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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Taipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain, Taipei
TaipeiTaipei 101 and the skyline from Elephant Mountain

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Taipei by Another Believer, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Taipei?

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

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

Choose Taipei for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Taipei’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, Taipei 40: Taipei leads by 2 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Taipei 88: Taipei leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Taipei 68: Taipei leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Taipei 58: Taipei leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Taipei 78: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Taipei 76: Taipei leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Taipei 72: Taipei leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Taipei 86: Taipei leads by 59 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Taipei 70: Taipei leads by 34 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Taipei 66: Taipei leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Taipei 55: Taipei leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Taipei 80: Taipei leads by 60 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Taipei.

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 with your weighting.

Taipei
Best match
70match

Wins on day trips and wellness 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

Taipei in July

35 °Cdaytime high
27 °Cnight-time low
288 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Taipei has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Taipei: 1992-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Sungshan / Taipei (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausTaipei
Official languagePortugueseTaiwanese Sign Language, Amis, Taiwanese Hokkien, Rukai, Bunun, Kanakanavu, Standard Taiwanese Mandarin, Paiwan, Yami, Atayal, Saaroa, Kavalan, Tsou, Seediq, Puyuma, Saisiyat, Sakizaya, Taiwanese Hakka, Truku, Matsu dialect, Kinmen dialect, Wuqiu dialect
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)New Taiwan Dollar (TWD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193110 or 112 or 119
Elevation92 m10 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTaiwan Taoyuan International Airport (TPE)33 km from centre
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManausTaipei
City population2,303,7322,429,429
People per km²2028,938
Museums within 10 km1369
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 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.