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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Elbphilharmonie from the water, Hamburg
HamburgThe Elbphilharmonie from the water

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hamburg by Wolfgang Weiser, Pexels License.

Brasov or Hamburg?

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 Hamburg for

  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hamburg’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, Hamburg 28: Hamburg leads by 22 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Hamburg 55: Hamburg leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Hamburg 62: Hamburg leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Hamburg 76: Hamburg leads by 38 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Hamburg 52: Brasov leads by 32 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Hamburg 70: Brasov leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Hamburg 74: Hamburg leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 20 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Hamburg 65: Hamburg leads by 33 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Hamburg 38: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Hamburg 80: Hamburg leads by 42 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Hamburg 44: Hamburg leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Hamburg.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

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

Hamburg
Best match
60match

Wins on live music and the arts and nightlife 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

Hamburg in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
82 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
17 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). Hamburg: 1991-2020 normals, Hamburg Airport (9.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovHamburg
Official languageRomanianGerman
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 m6 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsHamburg Helmut Schmidt Airport (HAM)9 km from centre120 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days10 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovHamburg
City population237,5891,869,473
People per km²8902,476
Museums within 10 km877
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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.