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The colonnaded court of Luxor Temple, Luxor
LuxorThe colonnaded court of Luxor Temple
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Luxor by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Luxor 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 Luxor for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • prices

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

Choose Manaus for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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. Luxor 6, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Luxor 30, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Luxor 95, Manaus 46: Luxor leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Luxor 10, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Nature & outdoors. Luxor 32, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 54 points.
Day trips. Luxor 62, Manaus 12: Luxor leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Luxor 30, Manaus 35: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Luxor 35, Manaus 27: Luxor leads by 8 points.
Shopping & style. Luxor 25, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Luxor 90, Manaus 63: Luxor leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Luxor 10, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Luxor 28, Manaus 20: Luxor leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Luxor and Manaus.

Your match

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

Luxor
38match

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

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Luxor in July

41 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
0 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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Where the figures come from

Luxor 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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Luxor: 1998-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Luxor (6.5 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureLuxorManaus
Official languageArabicPortuguese
CurrencyEgyptian Pound (EGP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency numberPolice 122, ambulance 123, fire 180Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation89 m92 m
Main airportLuxor International Airport (LXR)7 km from centre29 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year15 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureLuxorManaus
City population202,2322,303,732
People per km²486202
Museums within 10 km413
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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. Airport data from OurAirports (public domain). 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.