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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock, Petra
PetraThe Treasury, Al-Khazneh, cut into the rock

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Petra by Yasir Gürbüz, Pexels License.

Brasov or Petra?

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

  • day trips
  • getting around
  • nightlife

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

Choose Petra for

  • culture and sights

What lies behind each score is written up on Petra’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, Petra 5: Brasov leads by 1 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Petra 22: Brasov leads by 18 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Petra 85: Petra leads by 30 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Petra 5: Brasov leads by 33 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Petra 78: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Petra 30: Brasov leads by 50 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Petra 25: Brasov leads by 33 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Petra 25: Brasov leads by 35 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Petra 18: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Petra 45: Brasov leads by 29 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Petra 10: Brasov leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Petra 28: Brasov leads by 4 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Petra.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Petra
31match

Wins on culture and sights 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
15 hdaylight a day

Petra in July

35 °Cdaytime high
19 °Cnight-time low
0 mmrain in the month
12 hsunshine a day
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.

Petra's temperatures are measured 34 km from the centre, at Ma'An.

Petra's station stands 219 m above the city centre, so the centre is likely a little warmer than the figures say.

Petra 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). Petra: 1991-2020 normals, Ma'An (33.9 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovPetra
Official languageRomanianArabic
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Jordanian Dinar (JOD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzBCFGJ230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+3
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m850 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsKing Hussein International Airport (AQJ)90 km from centre5 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days-

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovPetra
City population237,589-
People per km²890-
Museums within 10 km82
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km11

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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. 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.