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Best time to visit Manaus

Brazil · 3.12°S 60.02°W · monthly climate normals, judged against the Tropical preset (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon)

The best time to visit Manaus is June to November, when mean temperatures run from 27 °C81 °F to 28 °C82 °F and rainfall runs 56–168 mm2.2–6.6 in a month.

The rainy season runs October to June, and December to May is a true monsoon — 216–304 mm8.5–12 in a month, peaking in March at 304 mm12 in. The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 26–28 °C79–82 °F, warmest in September.

Figures are 30-year monthly averages (WorldClim 2.1 monthly normals 1970–2000) for the 0.25° grid cell at -3.12, -60.02 — a climate guide, not a forecast.

Manaus weather by month

Pick the weather you like and every month is judged against it — temperature above the month names, rain below.

Weather you like

mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoon

Good time to go for a Tropical holiday: June to November.

Open Manaus on the interactive map ↗ the same verdict for every place on Earth, any month

▲ Temperature mean , coldest to warmest month
27°80°JAN2801126°79°FEB2881127°80°MAR3041227°80°APR3041227°80°MAY2409.427°80°JUN1124.427°80°JUL803.127°81°AUG562.228°82°SEP883.528°82°OCT1204.728°82°NOV1686.627°81°DEC2168.5
▼ Rainfall per month, driest to wettest

Reading the chart. Gold is good: the month fits what you picked. Any other colour names the reason it doesn't — the temperature bar can be too cold or too hot, the rain bar too dry, too rainy or monsoon. A faded gold bar is a half that fits while the other half fails; a gold month name means both fit.

What the verdicts mean. Temperature is the monthly mean, judged against the preset's band (mean 24–33 °C75–91 °F for Tropical). Rain is judged by each month's class within Manaus's own year rather than raw millimetres: dry under 60 mm2.4 in, showers 60–100 mm2.4–3.9 in, rainy from 100 mm3.9 in and 35 % of the wettest month. Too rainy is a rainy-season month the preset doesn't allow. Monsoon is the heaviest kind of rainy season — 180 mm7.1 in or more (120 mm4.7 in near the yearly peak) in a climate whose wettest month is at least three times its driest — so every monsoon month is rainy season too; the label says which kind. Full rules on the method page.

MonthRain Mean SeasonTropical verdict
January280112780monsoonmonsoon
February288112679monsoonmonsoon
March304122780monsoonmonsoon
April304122780monsoonmonsoon
May2409.42780monsoonmonsoon
June1124.42780rainygood
July803.12780showersgood
August562.22781drygood
September883.52882showersgood
October1204.72882rainygood
November1686.62882rainygood
December2168.52781monsoonmonsoon

When to go to Manaus, by holiday type

Looking forRuleMonths that fit
Warmmean 14–24 °C57–75 °F, dry or showersno month
Tropicalmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, anything but the monsoonJune to November
Beachmean 24–33 °C75–91 °F, dry or showersJuly to September
Coolmean 0–14 °C32–57 °F, anything but the monsoonno month
Snowmean below 0 °C32 °F, any rainno month

Is there a rainy season in Manaus?

Yes. The rainy season runs October to June, and December to May is a true monsoon — 216–304 mm8.5–12 in a month, peaking in March at 304 mm12 in. Outside it, August is dry.

The mean temperature barely moves through the year, 26–28 °C79–82 °F, warmest in September. Annual rainfall totals about 2,256 mm89 in.

Where to go instead when Manaus doesn't fit

The nearest destinations that do fit the Tropical preset in the months Manaus doesn't:

Nearby destinations

distances in — tap a unit to switch.

The interactive map colours the whole world by how it fits your picks in any month, and shows this chart for any place you tap.