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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
La Major cathedral from the harbour, Marseille
MarseilleLa Major cathedral from the harbour

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Marseille by Charlotte Noblet, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Marseille?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Marseille for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Marseille’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, Marseille 72: Marseille leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Marseille 67: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Marseille 63: Marseille leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Marseille 83: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Marseille 86: Marseille leads by 74 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Marseille 50: Marseille leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Marseille 57: Marseille leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Marseille 47: Marseille leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Marseille 45: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Marseille 56: Marseille leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Marseille 37: Marseille leads by 17 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Marseille.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

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

Marseille
Best match
60match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

Marseille in July

31 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausMarseille

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Marseille: 1991-2020 normals, Marseille / Marignane (20.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMarseille
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m0 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)21 km from centre126 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMarseille
City population2,303,732886,040
People per km²2023,683
Museums within 10 km1327
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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. 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.