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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi, New Orleans
New OrleansThe steamboat Natchez on the Mississippi

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; New Orleans by Bernard Spragg, CC0.

Manaus or New Orleans?

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
  • prices

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

Choose New Orleans for

  • nightlife
  • day trips
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on New Orleans’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, New Orleans 14: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, New Orleans 84: New Orleans leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, New Orleans 67: New Orleans leads by 21 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, New Orleans 85: New Orleans leads by 43 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, New Orleans 42: Manaus leads by 44 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, New Orleans 52: New Orleans leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, New Orleans 55: New Orleans leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, New Orleans 54: New Orleans leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, New Orleans 40: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, New Orleans 80: New Orleans leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, New Orleans 25: New Orleans leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and New Orleans.

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.

New Orleans
Best match
54match

Wins on nightlife 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

New Orleans in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
169 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
30 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausNew Orleans

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). New Orleans: 1991-2020 normals, New Orleans Airport (2.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausNew Orleans
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 m-2 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLouis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport (MSY)18 km from centre51 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausNew Orleans
City population2,303,732383,997
People per km²202423
Museums within 10 km1316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-7 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.