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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
The red cable car above Wellington, Wellington
WellingtonThe red cable car above Wellington

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Wellington by lumoplank, CC0.

Manaus or Wellington?

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
  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Wellington for

  • getting around
  • day trips
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Wellington’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, Wellington 33: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Wellington 44: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Wellington 45: Wellington leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Wellington 78: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Wellington 40: Wellington leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Wellington 62: Wellington leads by 27 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Wellington 68: Wellington leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Wellington 42: Wellington leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Wellington 33: Manaus leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Wellington 56: Wellington leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Wellington 30: Wellington leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Wellington.

Your match

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

Manaus
43match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Wellington
Best match
49match

Wins on getting around and day trips 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

Wellington in July

12 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
111 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
12 °Csea
10 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Wellington's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Paraparaumu Aerodrome.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Wellington: 1961-1990 (sunshine 1991-2020) normals, Wellington Aerodrome Aws (5.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausWellington
Official languagePortugueseEnglish, New Zealand Sign Language, Māori
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)New Zealand Dollar (NZD)
SocketsCN60 HzI230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+12, UTC+13 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193111
Elevation92 m0 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsWellington International Airport (WLG)5 km from centre20 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausWellington
City population2,303,732216,200
People per km²202487
Museums within 10 km1312
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.