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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Stari Most and the old town, Mostar
MostarStari Most and the old town

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mostar by Alan Wang, Pexels License.

Manaus or Mostar?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • nature and the outdoors
  • nightlife

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

Choose Mostar for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Mostar’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, Mostar 24: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Mostar 40: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Mostar 54: Mostar leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Mostar 25: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Mostar 64: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Mostar 60: Mostar leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Mostar 34: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Mostar 44: Mostar leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Mostar 32: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Mostar 78: Mostar leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Mostar 16: Manaus leads by 38 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus and Mostar are level on 20.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Mostar.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Manaus
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Mostar
41match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Mostar in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
15 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). Mostar: 1991-2020 normals, Mostar (0.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMostar
Official languagePortugueseCroatian, Serbian, Bosnian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Convertible Mark (BAM)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m60 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSarajevo International Airport (SJJ)68 km from centre38 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausMostar
City population2,303,732105,448
People per km²20290
Museums within 10 km133
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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.