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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Anshun Bridge over the Jin River, Chengdu
ChengduThe Anshun Bridge over the Jin River

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Chengdu by TurnOnTheNight, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Chengdu?

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

  • nature and the outdoors
  • beaches

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

Choose Chengdu for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Chengdu’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, Chengdu 5: Brasov leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Chengdu 86: Chengdu leads by 46 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Chengdu 60: Chengdu leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Chengdu 68: Chengdu leads by 30 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Chengdu 68: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Day trips. Brasov and Chengdu are level on 80.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Chengdu 65: Chengdu leads by 7 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Chengdu 74: Chengdu leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Chengdu 64: Chengdu leads by 32 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Chengdu 80: Chengdu leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Chengdu 50: Chengdu leads by 12 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Chengdu 58: Chengdu leads by 26 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Chengdu.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

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

Chengdu
Best match
63match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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
15 hdaylight a day

Chengdu in July

31 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
177 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
14 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. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Chengdu: 1991-2020 normals, Chengdu (4.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovChengdu
Official languageRomanianPutonghua
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Yuan Renminbi (CNY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACI220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+8
Emergency number112Police 110, ambulance 120, fire 119
Elevation600 m500 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsChengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU)16 km from centre77 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days6 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovChengdu
City population237,58920,937,757
People per km²8901,456
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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. 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.