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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The cathedral above the old town, Santiago de Compostela
Santiago de CompostelaThe cathedral above the old town

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Santiago de Compostela by Luis Miguel Bugallo Sánchez (Lmbuga), CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Santiago de Compostela?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

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

Choose Santiago de Compostela for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Santiago de Compostela’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, Santiago de Compostela 32: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Santiago de Compostela 68: Santiago de Compostela leads by 12 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Santiago de Compostela 45: Santiago de Compostela leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Santiago de Compostela 62: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Santiago de Compostela 72: Santiago de Compostela leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Santiago de Compostela 70: Santiago de Compostela leads by 43 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Santiago de Compostela 35: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Santiago de Compostela 64: Santiago de Compostela leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Santiago de Compostela 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Santiago de Compostela 42: Santiago de Compostela leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Santiago de Compostela.

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 live music and the arts with your weighting.

Santiago de Compostela
Best match
54match

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

Santiago de Compostela in July

25 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
41 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausSantiago de Compostela

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Santiago de Compostela: 1991-2020 normals, Santiago / Labacolla (8.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausSantiago de Compostela
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
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 m260 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsSantiago-Rosalía de Castro Airport (SCQ)10 km from centre29 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausSantiago de Compostela
City population2,303,732100,965
People per km²202459
Museums within 10 km136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.