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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima, Hiroshima
HiroshimaThe floating torii of Itsukushima at Miyajima

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hiroshima by Guohua Song, Pexels License.

Brasov or Hiroshima?

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

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

Choose Hiroshima for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Hiroshima’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, Hiroshima 30: Hiroshima leads by 24 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Hiroshima 66: Hiroshima leads by 26 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 5 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Hiroshima 45: Hiroshima leads by 7 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Hiroshima 62: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Day trips. Brasov and Hiroshima are level on 80.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Hiroshima 60: Hiroshima leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Hiroshima 74: Hiroshima leads by 14 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Hiroshima 52: Hiroshima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Hiroshima 58: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov and Hiroshima are level on 38.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Hiroshima 50: Hiroshima leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Hiroshima.

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.

Hiroshima
Best match
56match

Wins on food and drink and beaches 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

Hiroshima in July

31 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
299 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
24 °Csea
14 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). Hiroshima: 1991-2020 normals, Hiroshima (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovHiroshima
Official languageRomanianJapanese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation600 m3 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsHiroshima Airport (HIJ)43 km from centre10 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovHiroshima
City population237,5891,198,021
People per km²8901,324
Museums within 10 km818
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-4 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. 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.