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The Palais des Papes and the cathedral, Avignon
AvignonThe Palais des Papes and the cathedral
Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului

Photos: Avignon by BlueBreezeWiki, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped; Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Avignon 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 Avignon for

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

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

Choose Brasov for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • families

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. Avignon 22, Brasov 6: Avignon leads by 16 points.
Food & drink. Avignon 57, Brasov 40: Avignon leads by 17 points.
Culture & sights. Avignon 69, Brasov 55: Avignon leads by 14 points.
Nightlife. Avignon 30, Brasov 38: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Avignon 70, Brasov 84: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Avignon 92, Brasov 80: Avignon leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Avignon 45, Brasov 58: Brasov leads by 13 points.
Getting around. Avignon 62, Brasov 60: Avignon leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Avignon 38, Brasov 32: Avignon leads by 6 points.
Affordability. Avignon 44, Brasov 74: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Avignon 68, Brasov 38: Avignon leads by 30 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Avignon 35, Brasov 32: Avignon leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Avignon and Brasov.

Your match

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

Avignon
Best match
53match

Wins on live music and the arts and food and drink with your weighting.

Brasov
50match

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

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

Avignon in July

32 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
24 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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

Avignon 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.

Avignon's sunshine is measured 65 km from the centre, at Marseille / Marignane.

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. Avignon: 2005-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Avignon / Morières-lès-Avignon (8.6 km from centre). Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureAvignonBrasov
Official languageFrenchRomanian
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
Elevation10 m600 m
Main airportMarseille Provence Airport (MRS)65 km from centre126 non-stop destinationsBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year11 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureAvignonBrasov
City population92,188237,589
People per km²1,420890
Museums within 10 km118
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km61

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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.