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A yellow tram in a narrow street, Lisbon
LisbonA yellow tram in a narrow street
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Lisbon by Riccardo Toso, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lisbon 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 Lisbon for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lisbon’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. Lisbon 50, Manaus 38: Lisbon leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Lisbon 75, Manaus 56: Lisbon leads by 19 points.
Culture & sights. Lisbon 78, Manaus 46: Lisbon leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Lisbon 75, Manaus 42: Lisbon leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lisbon 75, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Lisbon 82, Manaus 12: Lisbon leads by 70 points.
Good for families. Lisbon 62, Manaus 35: Lisbon leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Lisbon 66, Manaus 27: Lisbon leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Lisbon 60, Manaus 36: Lisbon leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Lisbon 55, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lisbon 60, Manaus 54: Lisbon leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lisbon 36, Manaus 20: Lisbon leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lisbon and Manaus.

Your match

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

Lisbon
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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.

Lisbon in July

28 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
18 °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. Lisbon: 1991-2020 normals, Lisboa / Geof (1.1 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLisbonManaus
Official languagePortuguesePortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC, UTC+1 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation100 m92 m
Main airportLisbon Humberto Delgado Airport (LIS)7 km from centre156 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLisbonManaus
City population545,7962,303,732
People per km²5,453202
Museums within 10 km8013
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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). 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. 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.