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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The beach and the bay with the mountains behind, Nuevo Vallarta
Nuevo VallartaThe beach and the bay with the mountains behind

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Nuevo Vallarta by Harpqueen, Public domain.

Brasov or Nuevo Vallarta?

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

  • culture and sights
  • getting around
  • prices

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

Choose Nuevo Vallarta for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Nuevo Vallarta’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, Nuevo Vallarta 84: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 78 points.
Food & drink. Brasov and Nuevo Vallarta are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Nuevo Vallarta 6: Brasov leads by 49 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Nuevo Vallarta 16: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Nuevo Vallarta 75: Brasov leads by 9 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Nuevo Vallarta 58: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Nuevo Vallarta 73: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 15 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Nuevo Vallarta 25: Brasov leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Nuevo Vallarta 22: Brasov leads by 10 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Nuevo Vallarta 45: Brasov leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Nuevo Vallarta 18: Brasov leads by 20 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Nuevo Vallarta 55: Nuevo Vallarta leads by 23 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Nuevo Vallarta.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on culture and sights and getting around with your weighting.

Nuevo Vallarta
43match

Wins on beaches and wellness 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

Nuevo Vallarta in July

34 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
206 mmrain in the month
30 °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.

Nuevo Vallarta has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Nuevo Vallarta: 1991-2020 normals, TerraClimate 4 km grid at the town, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBrasovNuevo Vallarta
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 m3 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsPuerto Vallarta International Airport (PVR)4 km from centre52 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days9 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovNuevo Vallarta
City population237,5891,301
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11
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. Ground elevations sampled from the Mapzen terrain tiles via OpenTopoData, merging SRTM, ASTER, NED, EU-DEM and national sources. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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.