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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Camelback Mountain above the city, Scottsdale
ScottsdaleCamelback Mountain above the city

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Scottsdale by Visitor7, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Scottsdale?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Scottsdale for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Scottsdale’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, Scottsdale 8: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Scottsdale 46: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Scottsdale 38: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Scottsdale 52: Scottsdale leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Scottsdale 68: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Scottsdale 50: Scottsdale leads by 38 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Scottsdale 20: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Scottsdale 60: Scottsdale leads by 24 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Scottsdale 32: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Scottsdale 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Scottsdale 72: Scottsdale leads by 52 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Scottsdale.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Scottsdale
Best match
46match

Wins on wellness 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
12 hdaylight a day

Scottsdale in July

41 °Cdaytime high
29 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausScottsdale

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Scottsdale: 1991-2020 normals, Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport (13.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausScottsdale
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m380 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPhoenix Sky Harbor International Airport (PHX)10 km from centre148 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausScottsdale
City population2,303,732241,361
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km1310
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.