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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas
York Minster from the city walls, York
YorkYork Minster from the city walls

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; York by PAUL FARMER, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Manaus or York?

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 York for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on York’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, York 14: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, York 42: Manaus leads by 14 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, York 70: York leads by 24 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, York 36: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, York 62: Manaus leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, York 80: York leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, York 60: York leads by 25 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, York 72: York leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, York 46: York leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, York 38: Manaus leads by 25 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, York 38: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, York 34: York leads by 14 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and York.

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.

York
Best match
49match

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
12 hdaylight a day

York in July

21 °Cdaytime high
12 °Cnight-time low
62 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
17 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

York 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.

York's sunshine is measured 48 km from the centre, at Leeming.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre). York: 1991-2020 normals, Linton-On-Ouse (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausYork
Official languagePortugueseEnglish
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCN60 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC-4UTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112 or 999
Elevation92 m25 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsLeeds Bradford Airport (LBA)39 km from centre69 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausYork
City population2,303,732208,400
People per km²202766
Museums within 10 km1324
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12

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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.