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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rome by Tournasol7, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Rome?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Rome for

  • day trips
  • culture and sights
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Rome’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, Rome 50: Rome leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Rome 82: Rome leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Rome 99: Rome leads by 53 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Rome 58: Rome leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Rome 58: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Rome 92: Rome leads by 80 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Rome 50: Rome leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Rome 60: Rome leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Rome 72: Rome leads by 36 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Rome 38: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Rome 68: Rome leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Rome 40: Rome leads by 20 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Rome.

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 prices with your weighting.

Rome
Best match
64match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights 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

Rome in July

31 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
21 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rome's sunshine is measured 31 km from the centre, at Vigna Di Valle.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Rome: 1991-2020 normals, Roma / Ciampino (15.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausRome
Official languagePortugueseItalian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCFL230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m21 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRome–Fiumicino Leonardo da Vinci International Airport (FCO)23 km from centre242 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausRome
City population2,303,7322,748,109
People per km²2022,135
Museums within 10 km13178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km17
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 months

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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.