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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Vine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley, Mendoza
MendozaVine rows before the snow-capped Andes in the Uco Valley

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mendoza by David, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Mendoza?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Mendoza for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Mendoza’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, Mendoza 6: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Mendoza 68: Mendoza leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Mendoza 30: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Mendoza 40: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Mendoza 83: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Mendoza 52: Mendoza leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Mendoza 42: Mendoza leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Mendoza 48: Mendoza leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Mendoza 33: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Mendoza 56: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Mendoza 33: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Mendoza 55: Mendoza leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Mendoza.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Mendoza
Best match
46match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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
12 hdaylight a day

Mendoza in July

15 °Cdaytime high
2 °Cnight-time low
5 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
10 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). Mendoza: 1991-2020 normals, Mendoza Aerodrome (8.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMendoza
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCN60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193117 or 911
Elevation92 m769 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsGovernor Francisco Gabrielli International Airport (MDZ)8 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMendoza
City population2,303,732127,160
People per km²2022,355
Museums within 10 km131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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. 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.