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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Iguazu Falls in the green jungle, Puerto Iguazu
Puerto IguazuThe Iguazu Falls in the green jungle

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Puerto Iguazu by Muhammed Ballan, Pexels License.

Manaus or Puerto Iguazu?

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

  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights
  • beaches

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

Choose Puerto Iguazu for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Puerto Iguazu’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, Puerto Iguazu 5: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Puerto Iguazu 28: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Puerto Iguazu 9: Manaus leads by 37 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Puerto Iguazu 14: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Puerto Iguazu 95: Puerto Iguazu leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Puerto Iguazu 33: Puerto Iguazu leads by 21 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Puerto Iguazu 55: Puerto Iguazu leads by 20 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Puerto Iguazu 54: Puerto Iguazu leads by 27 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Puerto Iguazu 17: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Puerto Iguazu 48: Manaus leads by 15 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Puerto Iguazu 7: Manaus leads by 47 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Puerto Iguazu 34: Puerto Iguazu leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Puerto Iguazu.

Your match

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

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Puerto Iguazu
33match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Puerto Iguazu in July

22 °Cdaytime high
11 °Cnight-time low
103 mmrain in the month
5 hsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausPuerto Iguazu

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Puerto Iguazu: 1991-2020 normals, Iguazu Aerodrome (17.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausPuerto Iguazu
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Argentine Peso (ARS)
SocketsCN60 HzCI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-3
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193117 or 911
Elevation92 m162 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsCataratas Del Iguazú International Airport (IGR)18 km from centre8 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausPuerto Iguazu
City population2,303,73254,903
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km130
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.