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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The arch at the entrance to the boardwalk, Ocean City, Maryland
Ocean City, MarylandThe arch at the entrance to the boardwalk

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ocean City, Maryland by Dough4872, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Ocean City, Maryland?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Ocean City, Maryland for

  • families
  • beaches
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Ocean City, Maryland’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, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Ocean City, Maryland 14: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Ocean City, Maryland 45: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Ocean City, Maryland 50: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Ocean City, Maryland 42: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Ocean City, Maryland 78: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 43 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Ocean City, Maryland 34: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Ocean City, Maryland 24: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Ocean City, Maryland 40: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Ocean City, Maryland 18: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Ocean City, Maryland 22: Ocean City, Maryland leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Ocean City, Maryland.

Your match

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

Manaus
Best match
43match

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

Ocean City, Maryland
40match

Wins on families and beaches 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

Ocean City, Maryland in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
96 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
24 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ocean City, Maryland has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Ocean City, Maryland: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Ocean City / Morris Mobile Home Park (10.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausOcean City, Maryland
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m2 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSalisbury Ocean City Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY)39 km from centre4 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausOcean City, Maryland
City population2,303,7326,844
People per km²20273
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.