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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Cinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom, Orlando
OrlandoCinderella Castle, Magic Kingdom

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Orlando by Michael Gray, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Orlando?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Orlando for

  • families
  • day trips
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Orlando’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, Orlando 42: Orlando leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Orlando 48: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Orlando 22: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Orlando 40: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Orlando 46: Manaus leads by 40 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Orlando 98: Orlando leads by 63 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Orlando 8: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Orlando 58: Orlando leads by 22 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Orlando 36: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Orlando 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Orlando 32: Orlando leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Orlando.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Manaus
43match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

Orlando
44match

Wins on families 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
12 hdaylight a day

Orlando in July

33 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
189 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). Orlando: 1991-2020 normals, Orlando Airport (14.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausOrlando
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 m34 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsOrlando International Airport (MCO)14 km from centre169 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausOrlando
City population2,303,732334,854
People per km²2021,086
Museums within 10 km1311
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.