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The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace
The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Madrid 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 Madrid for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • 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. Madrid 5, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Madrid 80, Manaus 56: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Culture & sights. Madrid 86, Manaus 46: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Nightlife. Madrid 85, Manaus 42: Madrid leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Madrid 60, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Madrid 89, Manaus 12: Madrid leads by 77 points.
Good for families. Madrid 68, Manaus 35: Madrid leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Madrid 84, Manaus 27: Madrid leads by 57 points.
Shopping & style. Madrid 75, Manaus 36: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Affordability. Madrid 50, Manaus 63: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Madrid 77, Manaus 54: Madrid leads by 23 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Madrid 36, Manaus 20: Madrid leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Madrid and Manaus.

Your match

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

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches 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.

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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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Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureMadridManaus
Official languageSpanishPortuguese
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation663 m92 m
Main airportAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year12 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureMadridManaus
City population3,506,7302,303,732
People per km²5,801202
Museums within 10 km8813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km41

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). 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.