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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Gateway of India under a blue sky, Mumbai
MumbaiThe Gateway of India under a blue sky

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Mumbai by Shubam Bhasin, Pexels License.

Manaus or Mumbai?

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 Mumbai for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Mumbai’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, Mumbai 18: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Mumbai 82: Mumbai leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Mumbai 70: Mumbai leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Mumbai 52: Mumbai leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Mumbai 55: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Mumbai 48: Mumbai leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Manaus and Mumbai are level on 35.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Mumbai 38: Mumbai leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Mumbai 66: Mumbai leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Mumbai 72: Mumbai leads by 9 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Mumbai 55: Mumbai leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Mumbai 24: Mumbai leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Mumbai.

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.

Mumbai
Best match
51match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Mumbai in July

31 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
860 mmrain in the month
2 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mumbai: 1991-2020 normals, Bombay / Santacruz (5.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMumbai
Official languagePortugueseHindi, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Indian Rupee (INR)
SocketsCN60 HzCM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+5:30
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193108 or 112
Elevation92 m14 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsChhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport (BOM)2 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManausMumbai
City population2,303,73215,414,288
People per km²20225,563
Museums within 10 km131
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.