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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Manaus or Osaka?

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 Osaka for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 35 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Osaka 58: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 85 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 53 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 63 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 44 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Osaka 60: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 46 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Osaka.

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.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausOsaka

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausOsaka
Official languagePortugueseJapanese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCN60 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 110, fire 119
Elevation92 m20 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausOsaka
City population2,303,7322,751,862
People per km²20212,340
Museums within 10 km1344
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

Where else could you go?

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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.