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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo, Merida
MeridaThe yellow Palacio Canton on Paseo de Montejo

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Merida by Mariposa2723, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Merida?

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
  • getting around
  • families

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

Choose Merida for

  • beaches
  • food and drink
  • shopping

What lies behind each score is written up on Merida’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, Merida 50: Merida leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Merida 72: Merida leads by 32 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Merida 64: Merida leads by 9 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Merida 42: Merida leads by 4 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Merida 48: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Day trips. Brasov and Merida are level on 80.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Merida 50: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Merida 45: Brasov leads by 15 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Merida 50: Merida leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Merida 75: Merida leads by 1 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Merida 52: Merida leads by 14 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Merida 40: Merida leads by 8 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Merida.

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 getting around with your weighting.

Merida
Best match
56match

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

Merida in July

35 °Cdaytime high
23 °Cnight-time low
148 mmrain in the month
9 hsunshine a day
27 °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). Merida: 1991-2020 normals, Merida / lic Manuel Crecencio (5.1 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovMerida
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-6
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m12 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsManuel Crescencio Rejón International Airport (MID)5 km from centre22 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovMerida
City population237,589892,363
People per km²8901,010
Museums within 10 km85
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 2026-10-31. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.