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Rathausquai on the Reuss, Lucerne
LucerneRathausquai on the Reuss
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Lucerne by ILOVESwitzerland, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Lucerne 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 Lucerne for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • prices
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

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. Lucerne 35, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Lucerne 35, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Lucerne 58, Manaus 46: Lucerne leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Lucerne 28, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Lucerne 92, Manaus 86: Lucerne leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Lucerne 78, Manaus 12: Lucerne leads by 66 points.
Good for families. Lucerne 66, Manaus 35: Lucerne leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Lucerne 86, Manaus 27: Lucerne leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Lucerne 46, Manaus 36: Lucerne leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Lucerne 8, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 55 points.
Live music & performing arts. Lucerne 66, Manaus 54: Lucerne leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Lucerne 46, Manaus 20: Lucerne leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Lucerne and Manaus.

Your match

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

Lucerne
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and food and drink with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Lucerne in July

24 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
141 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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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Where the figures come from

Lucerne has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Lucerne's sunshine is measured 42 km from the centre, at Zurich Town / Ville..

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Lucerne: 2005-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Emmen (4.2 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLucerneManaus
Official languageFrench, German, Italian, RomanshPortuguese
CurrencySwiss Franc (CHF)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCJ230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation436 m92 m
Main airportZürich Airport (ZRH)49 km from centre226 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLucerneManaus
City population86,2342,303,732
People per km²2,963202
Museums within 10 km1413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.