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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms, Tangier
TangierThe Cap Spartel lighthouse among palms

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tangier by Ideophagous, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Tangier?

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
  • nightlife

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

Choose Tangier for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Tangier’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, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 12 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Tangier 58: Tangier leads by 2 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Tangier 57: Tangier leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Tangier 30: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Tangier 55: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Tangier 72: Tangier leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Manaus and Tangier are level on 35.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Tangier 40: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Tangier 42: Tangier leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Tangier 76: Tangier leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Tangier 28: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Tangier 50: Tangier leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Tangier.

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.

Tangier
Best match
49match

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

Tangier in July

29 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
22 °Csea
14 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). Tangier: 1991-2020 normals, Tanger Aerodrome (9.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausTangier
Official languagePortugueseArabic, Standard Moroccan Tamazight
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Moroccan Dirham (MAD)
SocketsCN60 HzCE50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 19/112, ambulance 15, fire 15
Elevation92 m56 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTangier Ibn Battuta Airport (TNG)11 km from centre50 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausTangier
City population2,303,7321,275,428
People per km²2026,393
Museums within 10 km136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.