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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Wat Chiang Man in the old city, Chiang Mai
Chiang MaiWat Chiang Man in the old city

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Chiang Mai by Gije Cho, Pexels License.

Brasov or Chiang Mai?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Chiang Mai for

  • wellness
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Chiang Mai’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 and Chiang Mai are level on 6.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Chiang Mai 78: Chiang Mai leads by 38 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Chiang Mai 65: Chiang Mai leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Chiang Mai 45: Chiang Mai leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Chiang Mai 73: Brasov leads by 11 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Chiang Mai 48: Brasov leads by 32 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Chiang Mai 55: Brasov leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Chiang Mai 38: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Chiang Mai 62: Chiang Mai leads by 30 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Chiang Mai 90: Chiang Mai leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Chiang Mai 30: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Chiang Mai 82: Chiang Mai leads by 50 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Chiang Mai.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Chiang Mai
Best match
56match

Wins on wellness and food and drink 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

Chiang Mai in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
4 hsunshine a day
13 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). Chiang Mai: 1991-2020 normals, Chiang Mai (0.6 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovChiang Mai
Official languageRomanianThai
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Baht (THB)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 191, ambulance 1669, fire 199
Elevation600 m310 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsChiang Mai International Airport (CNX)3 km from centre28 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovChiang Mai
City population237,5891,198,000
People per km²8902,958
Museums within 10 km86
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.