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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Palacio Salvo under a blue sky, Montevideo
MontevideoPalacio Salvo under a blue sky

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montevideo by Andrés Franchi Ugart…, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Montevideo?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Montevideo for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Montevideo’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, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Montevideo 50: Montevideo leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Montevideo 34: Manaus leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Montevideo 55: Montevideo leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Montevideo 54: Montevideo leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus and Montevideo are level on 36.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Montevideo 42: Manaus leads by 21 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Montevideo 57: Montevideo leads by 3 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Montevideo 38: Montevideo leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Montevideo.

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 prices with your weighting.

Montevideo
Best match
49match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Montevideo in July

15 °Cdaytime high
6 °Cnight-time low
99 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausMontevideo

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Montevideo: 1991-2020 normals, Carrasco (19.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMontevideo
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Peso Uruguayo (UYU)
SocketsCN60 HzCFIL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m41 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCarrasco General Cesáreo L. Berisso International Airport (MVD)17 km from centre15 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMontevideo
City population2,303,7321,302,954
People per km²2021,785
Museums within 10 km1336
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.