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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
The Silver Pagoda, Phnom Penh
Phnom PenhThe Silver Pagoda

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Phnom Penh by Francisco Anzola, CC BY 2.0, cropped.

Brasov or Phnom Penh?

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
  • day trips
  • families

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

Choose Phnom Penh for

  • food and drink
  • nightlife
  • wellness

What lies behind each score is written up on Phnom Penh’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 and Phnom Penh are level on 6.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Phnom Penh 62: Phnom Penh leads by 7 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Phnom Penh 58: Phnom Penh leads by 20 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Phnom Penh 28: Brasov leads by 56 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Phnom Penh 34: Brasov leads by 46 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Phnom Penh 32: Brasov leads by 26 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Phnom Penh 35: Brasov leads by 25 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Phnom Penh 46: Phnom Penh leads by 14 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Phnom Penh 86: Phnom Penh leads by 12 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Phnom Penh 32: Brasov leads by 6 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Phnom Penh 50: Phnom Penh leads by 18 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Phnom Penh.

Your match

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

Brasov
Best match
50match

Wins on nature and the outdoors and day trips with your weighting.

Phnom Penh
44match

Wins on food and drink and nightlife 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
15 hdaylight a day

Phnom Penh in July

33 °Cdaytime high
25 °Cnight-time low
168 mmrain in the month
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.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Phnom Penh: 1991-2020 normals, Phnom-Penh / Pochentong (8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovPhnom Penh
Official languageRomanianKhmer
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Riel (KHR)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzACG230 V, 50 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC+7
Emergency number112Police 117, ambulance 119, fire 118
Elevation600 m11 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsTecho International Airport (KTI)23 km from centre41 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days21 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovPhnom Penh
City population237,5892,129,371
People per km²8903,138
Museums within 10 km83
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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.