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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Valletta from the water, Valletta
VallettaValletta from the water

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Valletta by Pho Tomass, Pexels License.

Manaus or Valletta?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Valletta for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Valletta’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, Valletta 68: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Valletta 55: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Valletta 46: Valletta leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Valletta 56: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Valletta 76: Valletta leads by 64 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Valletta 58: Valletta leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Valletta 62: Valletta leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Valletta 38: Valletta leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Valletta 50: Manaus leads by 13 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Valletta 44: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Valletta 32: Valletta leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Valletta.

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.

Valletta
Best match
55match

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

Valletta in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
0 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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ManausValletta

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Valletta: 1991-2020 normals, Luqa (5.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausValletta
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Maltese
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m56 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsMalta International Airport (MLA)6 km from centre113 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausValletta
City population2,303,7325,197
People per km²2026,496
Museums within 10 km1316
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-6 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.