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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Oslo?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Oslo for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Oslo 55: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 20 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Oslo 82: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Oslo 52: Oslo leads by 40 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 28 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 58 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Oslo 14: Manaus leads by 49 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Oslo.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

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

Oslo
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around 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

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausOslo
Official languagePortugueseNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation92 m23 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausOslo
City population2,303,732717,710
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km1360
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.