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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Washington DC by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Manaus or Washington DC?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Washington DC for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Washington DC’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, Washington DC 12: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 11 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Washington DC 84: Washington DC leads by 38 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Washington DC 57: Washington DC leads by 15 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Washington DC 64: Manaus leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 61 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Washington DC 73: Washington DC leads by 38 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Washington DC 72: Washington DC leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Washington DC 52: Washington DC leads by 16 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Washington DC 28: Manaus leads by 35 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Washington DC 67: Washington DC leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Washington DC 26: Washington DC leads by 6 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Washington DC.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and beaches with your weighting.

Washington DC
Best match
56match

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

Washington DC in July

32 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
108 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
25 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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ManausWashington DC

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Washington DC: 1991-2020 normals, Washington National Airport (5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausWashington DC
Official languagePortuguese-
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCN60 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193911
Elevation92 m72 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsRonald Reagan Washington National Airport (DCA)5 km from centre105 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausWashington DC
City population2,303,732689,545
People per km²2023,896
Museums within 10 km1398
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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. 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.