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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Gastown, Vancouver
VancouverGastown

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Vancouver by Xicotencatl, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Vancouver?

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

  • prices
  • culture and sights
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Vancouver for

  • getting around
  • families
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Vancouver’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, Vancouver 42: Vancouver leads by 4 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Vancouver 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus and Vancouver are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Vancouver 97: Vancouver leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Vancouver 45: Vancouver leads by 33 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Vancouver 72: Vancouver leads by 37 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Vancouver 73: Vancouver leads by 46 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Vancouver 55: Vancouver leads by 19 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Vancouver 27: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Vancouver 52: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Vancouver 50: Vancouver leads by 30 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Vancouver.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and culture and sights with your weighting.

Vancouver
Best match
56match

Wins on getting around and families 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

Vancouver in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
42 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
16 °Csea
16 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). Vancouver: 1991-2020 normals, Vancouver Harbour CS (4.4 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausVancouver
Official languagePortugueseFrench, English
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Canadian Dollar (CAD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m2 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)9 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausVancouver
City population2,303,732662,248
People per km²2025,759
Museums within 10 km1326
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.