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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque, Muscat
MuscatThe Sultan Qaboos Grand Mosque

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Muscat by Alli Khalil, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Muscat?

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

  • nightlife
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Muscat for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Muscat’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, Muscat 72: Muscat leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Muscat 44: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Muscat 14: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Muscat 70: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Muscat 62: Muscat leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Muscat 52: Muscat leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Muscat 20: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Muscat 42: Muscat leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Muscat 45: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Muscat 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Muscat 55: Muscat leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Muscat.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on nightlife and prices with your weighting.

Muscat
Best match
48match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Muscat in July

33 °Cdaytime high
30 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
31 °Csea
13 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Muscat's sunshine is measured 32 km from the centre, at Seeb, International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Muscat: 1991-2020 normals, Qaboos Port (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausMuscat
Official languagePortugueseArabic
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Rial Omani (OMR)
SocketsCN60 HzCG240 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+4
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193968
Elevation92 m69 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMuscat International Airport (MCT)31 km from centre83 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManausMuscat
City population2,303,7321,421,409
People per km²202406
Museums within 10 km1310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.