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Swayambhunath with its prayer flags, Kathmandu
KathmanduSwayambhunath with its prayer flags
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Kathmandu by Nabin K. Sapkota, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kathmandu 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 Kathmandu for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • 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. Kathmandu 4, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Kathmandu 55, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Kathmandu 82, Manaus 46: Kathmandu leads by 36 points.
Nightlife. Kathmandu 36, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kathmandu 70, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Kathmandu 56, Manaus 12: Kathmandu leads by 44 points.
Good for families. Kathmandu 20, Manaus 35: Manaus leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Kathmandu 25, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Kathmandu 55, Manaus 36: Kathmandu leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Kathmandu 97, Manaus 63: Kathmandu leads by 34 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kathmandu 28, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kathmandu 45, Manaus 20: Kathmandu leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kathmandu and Manaus.

Your match

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

Kathmandu
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kathmandu in July

29 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
384 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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KathmanduManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kathmandu: 1991-2020 normals, Kathmandu Airport (4.7 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKathmanduManaus
Official languageNepaliPortuguese
CurrencyNepalese Rupee (NPR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCM230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+5:45UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 100, ambulance 102, fire 101Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation1,300 m92 m
Main airportTribhuvan International Airport (KTM)4 km from centre38 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKathmanduManaus
City population845,7672,303,732
People per km²17,121202
Museums within 10 km913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.