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San Petronio on Piazza Maggiore, Bologna
BolognaSan Petronio on Piazza Maggiore
Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului

Photos: Bologna by Vanni Lazzari, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped; Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Bologna 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 Bologna for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • shopping

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

Choose Brasov for

  • nature and the outdoors
  • prices
  • 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. Bologna 30, Brasov 6: Bologna leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Bologna 82, Brasov 40: Bologna leads by 42 points.
Culture & sights. Bologna 77, Brasov 55: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Bologna 58, Brasov 38: Bologna leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Bologna 52, Brasov 84: Brasov leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Bologna 95, Brasov 80: Bologna leads by 15 points.
Good for families. Bologna 50, Brasov 58: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Bologna 76, Brasov 60: Bologna leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Bologna 55, Brasov 32: Bologna leads by 23 points.
Affordability. Bologna 48, Brasov 74: Brasov leads by 26 points.
Live music & performing arts. Bologna 60, Brasov 38: Bologna leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Bologna 40, Brasov 32: Bologna leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Bologna and Brasov.

Your match

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

Bologna
Best match
60match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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.

Bologna in July

32 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
39 mmrain in the month
11 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

Bologna 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.

Bologna's sunshine is measured 82 km from the centre, at Cervia.

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. Bologna: 1991-2020 normals, Bologna / Borgo Panigale (5.5 km from centre). Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBolognaBrasov
Official languageItalianRomanian
CurrencyEuro (EUR)Romanian Leu (RON)
SocketsCFL230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+1, UTC+2 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation54 m600 m
Main airportBologna Guglielmo Marconi Airport (BLQ)6 km from centre98 non-stop destinationsBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year13 days17 days

By the numbers

MeasureBolognaBrasov
City population387,971237,589
People per km²2,754890
Museums within 10 km688
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km31

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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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.