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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
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The Limmat from Quaibrücke, Zurich
ZurichThe Limmat from Quaibrücke

Photos: Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Zurich by Daniel Kraft, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Manaus or Zurich?

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
  • food and drink

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

Choose Zurich for

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Zurich’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, Zurich 45: Zurich leads by 7 points.
Food & drink. Manaus 56, Zurich 53: Manaus leads by 3 points.
Culture & sights. Manaus 46, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 12 points.
Nightlife. Manaus 42, Zurich 62: Zurich leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Manaus 86, Zurich 80: Manaus leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Manaus 12, Zurich 84: Zurich leads by 72 points.
Good for families. Manaus 35, Zurich 76: Zurich leads by 41 points.
Getting around. Manaus 27, Zurich 95: Zurich leads by 68 points.
Shopping & style. Manaus 36, Zurich 66: Zurich leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Manaus 63, Zurich 3: Manaus leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Manaus 54, Zurich 70: Zurich leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Manaus 20, Zurich 58: Zurich leads by 38 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Manaus and Zurich.

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.

Zurich
Best match
63match

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

Zurich in July

24 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
126 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). Zurich: 1991-2020 normals, Zurich Town / Ville. (2.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureManausZurich
Official languagePortugueseFrench, German, Italian, Romansh
CurrencyBrazilian Real (BRL)Swiss Franc (CHF)
SocketsCN60 HzCJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC-4UTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency numberPolice 190, ambulance 192, fire 193112
Elevation92 m408 m
Main airportEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinationsZürich Airport (ZRH)9 km from centre226 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureManausZurich
City population2,303,732440,935
People per km²2025,016
Museums within 10 km1363
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. 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.