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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Parliament Hill across the Ottawa River, Ottawa
OttawaParliament Hill across the Ottawa River

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ottawa by Dennis G. Jarvis, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Ottawa?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Ottawa for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Ottawa’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, Ottawa 35: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Ottawa 45: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Ottawa 35: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Ottawa 68: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Ottawa 68: Ottawa leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Ottawa 62: Ottawa leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Ottawa 40: Ottawa leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Ottawa 40: Manaus leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Ottawa 52: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Ottawa 55: Ottawa leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Ottawa.

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.

Ottawa
Best match
51match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Ottawa in July

27 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 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). Ottawa: 1991-2020 normals, Ottawa CDA RCS (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausOttawa
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m70 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsOttawa Macdonald-Cartier International Airport (YOW)12 km from centre46 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausOttawa
City population2,303,7321,017,449
People per km²202366
Museums within 10 km1320
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.