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The Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign, Las Vegas
Las VegasThe Welcome to Fabulous Las Vegas sign
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Las Vegas by Christian David, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Las Vegas 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 Las Vegas for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • prices
  • culture and sights

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. Las Vegas 10, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Las Vegas 68, Manaus 56: Las Vegas leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Las Vegas 25, Manaus 46: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Las Vegas 88, Manaus 42: Las Vegas leads by 46 points.
Nature & outdoors. Las Vegas 68, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Las Vegas 25, Manaus 12: Las Vegas leads by 13 points.
Good for families. Las Vegas 25, Manaus 35: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Las Vegas 38, Manaus 27: Las Vegas leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Las Vegas 64, Manaus 36: Las Vegas leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Las Vegas 35, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Las Vegas 78, Manaus 54: Las Vegas leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Las Vegas 40, Manaus 20: Las Vegas leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Las Vegas and Manaus.

Your match

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

Las Vegas
Best match
47match

Wins on nightlife and shopping with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Las Vegas in July

40 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine 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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Las VegasManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Las Vegas: 1991-2020 normals, McCarran International Airport (8.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLas VegasManaus
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
Elevation610 m92 m
Main airportHarry Reid International Airport (LAS)4 km from centre159 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLas VegasManaus
City population641,9032,303,732
People per km²1,843202
Museums within 10 km2113
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km01

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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). 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.