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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Korenlei reflected in the Leie, Ghent
GhentKorenlei reflected in the Leie

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Ghent by ykeiko, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brasov or Ghent?

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
  • prices
  • families

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

Choose Ghent for

  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts
  • beaches

What lies behind each score is written up on Ghent’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, Ghent 25: Ghent leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Ghent 62: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Ghent 72: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Ghent 55: Ghent leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Ghent 35: Brasov leads by 49 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Ghent 88: Ghent leads by 8 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Ghent 50: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Ghent 78: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Ghent 50: Ghent leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Ghent 38: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Ghent 60: Ghent leads by 22 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Ghent 33: Ghent leads by 1 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Ghent.

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 prices with your weighting.

Ghent
Best match
54match

Wins on food and drink 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

Ghent in July

23 °Cdaytime high
14 °Cnight-time low
77 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °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.

Ghent 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.

Ghent's sunshine is measured 45 km from the centre, at Vlissingen.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Ghent: 2009-2025 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Melle / Kalverhaag (10.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovGhent
Official languageRomanianFrench, German, Dutch
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCE230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation600 m12 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsBrussels Airport (BRU)56 km from centre191 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovGhent
City population237,589272,657
People per km²8901,728
Museums within 10 km830
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km15
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. 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.