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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Erasmus Bridge and the skyline, Rotterdam
RotterdamErasmus Bridge and the skyline

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Rotterdam by Bas Geerlings, Pexels License.

Manaus or Rotterdam?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Rotterdam for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Rotterdam’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, Rotterdam 27: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Rotterdam 52: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Rotterdam 52: Rotterdam leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Rotterdam 44: Manaus leads by 42 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Rotterdam 85: Rotterdam leads by 73 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Rotterdam 66: Rotterdam leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Rotterdam 78: Rotterdam leads by 51 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Rotterdam 55: Rotterdam leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Rotterdam 38: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Rotterdam 58: Rotterdam leads by 4 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Rotterdam 42: Rotterdam leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Rotterdam.

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.

Rotterdam
Best match
55match

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

Rotterdam in July

22 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
91 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Rotterdam has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Rotterdam's sunshine is measured 52 km from the centre, at De Bilt.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Rotterdam: 1993-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Rotterdam Airport Zestienhoven (3.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausRotterdam
Official languagePortugueseDutch
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m10 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRotterdam The Hague Airport (RTM)5 km from centre53 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausRotterdam
City population2,303,732664,311
People per km²2022,080
Museums within 10 km1340
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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.