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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Hanok houses in Bukchon, Seoul
SeoulHanok houses in Bukchon

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Seoul by 거열 박, Pexels License.

Manaus or Seoul?

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

  • beaches
  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Seoul for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Seoul’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, Seoul 18: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 29 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Seoul 84: Seoul leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Seoul 75: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Seoul 77: Seoul leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Seoul 80: Seoul leads by 45 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Seoul 87: Seoul leads by 60 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Seoul 85: Seoul leads by 49 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Seoul 50: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Seoul 63: Seoul leads by 9 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Seoul 75: Seoul leads by 55 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Seoul.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and prices with your weighting.

Seoul
Best match
71match

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

Seoul in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
422 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 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). Seoul: 1991-2020 normals, Seoul (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausSeoul
Official languagePortugueseKorean, Korean Sign Language
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Won (KRW)
SocketsCN60 HzCF220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+9
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 112, ambulance 119, fire 119
Elevation92 m38 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsIncheon International Airport (ICN)49 km from centre162 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days18 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausSeoul
City population2,303,7329,668,465
People per km²20215,973
Museums within 10 km1381
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 months

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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.