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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Fort Lovrijenac above the sea, Dubrovnik
DubrovnikFort Lovrijenac above the sea

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Dubrovnik by Natalia Semenova, CC BY 3.0, cropped.

Brasov or Dubrovnik?

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 Dubrovnik for

  • beaches
  • culture and sights
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Dubrovnik’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, Dubrovnik 74: Dubrovnik leads by 68 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Dubrovnik 47: Dubrovnik leads by 7 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Dubrovnik 72: Dubrovnik leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Dubrovnik 37: Brasov leads by 1 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Dubrovnik 70: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Dubrovnik 66: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Dubrovnik 50: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Brasov and Dubrovnik are level on 60.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Dubrovnik 25: Brasov leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Dubrovnik 28: Brasov leads by 46 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Dubrovnik 25: Brasov leads by 13 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov and Dubrovnik are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Dubrovnik.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brasov
50match

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

Dubrovnik
49match

Wins on beaches and culture and sights 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

Dubrovnik in July

29 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
29 mmrain in the month
11 hsunshine a day
25 °Csea
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

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.

Dubrovnik 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.

Dubrovnik's sunshine is measured 83 km from the centre, at Mostar.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Dubrovnik: 1999-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Dubrovnik / Cilipi (15.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovDubrovnik
Official languageRomanianCroatian
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation600 m10 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsDubrovnik Ruđer Bošković Airport (DBV)16 km from centre76 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovDubrovnik
City population237,58941,562
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km87
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.