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The Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline, Macau
MacauThe Grand Lisboa above the Macau skyline
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Macau by tian Jin, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Macau 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 Macau for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • shopping

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

Choose Manaus for

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

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. Macau 24, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Macau 77, Manaus 56: Macau leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Macau 62, Manaus 46: Macau leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Macau 40, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Macau 5, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 81 points.
Day trips. Macau 52, Manaus 12: Macau leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Macau 48, Manaus 35: Macau leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Macau 60, Manaus 27: Macau leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Macau 58, Manaus 36: Macau leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Macau 44, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Live music & performing arts. Macau 36, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Macau 40, Manaus 20: Macau leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Macau and Manaus.

Your match

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

Macau
Best match
46match

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.

Macau in July

32 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
281 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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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MacauManaus

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Macau: 1991-2020 normals, Taipa (3.9 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMacauManaus
Official languagePortuguese, Cantonese, Standard ChinesePortuguese
CurrencyPataca (MOP)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsFGM220 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideLeftRight
Time zoneUTC+8UTC-4
Emergency number999Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation22 m92 m
Main airportMacau International Airport (MFM)7 km from centre41 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year-14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMacauManaus
City population682,1002,303,732
People per km²5,916202
Museums within 10 km2813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C8 months-

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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). 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. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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.