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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Turquoise water off Giftun Island, Hurghada
HurghadaTurquoise water off Giftun Island

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Hurghada by Andrey Korchagin, CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brasov or Hurghada?

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
  • culture and sights
  • getting around

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

Choose Hurghada for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • prices

What lies behind each score is written up on Hurghada’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, Hurghada 84: Hurghada leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Hurghada 34: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Hurghada 14: Brasov leads by 41 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Hurghada 40: Hurghada leads by 2 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Hurghada 72: Brasov leads by 12 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Hurghada 30: Brasov leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Hurghada 62: Hurghada leads by 4 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Hurghada 22: Brasov leads by 38 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Hurghada 24: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Hurghada 80: Hurghada leads by 6 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Hurghada 10: Brasov leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Hurghada 44: Hurghada leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Hurghada.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and culture and sights with your weighting.

Hurghada
43match

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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Hurghada in July

37 °Cdaytime high
28 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
28 °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). Hurghada: 1991-2020 normals, Hurguada (15.2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovHurghada
Official languageRomanianArabic
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Egyptian Pound (EGP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF220 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+2, UTC+3 in summer
Emergency number112Police 122, ambulance 123, fire 180
Elevation600 m11 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsHurghada International Airport (HRG)9 km from centre111 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days15 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovHurghada
City population237,589214,247
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km81
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
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.