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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Botanical Building, Balboa Park, San Diego
San DiegoThe Botanical Building, Balboa Park

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; San Diego by Bernard Gagnon, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or San Diego?

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
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose San Diego for

  • families
  • day trips
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on San Diego’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, San Diego 72: San Diego leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, San Diego 62: San Diego leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, San Diego 50: San Diego leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, San Diego 48: San Diego leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, San Diego 77: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, San Diego 60: San Diego leads by 48 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, San Diego 96: San Diego leads by 61 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, San Diego 38: San Diego leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, San Diego 44: San Diego leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, San Diego 26: Manaus leads by 37 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, San Diego 56: San Diego leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, San Diego 45: San Diego leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and San Diego.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

San Diego
Best match
56match

Wins on families 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
No seasea
12 hdaylight a day

San Diego in July

24 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
2 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
20 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausSan Diego

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). San Diego: 1991-2020 normals, San Diego International Airport (2.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausSan Diego
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m129 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSan Diego International Airport (SAN)3 km from centre87 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausSan Diego
City population2,303,7321,386,932
People per km²2021,438
Museums within 10 km1326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-1 month

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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. 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.