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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Japanese Covered Bridge, Hoi An
Hoi AnThe Japanese Covered Bridge

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hoi An by François Guerraz, CC BY-SA 3.0, cropped.

Brasov or Hoi An?

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

  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors
  • live music and the arts

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

Choose Hoi An for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Hoi An’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, Hoi An 72: Hoi An leads by 66 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Hoi An 68: Hoi An leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Hoi An 66: Hoi An leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Hoi An 28: Brasov leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Hoi An 63: Brasov leads by 21 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Hoi An 50: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brasov and Hoi An are level on 58.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Hoi An 48: Brasov leads by 12 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Hoi An 57: Hoi An leads by 25 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Hoi An 88: Hoi An leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Hoi An 24: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Hoi An 65: Hoi An leads by 33 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Hoi An.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on day trips and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

Hoi An
Best match
57match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Hoi An in July

35 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
83 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Hoi An: 1991-2020 normals, Da Nang (23.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovHoi An
Official languageRomanianVietnamese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Dong (VND)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACFG220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 113, ambulance 115, fire 114
Elevation600 m13 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsDa Nang International Airport (DAD)23 km from centre47 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovHoi An
City population237,589121,716
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km85
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
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.