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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
A chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain, Whistler
WhistlerA chairlift and the runs on Whistler Mountain

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Whistler by Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or Whistler?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Whistler for

  • getting around
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Whistler’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, Whistler 30: Manaus leads by 8 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Whistler 40: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Whistler 20: Manaus leads by 26 points.
Nightlife. Manaus and Whistler are level on 42.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Whistler 97: Whistler leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Whistler 30: Whistler leads by 18 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Whistler 68: Whistler leads by 41 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Whistler 30: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Whistler 12: Manaus leads by 51 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Whistler 15: Manaus leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Whistler 60: Whistler leads by 40 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Whistler.

Your match

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

Too close to call, level with your weighting

Manaus
43match

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

Whistler
43match

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

Whistler in July

25 °Cdaytime high
10 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
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

Whistler has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). Whistler: 1991-2020 normals, Whistler - Nesters (1.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausWhistler
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 m670 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsVancouver International Airport (YVR)104 km from centre109 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days11 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausWhistler
City population2,303,73213,982
People per km²20258
Museums within 10 km131
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.