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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield, Manchester
ManchesterThe railway viaduct over the canal, Castlefield

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manchester by IIya Kuzhekin, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Manchester?

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 Manaus for

  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices

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

Choose Manchester for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Manchester’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. Manaus 38, Manchester 9: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Manchester 51: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Manchester 50: Manchester leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Manchester 72: Manchester leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Manchester 64: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Manchester 77: Manchester leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Manchester 58: Manchester leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Manchester 68: Manchester leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Manchester 62: Manchester leads by 26 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Manchester 42: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Manchester 74: Manchester leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Manchester 15: Manaus leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Manchester.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Manchester
Best match
54match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Manchester in July

21 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
60 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
17 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. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Manchester: 1991-2020 normals, Manchester Airport (14.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausManchester
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112 or 999
Elevation92 m38 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsManchester Airport (MAN)15 km from centre211 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausManchester
City population2,303,732547,627
People per km²2024,737
Museums within 10 km1328
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.