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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Opera House on the fjord, Oslo
OsloThe Opera House on the fjord

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Oslo by Beata May, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Oslo?

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
  • day trips
  • nature and the outdoors

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

Choose Oslo for

  • beaches
  • wellness
  • getting around

What lies behind each score is written up on Oslo’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, Oslo 36: Oslo leads by 30 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Oslo 55: Oslo leads by 15 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Oslo 66: Oslo leads by 11 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Oslo 48: Oslo leads by 10 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Oslo 82: Brasov leads by 2 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Oslo 52: Brasov leads by 28 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Oslo 63: Oslo leads by 5 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Oslo 85: Oslo leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Oslo 50: Oslo leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Oslo 14: Brasov leads by 60 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Oslo 62: Oslo leads by 24 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Oslo 60: Oslo leads by 28 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Oslo.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Oslo
Best match
56match

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 recordsunshine a day
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Oslo in July

23 °Cdaytime high
13 °Cnight-time low
86 mmrain in the month
8 hsunshine a day
18 °Csea
18 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). Oslo: 1991-2020 normals, Oslo-Blindern (4.3 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovOslo
Official languageRomanianNorwegian, Nynorsk, Bokmål, Sámi
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Norwegian Krone (NOK)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCF230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+1, UTC+2 in summer
Emergency number112Police 112, ambulance 113, fire 110
Elevation600 m23 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsOslo-Gardermoen International Airport (OSL)37 km from centre147 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days13 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovOslo
City population237,589717,710
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km860
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10
Swim season, months above 21 °C-None

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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.