem leads by 46 points.
Nightlife. Jerusalem 38, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Jerusalem 60, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Jerusalem 80, Manaus 12: Jerusalem leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Jerusalem 52, Manaus 35: Jerusalem leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Jerusalem 55, Manaus 27: Jerusalem leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Jerusalem 48, Manaus 36: Jerusalem leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Jerusalem 20, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 43 points.
Live music & performing arts. Jerusalem 40, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Jerusalem 42, Manaus 20: Jerusalem leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Jerusalem and Manaus.

Your match

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

Jerusalem
Best match
53match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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.

Jerusalem in July

30 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
27 °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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Where the figures come from

Jerusalem has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Jerusalem: 1991-2020 normals, Jerusalem (1.8 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureJerusalemManaus
Official languageHebrewPortuguese
CurrencyNew Israeli Sheqel (ILS)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCHM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 100, fire 102Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation754 m92 m
Main airportBen Gurion International Airport (TLV)42 km from centre111 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureJerusalemManaus
City population1,050,1512,303,732
People per km²8,374202
Museums within 10 km6913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km71
Swim season, months above 21 °C7 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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.