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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Shitennō-ji temple, Osaka
OsakaShitennō-ji temple

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Osaka by Sarmat Batagov, Pexels License.

Brasov or Osaka?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Osaka for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • nightlife

What lies behind each score is written up on Osaka’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, Osaka 34: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Osaka 91: Osaka leads by 51 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Osaka 63: Osaka leads by 8 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Osaka 58: Brasov leads by 26 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Osaka 97: Osaka leads by 17 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Osaka 88: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Osaka 90: Osaka leads by 30 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Osaka 80: Osaka leads by 48 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Osaka 60: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Osaka 66: Osaka leads by 34 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Osaka.

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 prices with your weighting.

Osaka
Best match
73match

Wins on food and drink and shopping 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

Osaka in July

32 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
175 mmrain in the month
6 hsunshine a day
25 °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). Osaka: 1991-2020 normals, Osaka (1.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovOsaka
Official languageRomanianJapanese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Yen (JPY)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB100 V, 50 and 60 Hz depending on the region
Driving sideRightLeft
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+9
Emergency number112Police 110, fire 119
Elevation600 m20 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsKansai International Airport (KIX)38 km from centre62 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days16 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovOsaka
City population237,5892,751,862
People per km²89012,340
Museums within 10 km844
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km16
Swim season, months above 21 °C-5 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.