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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The British Columbia Parliament Buildings, Victoria
VictoriaThe British Columbia Parliament Buildings

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria by Guilice, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Victoria?

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
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

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

Choose Victoria for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria’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, Victoria 28: Manaus leads by 10 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Victoria 50: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Victoria 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Victoria 30: Manaus leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Victoria 77: Manaus leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Victoria 54: Victoria leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Victoria 62: Victoria leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Victoria 60: Victoria leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Victoria 40: Victoria leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Victoria 34: Manaus leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Victoria 40: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Victoria 48: Victoria leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Victoria.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and live music and the arts with your weighting.

Victoria
Best match
47match

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

Victoria in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
11 mmrain in the month
10 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
16 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Victoria's sunshine is measured 87 km from the centre, at Vancouver International Airport.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Victoria: 1991-2020 normals, Victoria Gonzales CS (3.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausVictoria
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 m23 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVictoria International Airport (YYJ)25 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausVictoria
City population2,303,73291,867
People per km²2024,711
Museums within 10 km136
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

Where else could you go?

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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.