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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Cardiff Castle, Cardiff
CardiffCardiff Castle

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Cardiff by Tevfik Teker, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brasov or Cardiff?

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 Brasov for

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors
  • day trips

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

Choose Cardiff for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Cardiff’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. Brasov 6, Cardiff 30: Cardiff leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Cardiff 45: Cardiff leads by 5 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Cardiff 58: Cardiff leads by 3 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 12 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Cardiff 70: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Cardiff 72: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brasov and Cardiff are level on 58.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Cardiff 66: Cardiff leads by 6 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Cardiff 50: Cardiff leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Cardiff 46: Brasov leads by 28 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Cardiff 57: Cardiff leads by 19 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Cardiff 27: Brasov leads by 5 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Cardiff.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brasov
50match

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

Cardiff
52match

Wins on beaches and live music and the arts with your weighting.

What matters to you?

When should you go?

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

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

Cardiff in July

20 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 °Csea
16 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.

Cardiff 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.

Cardiff's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Lyneham.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Cardiff: 1991-2020 normals, Cardiff-Wales Airport (14.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovCardiff
Official languageRomanianEnglish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation600 m41 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsCardiff International Airport (CWL)15 km from centre30 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovCardiff
City population237,589383,536
People per km²8902,734
Museums within 10 km89
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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). Exchange rates via Frankfurter, based on European Central Bank reference rates. 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. Sea surface temperature from NOAA OISST v2.1, NOAA Physical Sciences Laboratory. 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.