Manaus
City in Brazil: population, location, elevation, climate and landmarks.
Overview
Manaus is a city in Brazil, in Amazonas. About 2.2 million people live in the city proper, making it the 6th largest city of Brazil in our atlas.
It lies at 3.10° S, 60.02° W, about 20 m (66 ft) above sea level, and keeps time on the America/Manaus time zone. It sits inside the tropics.
Location
Red dot: Manaus. Green dots: other major cities of Brazil. Map data: Natural Earth.
Climate
Manaus has a tropical monsoon climate (Köppen Am). The warmest month is usually Sep, with average highs near 33°C (91°F); the coolest nights come in Jul at about 24°C (75°F). Around 1,959 mm (77 in) of rain and snow falls in a typical year, most of it in Mar.
Bars: average daily high and low (°C) for each month; blue columns and figures: average precipitation (mm). Gridded 2001-2025 averages from NASA POWER, so mountain and coastal spots can differ from local station records.
Landmarks and places to see
Popular sights within a few kilometres of the city centre, ranked by how widely they are documented on Wikipedia.
What to eat in BrazilNational dishes, street food, desserts and drinks on Intercontinental Chef.Nearby major cities
- Belém · 1,290 km
- Goiânia · 1,923 km
- Brasília · 1,944 km
- Fortaleza · 2,382 km
- Belo Horizonte · 2,582 km
- Campinas · 2,626 km
- Salvador · 2,626 km
- Guarulhos · 2,710 km
- Population, coordinates, elevation, time zone: GeoNames 3663517 (CC BY 4.0)
- Climate: NASA POWER 2001-2025 climatology
Text written by Geographical Effect from these sources.
- Arena Amazônia Manaus: Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Teatro Amazonas Atualmente 01: Karine Hermes, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Arena Amazônia (2014) - 2: Copa2014.gov.br (Brazilian Government), CC BY 3.0 br (Wikimedia Commons)
- Ismaelbenigno: Marcospaulobg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Alfândega Manaus: BjoernS, CC BY-SA 2.0 de (Wikimedia Commons)
- Monumento de Abertura dos Portos: Adriel Marcos, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palácio Rio Negro, Manaus 1: Madison, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Palácio Provincial-01: JLPizzol, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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