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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Place d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica, Montreal
MontrealPlace d'Armes and Notre-Dame Basilica

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Montreal by Arild Vågen, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Montreal?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Montreal for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Montreal’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, Montreal 25: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Montreal 78: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Montreal 75: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Montreal 66: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Montreal 55: Montreal leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Montreal 68: Montreal leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Montreal 72: Montreal leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Montreal 60: Montreal leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Montreal 45: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Montreal 76: Montreal leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Montreal 57: Montreal leads by 37 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Montreal.

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.

Montreal
Best match
61match

Wins on getting around 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
12 hdaylight a day

Montreal in July

27 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
98 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausMontreal

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Montreal: 1991-2020 normals, Montreal McTavish (3.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMontreal
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m31 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMontreal / Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport (YUL)16 km from centre166 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMontreal
City population2,303,7321,895,211
People per km²2023,806
Museums within 10 km1337
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.