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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Big Ben and Westminster Bridge, London
LondonBig Ben and Westminster Bridge

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

Brasov or London?

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

  • prices
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose London for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on London’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, London 25: London leads by 19 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, London 84: London leads by 44 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, London 94: London leads by 39 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, London 88: London leads by 50 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, London 57: Brasov leads by 27 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, London 90: London leads by 10 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, London 82: London leads by 24 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, London 85: London leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, London 95: London leads by 63 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, London 15: Brasov leads by 59 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, London 98: London leads by 60 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, London 40: London leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and London.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on prices and nature and the outdoors with your weighting.

London
Best match
71match

Wins on shopping 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 recordsunshine a day
15 hdaylight a day

London in July

23 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
46 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
16 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). London: 1992-2020 (sunshine 1991-2020, rainfall 1991-2020) normals, London Weather Centre (1.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovLondon
Official languageRomanianEnglish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Pound Sterling (GBP)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC, UTC+1 in summer
Emergency number112112 or 999
Elevation600 m4 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsLondon Heathrow Airport (LHR)23 km from centre224 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days8 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovLondon
City population237,5898,799,728
People per km²8905,598
Museums within 10 km8216
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

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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. 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.