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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro, Paris
ParisThe Eiffel Tower from the Trocadéro

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Paris by Efrem Efre, Pexels License.

Manaus or Paris?

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 Paris for

  • day trips
  • shopping
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Paris’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, Paris 9: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Paris 96: Paris leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Paris 97: Paris leads by 51 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Paris 80: Paris leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Paris 52: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Paris 92: Paris leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Paris 79: Paris leads by 44 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Paris 88: Paris leads by 61 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Paris 98: Paris leads by 62 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Paris 25: Manaus leads by 38 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Paris 88: Paris leads by 34 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Paris 40: Paris leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Paris.

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.

Paris
Best match
70match

Wins on day trips and shopping 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

Paris in July

26 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausParis

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Paris: 1991-2020 normals, Paris-Montsouris (4.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausParis
Official languagePortugueseFrench
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m27 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCharles de Gaulle International Airport (CDG)22 km from centre277 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausParis
City population2,303,7322,103,778
People per km²20219,960
Museums within 10 km13251
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.