Manaus weather by month & the best time to visit
🇧🇷 Brazil · major city break · tropical monsoon climate
The best time to visit Manaus is August — its sunniest month (Sunshine Score 81/100), with September and July close behind. Manaus averages about 1,928 hours of sunshine a year. Daytime highs around 30°C / 86°F and roughly 50 mm of rain in August.
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- Sun hours / year
- 1,928
- Sunniest month
- August
- Peak score
- 81/100
- Rain / year
- 1,959 mm
- Midday UV at peak
- 9 (very high)
- Population
- 2.2M
- Elevation
- 76 m
When is the best time to visit Manaus?
For sunshine, the best time to visit Manaus is August, then September and July. The dullest month is January (62/100, 224 mm of rain). The full month-by-month picture is in the table below.
How sunny is Manaus?
Manaus gets a moderate 1,928 hours of sunshine a year. August (81/100) is noticeably better than January (62). It ranks #127 of 131 destinations in Brazil for annual sunshine, below the national median of 2,486 hours. The year's 1,959 mm of rain spreads fairly evenly across the months, with no pronounced dry season.
Sunshine Score by month
| Month | Score | Day high | Night low | Rain | UV |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 224 mm | 9 |
| February | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 236 mm | 9 |
| March | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 268 mm | 9 |
| April | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 262 mm | 9 |
| May | 62 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 205 mm | 8 |
| June | 68 | 28° / 82°F | 24° / 75°F | 119 mm | 8 |
| July | 76 | 29° / 84°F | 24° / 75°F | 76 mm | 9 |
| August | 81 | 30° / 86°F | 24° / 75°F | 50 mm | 9 |
| September | 77 | 32° / 90°F | 25° / 77°F | 68 mm | 9 |
| October | 71 | 32° / 90°F | 26° / 79°F | 103 mm | 9 |
| November | 65 | 31° / 88°F | 25° / 77°F | 135 mm | 8 |
| December | 62 | 29° / 84°F | 25° / 77°F | 213 mm | 8 |
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Nearby places for sunshine
- Santarém Brazil · 588 km · best in Sep · 2,281 h sun/yr
- Boa Vista Brazil · 658 km · best in Sep · 2,322 h sun/yr
- Porto Velho Brazil · 761 km · best in Jul · 2,063 h sun/yr
- Macapá Brazil · 1,055 km · best in Aug · 2,203 h sun/yr
- Georgetown Guyana · 1,079 km · best in Sep · 2,001 h sun/yr
- Leticia Colombia · 1,105 km · best in Aug · 1,825 h sun/yr
Nearest destinations
- Borba Brazil · 160 km · 1,948 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Manicoré Brazil · 337 km · 2,056 h sun/yr · best in Jul
- Barcelos Brazil · 392 km · 1,981 h sun/yr · best in Sep
- Oriximiná Brazil · 441 km · 2,311 h sun/yr · best in Aug
- Itaituba Brazil · 469 km · 2,116 h sun/yr · best in Aug
Head-to-head
How Manaus compares month by month: Manaus vs Porto Velho · Manaus vs Boa Vista · Manaus vs Santarém · all comparisons
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