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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
A classic car in front of the Capitolio, Havana
HavanaA classic car in front of the Capitolio

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Havana by AXP Photography, Pexels License.

Brasov or Havana?

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
  • families

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

Choose Havana for

  • beaches
  • live music and the arts
  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Havana’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, Havana 64: Havana leads by 58 points.
Food & drink. Brasov and Havana are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Havana 77: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Havana 60: Havana leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Havana 34: Brasov leads by 50 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Havana 38: Brasov leads by 42 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Havana 34: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Havana 38: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Havana 30: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Havana 58: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Havana 74: Havana leads by 36 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Havana 22: Brasov leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Havana.

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.

Havana
47match

Wins on beaches 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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Havana in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
118 mmrain in the month
29 °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.

Havana 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). Havana: 1991-2020 normals, Casa Blanca, La Habana (3.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovHavana
Official languageRomanianSpanish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Cuban Peso (CUP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB110 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112Police 106, ambulance 104, fire 105
Elevation600 m59 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsJosé Martí International Airport (HAV)17 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovHavana
City population237,5892,492,618
People per km²8903,423
Museums within 10 km812
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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.