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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
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The Teatro Amazonas, Manaus
ManausThe Teatro Amazonas

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Manaus by Jardelsliumba, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Manaus?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Manaus for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Manaus’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, Manaus 38: Manaus leads by 32 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Manaus 56: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Manaus 46: Brasov leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Manaus 42: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Manaus 86: Manaus leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Manaus 12: Brasov leads by 68 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Manaus 35: Brasov leads by 23 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Manaus 27: Brasov leads by 33 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Manaus 36: Manaus leads by 4 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Manaus 63: Brasov leads by 11 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Manaus 54: Manaus leads by 16 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Manaus 20: Brasov leads by 12 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Manaus.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Manaus
43match

Wins on beaches and food and drink 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

Manaus in July

33 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
74 mmrain in the month
7 hsunshine a day
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). Manaus: 1991-2020 normals, Manaus (1.7 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovManaus
Official languageRomanianPortuguese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-4
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation600 m92 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsEduardo Gomes International Airport (MAO)9 km from centre21 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovManaus
City population237,5892,303,732
People per km²890202
Museums within 10 km813
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.