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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The White Tower from the promenade, Thessaloniki
ThessalonikiThe White Tower from the promenade

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Thessaloniki by Destinygreece, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Thessaloniki?

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

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

Choose Thessaloniki for

  • day trips
  • nightlife
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Thessaloniki’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, Thessaloniki 55: Thessaloniki leads by 17 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Thessaloniki 77: Thessaloniki leads by 21 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Thessaloniki 73: Thessaloniki leads by 27 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Thessaloniki 76: Thessaloniki leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Thessaloniki 66: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Thessaloniki 74: Thessaloniki leads by 62 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Thessaloniki 60: Thessaloniki leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Thessaloniki 50: Thessaloniki leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Thessaloniki 66: Thessaloniki leads by 3 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Thessaloniki 52: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Thessaloniki 33: Thessaloniki leads by 13 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Thessaloniki.

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.

Thessaloniki
Best match
61match

Wins on day trips and nightlife 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

Thessaloniki in July

32 °Cdaytime high
21 °Cnight-time low
23 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
26 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausThessaloniki

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Thessaloniki: 1991-2020 normals, Thessaloniki Airport (14 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausThessaloniki
Official languagePortugueseGreek
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m6 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsThessaloniki Macedonia International Airport (SKG)14 km from centre90 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausThessaloniki
City population2,303,732309,617
People per km²20216,042
Museums within 10 km1332
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.