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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig, Manila
ManilaThe Manila Central Post Office on the Pasig

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Manila by Kenneth Surillo, Pexels License.

Manaus or Manila?

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

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

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

Choose Manila for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Manila’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, Manila 12: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Manila 64: Manila leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Manila 54: Manila leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Manila 64: Manila leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Manila 40: Manaus leads by 46 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Manila 42: Manila leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Manila 42: Manila leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Manila 26: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Manila 60: Manila leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Manila 77: Manila leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Manila 50: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Manila 40: Manila leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Manila.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

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

Manila
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Manila in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
487 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Manila: 1991-2020 normals, Science Garden (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausManila
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Filipino, Taglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Philippine Peso (PHP)
SocketsCN60 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m9 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsNinoy Aquino International Airport (MNL)11 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausManila
City population2,303,7321,902,590
People per km²20276,104
Museums within 10 km1327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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). 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.