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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Mountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola, Telluride
TellurideMountain Village under snow, seen from the gondola

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Telluride by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Telluride?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Telluride for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Telluride’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, Telluride 5: Manaus leads by 33 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Telluride 38: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Telluride 20: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Telluride 20: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Telluride 93: Telluride leads by 7 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Telluride 30: Telluride leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Telluride 66: Telluride leads by 39 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Telluride 25: Manaus leads by 11 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Telluride 7: Manaus leads by 56 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Telluride 35: Manaus leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Telluride 45: Telluride leads by 25 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Telluride.

Your match

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

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Telluride
36match

Wins on getting around 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
12 hdaylight a day

Telluride in July

23 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
58 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausTelluride

Where the figures come from

Telluride 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). Telluride: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Telluride / Lime (8.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausTelluride
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-7, UTC-6 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m2,667 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMontrose Regional Airport (MTJ)64 km from centre11 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausTelluride
City population2,303,7322,607
People per km²2021,372
Museums within 10 km130
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.