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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The fountain on Plaza Mayor, Lima
LimaThe fountain on Plaza Mayor

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Lima by James C., CC BY-SA 2.0, cropped.

Brasov or Lima?

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
  • getting around

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

Choose Lima for

  • food and drink
  • beaches
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Lima’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, Lima 42: Lima leads by 36 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Lima 88: Lima leads by 48 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Lima 66: Lima leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Lima 62: Lima leads by 24 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Lima 45: Brasov leads by 39 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Lima 34: Brasov leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Lima 42: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Lima 35: Brasov leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Lima 52: Lima leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Lima 70: Brasov leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Lima 53: Lima leads by 15 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Lima 25: Brasov leads by 7 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Lima.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 1 point apart

Brasov
50match

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

Lima
51match

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

Lima in July

19 °Cdaytime high
16 °Cnight-time low
1 mmrain in the month
1 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
12 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). Lima: 1991-2020 normals, Lima-Callao / Aerop. Internacional Jorgechavez (10.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovLima
Official languageRomanianSpanish, Aymara, Quechua
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Sol (PEN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzABC220 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5
Emergency number112111 or 911
Elevation600 m154 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsJorge Chávez International Airport (LIM)9 km from centre61 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovLima
City population237,5899,943,800
People per km²8903,721
Museums within 10 km847
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-2 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.