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Grote Markt and the Brabo Fountain, Antwerp
AntwerpGrote Markt and the Brabo Fountain
Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului

Photos: Antwerp by Norbert Jakab, Pexels License; Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Antwerp or Brasov?

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 Antwerp for

  • shopping
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Brasov for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Brasov’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. Antwerp 15, Brasov 6: Antwerp leads by 9 points.
Food & drink. Antwerp 62, Brasov 40: Antwerp leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Antwerp 73, Brasov 55: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nightlife. Antwerp 56, Brasov 38: Antwerp leads by 18 points.
Nature & outdoors. Antwerp 33, Brasov 84: Brasov leads by 51 points.
Day trips. Antwerp 86, Brasov 80: Antwerp leads by 6 points.
Good for families. Antwerp 62, Brasov 58: Antwerp leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Antwerp 75, Brasov 60: Antwerp leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Antwerp 70, Brasov 32: Antwerp leads by 38 points.
Affordability. Antwerp 38, Brasov 74: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Antwerp 58, Brasov 38: Antwerp leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Antwerp 30, Brasov 32: Brasov leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Antwerp and Brasov.

Your match

Pick a travel style or drag the sliders, and both match scores follow your weighting.

Antwerp
Best match
55match

Wins on shopping and food and drink with your weighting.

Brasov
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and prices with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

Pick your month. The climate figures are measured averages, not a forecast.

Antwerp in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
78 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 hdaylight a day

Brasov in July

26 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
81 mmrain in the month
No recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

Daytime high, °C

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Rainfall in the month, mm

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Where the figures come from

Antwerp has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Antwerp's sunshine is measured 47 km from the centre, at Uccle.

Brasov has no rain gauge within 25 km of the centre, so its rainfall comes from a gridded climate dataset read at the city rather than from a gauge further away.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Antwerp: 1991-2020 normals, Antwerpen / Deurne (5.2 km from centre). Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAntwerpBrasov
Official languageFrench, German, DutchRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCE230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation7 m600 m
Main airportBrussels Airport (BRU)36 km from centre191 non-stop destinationsBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year14 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAntwerpBrasov
City population529,247237,589
People per km²2,542890
Museums within 10 km388
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km91

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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). Tourism statistics from Eurostat, © European Union, reused under CC BY 4.0. Public holidays from Nager.Date (MIT). 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. Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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.