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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo, Mexico City
Mexico CityThe Metropolitan Cathedral on the Zócalo

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mexico City by Oscar Dominguez, Pexels License.

Manaus or Mexico City?

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

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

Choose Mexico City for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Mexico City’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, Mexico City 5: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Mexico City 90: Mexico City leads by 34 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Mexico City 88: Mexico City leads by 42 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Mexico City 80: Mexico City leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Mexico City 50: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 63 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Mexico City 58: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Mexico City 50: Mexico City leads by 23 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Mexico City 76: Mexico City leads by 40 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Mexico City 75: Mexico City leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Mexico City 72: Mexico City leads by 18 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Mexico City 40: Mexico City leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Mexico City.

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.

Mexico City
Best match
63match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Mexico City in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
176 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausMexico City

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Mexico City: 1991-2020 normals, Mexico Central, D. F. (7.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMexico City
Official languagePortugueseSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCN60 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-6
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m2,240 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMexico City Benito Juárez International Airport (MEX)7 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMexico City
City population2,303,7329,209,944
People per km²2026,202
Museums within 10 km13108
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16

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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.