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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The old town below the fortress, Salzburg
SalzburgThe old town below the fortress

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Salzburg by Leonhard Niederwimmer, Pexels License.

Manaus or Salzburg?

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
  • nightlife
  • food and drink

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

Choose Salzburg for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Salzburg’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, Salzburg 35: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Salzburg 45: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Salzburg 25: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus and Salzburg are level on 86.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Salzburg 65: Salzburg leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Salzburg 72: Salzburg leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Salzburg 48: Salzburg leads by 12 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Salzburg 32: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Salzburg 80: Salzburg leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Salzburg 55: Salzburg leads by 35 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Salzburg.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and nightlife with your weighting.

Salzburg
Best match
58match

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
12 hdaylight a day

Salzburg in July

25 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
159 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Salzburg: 1991-2020 normals, Salzburg (3.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausSalzburg
Official languagePortugueseGerman, Austrian Sign Language
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 m424 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSalzburg Airport (SZG)3 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausSalzburg
City population2,303,732155,021
People per km²2022,360
Museums within 10 km1338
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13

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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. 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.