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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque, Tunis
TunisThe minaret and dome of the Zitouna Mosque

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Tunis by IssamBarhoumi, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Tunis?

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 Tunis for

  • day trips
  • wellness
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Tunis’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, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Tunis 60: Tunis leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Tunis 76: Tunis leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Tunis 33: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Tunis 45: Manaus leads by 41 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Tunis 77: Tunis leads by 65 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Tunis 38: Tunis leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Tunis 48: Tunis leads by 21 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Tunis 50: Tunis leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Tunis 86: Tunis leads by 23 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Tunis 38: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Tunis 58: Tunis leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Tunis.

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.

Tunis
Best match
56match

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

Tunis in July

34 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
3 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Tunis: 1991-2020 normals, Tunis-Carthage (6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausTunis
Official languagePortugueseArabic
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Tunisian Dinar (TND)
SocketsCN60 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193Police 197, ambulance 190, fire 198
Elevation92 m4 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsTunis Carthage International Airport (TUN)7 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausTunis
City population2,303,732602,560
People per km²2022,834
Museums within 10 km1316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
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. 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.