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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Rabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira, Porto
PortoRabelo boats on the Douro and the Ribeira

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Porto by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Porto?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • prices

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

Choose Porto for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Porto’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, Porto 40: Porto leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Porto 70: Porto leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Porto 68: Porto leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Porto 65: Porto leads by 23 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Porto 64: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Porto 79: Porto leads by 67 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Porto 52: Porto leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Porto 66: Porto leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Porto 52: Porto leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Porto 62: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Porto 52: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Porto 34: Porto leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Porto.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Porto
Best match
59match

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

Porto in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
22 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
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). Porto: 1991-2020 normals, Porto / Serra Do Pilar (2.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausPorto
Official languagePortuguesePortuguese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m104 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsFrancisco de Sá Carneiro Airport (OPO)12 km from centre134 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausPorto
City population2,303,732273,476
People per km²2026,606
Museums within 10 km1342
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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.