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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
Palms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue, West Palm Beach
West Palm BeachPalms at CityPlace on Rosemary Avenue

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; West Palm Beach by Michael Rivera, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or West Palm Beach?

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
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose West Palm Beach for

  • day trips
  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on West Palm Beach’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, West Palm Beach 80: West Palm Beach leads by 42 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, West Palm Beach 52: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, West Palm Beach 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, West Palm Beach 36: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, West Palm Beach 58: Manaus leads by 28 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, West Palm Beach 55: West Palm Beach leads by 43 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, West Palm Beach 66: West Palm Beach leads by 31 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, West Palm Beach 38: West Palm Beach leads by 11 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, West Palm Beach 64: West Palm Beach leads by 28 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, West Palm Beach 23: Manaus leads by 40 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, West Palm Beach 47: Manaus leads by 7 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, West Palm Beach 44: West Palm Beach leads by 24 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and West Palm Beach.

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.

West Palm Beach
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and beaches 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

West Palm Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
145 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
29 °Csea
14 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). West Palm Beach: 1991-2020 normals, Palm Beach International (5.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausWest Palm Beach
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 m6 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsPresident Donald J. Trump International Airport (DJT)6 km from centre42 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausWest Palm Beach
City population2,303,732117,415
People per km²202786
Museums within 10 km134
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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.