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The Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier, Los Angeles
Los AngelesThe Ferris wheel on Santa Monica Pier
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Los Angeles by Domenico Convertini, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Los Angeles 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 Los Angeles for

  • families
  • day trips
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • getting around

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. Los Angeles 60, Manaus 38: Los Angeles leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Los Angeles 84, Manaus 56: Los Angeles leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Los Angeles 66, Manaus 46: Los Angeles leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Los Angeles 67, Manaus 42: Los Angeles leads by 25 points.
Nature & outdoors. Los Angeles 80, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Los Angeles 60, Manaus 12: Los Angeles leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Los Angeles 84, Manaus 35: Los Angeles leads by 49 points.
Getting around. Los Angeles 25, Manaus 27: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Los Angeles 80, Manaus 36: Los Angeles leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Los Angeles 24, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 39 points.
Live music & performing arts. Los Angeles 83, Manaus 54: Los Angeles leads by 29 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Los Angeles 60, Manaus 20: Los Angeles leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Los Angeles and Manaus.

Your match

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

Los Angeles
Best match
64match

Wins on families and day trips 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.

Los Angeles in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °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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Los AngelesManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Los Angeles: 1991-2020 normals, Los Angeles Airport (18.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLos AngelesManaus
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
Elevation106 m92 m
Main airportLos Angeles International Airport (LAX)19 km from centre177 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLos AngelesManaus
City population3,898,7472,303,732
People per km²2,994202
Museums within 10 km3913
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °CNone-

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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). 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.