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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The white beach below the high-rise hotels, Orange Beach
Orange BeachThe white beach below the high-rise hotels

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Orange Beach by WeaponizingArchitecture, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Orange Beach?

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 Orange Beach for

  • beaches
  • families

What lies behind each score is written up on Orange Beach’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, Orange Beach 86: Orange Beach leads by 80 points.
Food & drink. Brasov and Orange Beach are level on 40.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Orange Beach 7: Brasov leads by 48 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Orange Beach 30: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Orange Beach 60: Brasov leads by 24 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Orange Beach 50: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Orange Beach 75: Orange Beach leads by 17 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Orange Beach 15: Brasov leads by 45 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Orange Beach 25: Brasov leads by 7 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Orange Beach 38: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Orange Beach 32: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov and Orange Beach are level on 32.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Orange Beach.

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.

Orange Beach
41match

Wins on beaches and families 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

Orange Beach in July

32 °Cdaytime high
24 °Cnight-time low
200 mmrain in the month
29 °Csea
14 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). Orange Beach: 2006-2020 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Gulf Shores / Bay Village Mobile Home Park (10.5 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovOrange Beach
Official languageRomanian-
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-6, UTC-5 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m4 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsPensacola International Airport (PNS)41 km from centre27 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovOrange Beach
City population237,5898,095
People per km²890196
Museums within 10 km80
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-8 months

Where else could you go?

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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.