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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Rice terraces and palms at Tegallalang, Ubud
UbudRice terraces and palms at Tegallalang

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Ubud by Pinterpandai, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Ubud?

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

  • nightlife
  • getting around
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Ubud for

  • wellness
  • day trips
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Ubud’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 and Ubud are level on 38.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Ubud 60: Ubud leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Ubud 58: Ubud leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Ubud 15: Manaus leads by 27 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Ubud 80: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Ubud 72: Ubud leads by 60 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Ubud 48: Ubud leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Ubud 10: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Ubud 52: Ubud leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Ubud 80: Ubud leads by 17 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Ubud 47: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Ubud 96: Ubud leads by 76 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Ubud.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on nightlife and getting around with your weighting.

Ubud
Best match
55match

Wins on wellness and day trips 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

Ubud in July

29 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
110 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °Csea
12 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Ubud's temperatures are measured 29 km from the centre, at Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai.

Ubud's station stands 209 m below the city centre, so the centre is likely a little cooler than the figures say.

Ubud 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). Ubud: 1991-2020 normals, Denpasar / Ngurah-Rai (29 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausUbud
Official languagePortugueseIndonesian
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Rupiah (IDR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+8
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m210 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsDenpasar I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport (DPS)29 km from centre64 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days-

By the numbers

MeasureManausUbud
City population2,303,732-
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km1314
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.