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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Elizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth, Perth
PerthElizabeth Quay and the centre of Perth

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Perth by Samuel Wiki, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Perth?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Perth for

  • beaches
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Perth’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, Perth 86: Perth leads by 48 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Perth 58: Perth leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Perth 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus and Perth are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Perth 72: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Perth 48: Perth leads by 36 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Perth 74: Perth leads by 39 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Perth 55: Perth leads by 28 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Perth 44: Perth leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Perth 28: Manaus leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Perth 50: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Perth 38: Perth leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Perth.

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.

Perth
Best match
53match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Perth in July

19 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
20 °Csea
10 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). Perth: 1991-2020 normals, Perth (7.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausPerth
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Australian Dollar (AUD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193000
Elevation92 m2 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPerth International Airport (PER)10 km from centre49 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausPerth
City population2,303,7322,141,834
People per km²202334
Museums within 10 km1315
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.