Best time to visit Manaus

Brazil · Latin America

All twelve months scored on daily temperature, rainfall, humidity and holiday crowding.

The year in Manaus

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Go in Jun–Nov — these months score within a whisker of each other; 31C max, 3 rainy days.

Dry season: Jul–Oct, 6 or fewer rainy days a month.

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Things to do in Manaus

Teatro Amazonas Opera house in Manaus, Brazil
Bridge Phelippe Daou This roughly 3.2-km-long bridge over the Rio Negro is quite an engineering marvel that is almost certain to catch your eye.
Mercado Municipal Adolpho Lisboa After a renovation, most stalls were moved to the nearby Feira da Banana and Adolpho Lisboa became a clean and organized market, albeit lacking some soul.
Palácio Rio Negro Built by a German rich-man in the "golden age", the palace eventually became property of the government, which transformed it in a cultural center.
Sumaúma State Park State park in the city of Manaus, Amazonas

Tours and tickets in Manaus

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Sights and their lines from Wikivoyage (Manaus), licensed CC BY-SA 4.0, and Wikidata; in order of how often each one's Wikipedia article was read on phones in the last 12 months.

Month by month

No fare history for this route yet, so this ranking is climate and crowds only — the price column will fill in as the scanner collects.

Month	Max °C	Rain days	Humidity	Sun h/day	Verdict	Why
Jan	29°	16d	85%	9.2h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 239mm
Feb	29°	16d	85%	8.4h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 248mm
Mar	30°	18d*	85%	8.6h	avoid	monsoon: 18 rainy days, 252mm
Apr	29°	16d	86%	9.0h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 230mm
May	29°	16d	86%	9.8h	avoid	monsoon: 16 rainy days, 228mm
Jun	30°	8d	84%	10.9h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Jul	31°	3d	78%	11.3h	sweet spot busy	busier than usual
Aug	32°	2d	73%	11.5h	sweet spot	32C max, 2 rainy days
Sep	33°	3d	73%	11.2h	sweet spot	33C max, 3 rainy days
Oct	32°	6d	77%	10.3h	sweet spot	32C max, 6 rainy days
Nov	31°	10d	81%	9.5h	sweet spot	31C max, 10 rainy days
Dec	30°	17d	85%	9.0h	avoid	monsoon: 17 rainy days, 256mm

Rain days are the days with at least 1 mm of rain, as a weather station counts them.

Weather read at the centre, 9 km from the airport (MAO): ten years of ERA5 and ERA5-Land reanalysis, through Open-Meteo's open data.* Rainy days in March are as the weather station at Manaus (2 km away) counts them, where it and the model disagree on a wet month (WMO 82331, 2017–2026).

A busy month is a crowded one, not a bad one — usually it is crowded because the weather is good. It is flagged rather than scored down, and crowds alone never make a month “avoid”: that is reserved for weather worth skipping.

How busy it gets

Busiest in June and July; quietest in February.

Then and now

Manaus's September days now average 33.0°C, 3.0°C warmer than in 1981–1990. 9 of 12 months are clearly warmer.

	Jan	Feb	Mar	Apr	May	Jun	Jul	Aug	Sep	Oct	Nov	Dec
1981–90	28.5°	28.7°	29.3°	28.9°	28.7°	28.6°	28.8°	29.8°	29.9°	30.3°	29.8°	28.8°
2017–26	29.3°	29.3°	29.5°	29.3°	29.3°	29.7°	31.0°	32.5°	33.0°	32.1°	31.0°	29.5°
Change	+0.8°	+0.6°	+0.2°	+0.4°	+0.7°	+1.1°	+2.2°	+2.7°	+3.0°	+1.8°	+1.2°	+0.7°

The average daily high, month by month, for the nearest ERA5 grid cell. Bold is a clear change; grey is within the ordinary spread between years. Every destination, ranked.

Getting there

How far Manaus is, and what it costs, depends on where you set off from — the months above do not.

Before you go

Type C plugs at 127 / 220 V. Drives on the right. The currency is the Brazilian real. UK Foreign Office: avoid all but essential travel to parts. Everything for Brazil: cost of living, languages, emergency numbers and health.

Being there

On arrival

Paying — Most businesses take cards, and in big cities cash is used less and less. Locals pay by Pix, which needs a Brazilian bank account or CPF.
UPI, for visitors from India — Not accepted for paying here; bring a card that works abroad.
Tipping — A 10% service charge is usually on the restaurant bill, so nothing more is needed; taxi drivers do not expect a tip, though people may round up.

Getting around Manaus

Apps — Rides: 99, inDrive, Uber. Maps: Google Maps, Apple Maps. Messages: WhatsApp.

Manaus is very big, its urban part sprawling some 400 km2 (150 sq mi) (versus 100 km2 (39 sq mi) for Paris or 200 km2 (77 sq mi) for Buenos Aires). More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Manaus, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Help

Emergency — police 190 or 911 · ambulance 192 · fire 193.
TravelCharika is not an emergency service: we cannot call for help or send anyone. Numbers can change; if one fails, ask someone local or your hotel.

Put together by hand from the sources listed, checked 7 October 2026. Apps, cards and rules change, so check before you rely on one.

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Manaus in pictures

Piaya melanogaster Black bellied Cuckoo; ZF Canopy Tower, Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil — i

Hector Bottai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Phylloscartes virescens Olive green Tyrannulet; Manaus, Amazonas, Brazil — i

Hector Bottai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ponte Bejamin Constant Bridge, Manaus, Brazil 05 — i

Ridiculopathy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

Ponte Bejamin Constant Bridge, Manaus, Brazil 03 — i

Ridiculopathy, CC0, via Wikimedia Commons

What Manaus is like

Manaus is a metropolis of Brazil with about 2.6 million inhabitants in the center of the Amazon rainforest. More on Wikivoyage

Worth seeing: Teatro Amazonas (Amazonas Opera House), Praça São Sebastião, Center. Regular guided tours in English, R$ 20. More on Wikivoyage
Worth doing: There are a number of companies operating jungle adventure trips from Manaus, but only a few seem to be more established and reputable. More on Wikivoyage
Getting in: Manaus International Airport / Eduardo Gomes (MAO IATA) (The airport is some 15 km by road from the city centre). The airport is modern and clean, and the airside has many 24h shops. More on Wikivoyage
Staying safe: Manaus is fairly safe for a Brazilian city of its size. As always, deserted streets are a bad idea after dark. More on Wikivoyage
Staying healthy: The climate is very hot and humid. Packing thin, light-colored clothing will help you suffer the least during the day. More on Wikivoyage

From the Wikivoyage article on Manaus, written by travellers and licensed CC BY-SA 4.0; the full article has far more. The numbers above are measured; this is experience.

Around Manaus

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Kind of place

Manaus is in Brazil, Latin America. Distances are great-circle, so a short one can still be a long way round.

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