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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Lower Broadway and its honky-tonks, Nashville
NashvilleLower Broadway and its honky-tonks

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Nashville by Warren LeMay, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Nashville?

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 Nashville for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Nashville’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, Nashville 14: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Nashville 62: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Nashville 50: Nashville leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Nashville 70: Nashville leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Nashville 46: Manaus leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Nashville 52: Nashville leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Nashville 55: Nashville leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Nashville 30: Nashville leads by 3 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Nashville 42: Nashville leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Nashville 30: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Nashville 82: Nashville leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus and Nashville are level on 20.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Nashville.

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.

Nashville
Best match
46match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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

Nashville in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
104 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 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). Nashville: 1991-2020 normals, Nashville Airport (9.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausNashville
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m182 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsNashville International Airport (BNA)10 km from centre122 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausNashville
City population2,303,732689,447
People per km²202506
Museums within 10 km1312
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.