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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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The Christuskirche among palms, Windhoek
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Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Windhoek by Diego Delso, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Manaus or Windhoek?

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
  • beaches
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Windhoek for

  • wellness
  • day trips

What lies behind each score is written up on Windhoek’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, Windhoek 4: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Windhoek 36: Manaus leads by 20 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Windhoek 30: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Windhoek 25: Manaus leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Windhoek 52: Manaus leads by 34 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Windhoek 14: Windhoek leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Windhoek 30: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Windhoek 22: Manaus leads by 5 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Windhoek 30: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Windhoek 62: Manaus leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Windhoek 18: Manaus leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Windhoek 30: Windhoek leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Windhoek.

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 beaches with your weighting.

Windhoek
29match

Wins on wellness 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
12 hdaylight a day

Windhoek in July

22 °Cdaytime high
7 °Cnight-time low
1 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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ManausWindhoek

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

Before you go

MeasureManausWindhoek
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Namibia Dollar (NAD)
SocketsCN60 HzM220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+2
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m1,650 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsHosea Kutako International Airport (WDH)41 km from centre16 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausWindhoek
City population2,303,732486,169
People per km²20295
Museums within 10 km135
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.