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The Guggenheim Museum on the river, Bilbao
BilbaoThe Guggenheim Museum on the river
Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului

Photos: Bilbao by José Ligero Loarte, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bilbao 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 Bilbao for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Bilbao’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. Bilbao 45, Brasov 6: Bilbao leads by 39 points.
Food & drink. Bilbao 81, Brasov 40: Bilbao leads by 41 points.
Culture & sights. Bilbao 62, Brasov 55: Bilbao leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Bilbao 54, Brasov 38: Bilbao leads by 16 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bilbao 75, Brasov 84: Brasov leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Bilbao 78, Brasov 80: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Good for families. Bilbao 55, Brasov 58: Brasov leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Bilbao 79, Brasov 60: Bilbao leads by 19 points.
Shopping & style. Bilbao 47, Brasov 32: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Affordability. Bilbao 44, Brasov 74: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bilbao 53, Brasov 38: Bilbao leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bilbao 33, Brasov 32: Bilbao leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bilbao and Brasov.

Your match

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

Bilbao
Best match
59match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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.

Bilbao in July

25 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
54 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
21 °Csea
15 hdaylight a day

Brasov in July

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

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. Bilbao: 1991-2020 normals, Bilbao / Sondica (4.1 km from centre). Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBilbaoBrasov
Official languageSpanishRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation19 m600 m
Main airportBilbao Airport (BIO)5 km from centre73 non-stop destinationsBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBilbaoBrasov
City population351,124237,589
People per km²8,440890
Museums within 10 km178
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km21
Swim season, months above 21 °C1 month-

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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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.