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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Victoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter, Victoria Falls
Victoria FallsVictoria Falls and its gorge from a helicopter

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Victoria Falls by Murray Foubister, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Victoria Falls?

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

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

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

Choose Victoria Falls for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Victoria Falls’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 Falls 7: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Victoria Falls 24: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Victoria Falls 12: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Victoria Falls 8: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Victoria Falls 94: Victoria Falls leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Victoria Falls 22: Victoria Falls leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Victoria Falls 38: Victoria Falls leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Victoria Falls 45: Victoria Falls leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Victoria Falls 18: Manaus leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Victoria Falls 32: Manaus leads by 31 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Victoria Falls 10: Manaus leads by 44 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Victoria Falls 34: Victoria Falls leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Victoria Falls.

Your match

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

Manaus
Best match
43match

Wins on live music and the arts and culture and sights with your weighting.

Victoria Falls
29match

Wins on getting around and wellness 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
12 hdaylight a day

Victoria Falls in July

26 °Cdaytime high
8 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
11 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausVictoria Falls

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Victoria Falls: 1991-2020 normals, Livingstone (13.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausVictoria Falls
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, Xhosa, Ndau, Venda, Chewa, Khoisan, Kalanga, Shona, Tonga, Tswana, Tsonga, Sesotho, Northern Ndebele, Nambya, Zimbabwe Sign Language, Barwe
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Zimbabwe Gold (ZWG)
SocketsCN60 HzG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193999
Elevation92 m961 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVictoria Falls International Airport (VFA)18 km from centre12 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausVictoria Falls
City population2,303,73233,060
People per km²202-
Museums within 10 km132
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.