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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Beira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower, Colombo
ColomboBeira Lake with Seema Malaka and the Lotus Tower

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Colombo by Mohamed Ansaf, Pexels License.

Brasov or Colombo?

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
  • day trips
  • getting around

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

Choose Colombo for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Colombo’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, Colombo 55: Colombo leads by 49 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Colombo 66: Colombo leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Colombo 45: Brasov leads by 10 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Colombo 35: Brasov leads by 3 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Colombo 32: Brasov leads by 52 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Colombo 50: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Colombo 35: Brasov leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Colombo 35: Brasov leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Colombo 45: Colombo leads by 13 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Colombo 78: Colombo leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Colombo 30: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Colombo 48: Colombo leads by 16 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Colombo.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Colombo
46match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Colombo in July

30 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
128 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
28 °Csea
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). Colombo: 1991-2020 normals, Colombo (3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovColombo
Official languageRomanianTamil, Sinhala
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Sri Lanka Rupee (LKR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzGM230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+5:30
Emergency number112Police 119, ambulance 110, fire 110
Elevation600 m1 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsBandaranaike International Colombo Airport (CMB)28 km from centre56 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovColombo
City population237,589647,557
People per km²89017,361
Museums within 10 km810
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 months

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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.