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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The City of Arts and Sciences, Valencia
ValenciaThe City of Arts and Sciences

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valencia by Francesco Ungaro, Pexels License.

Manaus or Valencia?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Valencia for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valencia’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, Valencia 78: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Valencia 74: Valencia leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Valencia 68: Valencia leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Valencia 66: Valencia leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Valencia 60: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Valencia 70: Valencia leads by 58 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Valencia 75: Valencia leads by 40 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Valencia 76: Valencia leads by 49 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Valencia 57: Valencia leads by 21 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Valencia 57: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Valencia 55: Valencia leads by 1 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Valencia 42: Valencia leads by 22 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Valencia.

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 prices with your weighting.

Valencia
Best match
65match

Wins on day trips and getting around 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

Valencia in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
7 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 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). Valencia: 1991-2020 normals, Valencia (1.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausValencia
Official languagePortugueseSpanish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m15 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsValencia Airport (VLC)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausValencia
City population2,303,732840,792
People per km²2026,242
Museums within 10 km1345
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.