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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Royal Palace, Madrid
MadridThe Royal Palace

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Madrid by Mert Ocak, Pexels License.

Brasov or Madrid?

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
  • beaches

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

Choose Madrid for

  • nightlife
  • shopping
  • food and drink

What lies behind each score is written up on Madrid’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, Madrid 5: Brasov leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Madrid 80: Madrid leads by 40 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Madrid 86: Madrid leads by 31 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Madrid 85: Madrid leads by 47 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Madrid 60: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Madrid 89: Madrid leads by 9 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Madrid 68: Madrid leads by 10 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Madrid 84: Madrid leads by 24 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Madrid 75: Madrid leads by 43 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Madrid 50: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Madrid 77: Madrid leads by 39 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Madrid 36: Madrid leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Madrid.

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.

Madrid
Best match
66match

Wins on nightlife and shopping 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

Madrid in July

33 °Cdaytime high
20 °Cnight-time low
9 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
15 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). Madrid: 1991-2020 normals, Madrid (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovMadrid
Official languageRomanianSpanish
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Euro (EUR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112112
Elevation600 m663 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsAdolfo Suárez Madrid–Barajas Airport (MAD)14 km from centre239 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovMadrid
City population237,5893,506,730
People per km²8905,801
Museums within 10 km888
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km14

Where else could you go?

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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.