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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Colourful houses in the old town, Mazatlan
MazatlanColourful houses in the old town

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

Brasov or Mazatlan?

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 Mazatlan for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Mazatlan’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, Mazatlan 80: Mazatlan leads by 74 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Mazatlan 62: Mazatlan leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Mazatlan 42: Brasov leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Mazatlan 55: Mazatlan leads by 17 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Mazatlan 66: Brasov leads by 18 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Mazatlan 45: Brasov leads by 35 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Mazatlan 60: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Mazatlan 42: Brasov leads by 18 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Mazatlan 30: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Mazatlan 70: Brasov leads by 4 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Mazatlan 40: Mazatlan leads by 2 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Mazatlan 35: Mazatlan leads by 3 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Mazatlan.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brasov
50match

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

Mazatlan
52match

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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Mazatlan in July

34 °Cdaytime high
26 °Cnight-time low
153 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
29 °Csea
13 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). Mazatlan: 1991-2020 normals, Colonia Juan Carras-Co Mazatlan, Sin. (2 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovMazatlan
Official languageRomanianSpanish, Nahuatl, Yucatec Maya
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Mexican Peso (MXN)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB127 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-7
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m139 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsGeneral Rafael Buelna International Airport (MZT)16 km from centre23 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovMazatlan
City population237,589441,975
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km83
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 2026-11-02. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.