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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mazatlan by Gzzz, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Mazatlan?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

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

Choose Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Mazatlan 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 13 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Mazatlan 66: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Mazatlan 45: Mazatlan leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Mazatlan 42: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Mazatlan 30: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Mazatlan 70: Mazatlan leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Mazatlan 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 15 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Mazatlan.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Mazatlan
Best match
52match

Wins on beaches and day trips 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

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMazatlan
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCN60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m139 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMazatlan
City population2,303,732441,975
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.