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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Brooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan, New York
New YorkBrooklyn Bridge and Lower Manhattan

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; New York by Jakub Hałun, CC BY 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or New York?

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
  • day trips

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

Choose New York for

  • shopping
  • live music and the arts
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on New York’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, New York 50: New York leads by 44 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, New York 92: New York leads by 52 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, New York 89: New York leads by 34 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, New York 97: New York leads by 59 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, New York 55: Brasov leads by 29 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, New York 68: Brasov leads by 12 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, New York 70: New York leads by 12 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, New York 82: New York leads by 22 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, New York 97: New York leads by 65 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, New York 12: Brasov leads by 62 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, New York 99: New York leads by 61 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, New York 42: New York leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and New York.

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.

New York
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 seasea
15 hdaylight a day

New York in July

30 °Cdaytime high
22 °Cnight-time low
107 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
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). New York: 1991-2020 normals, LaGuardia Airport (12.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovNew York
Official languageRomanian-
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-5, UTC-4 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m25 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsJohn F. Kennedy International Airport (JFK)21 km from centre189 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovNew York
City population237,5898,804,190
People per km²8907,256
Museums within 10 km8157
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km12
Swim season, months above 21 °C-3 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.