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The pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera, Kyoto
KyotoThe pagoda at Kiyomizu-dera
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Kyoto by Bert Mulder, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Kyoto 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 Kyoto for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • wellness

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • 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. Kyoto 15, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Food & drink. Kyoto 85, Manaus 56: Kyoto leads by 29 points.
Culture & sights. Kyoto 96, Manaus 46: Kyoto leads by 50 points.
Nightlife. Kyoto 35, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Kyoto 70, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Kyoto 96, Manaus 12: Kyoto leads by 84 points.
Good for families. Kyoto 68, Manaus 35: Kyoto leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Kyoto 72, Manaus 27: Kyoto leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Kyoto 72, Manaus 36: Kyoto leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Kyoto 50, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Kyoto 60, Manaus 54: Kyoto leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Kyoto 70, Manaus 20: Kyoto leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Kyoto and Manaus.

Your match

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

Kyoto
Best match
66match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Kyoto in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
225 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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

Kyoto's sunshine is measured 43 km from the centre, at Osaka.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Kyoto: 1971-2000 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Kyoto (3.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureKyotoManaus
Official languageJapanesePortuguese
CurrencyYen (JPY)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the regionCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+9UTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 110, fire 119Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation51 m92 m
Main airportKansai International Airport (KIX)81 km from centre62 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year16 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureKyotoManaus
City population1,463,7232,303,732
People per km²1,768202
Museums within 10 km7713
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41
Swim season, months above 21 °C5 months-

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Sources

Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national 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.