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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Hawthorne Bridge and downtown, Portland
PortlandHawthorne Bridge and downtown

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Portland by Cacophony, CC BY-SA 4.0, cropped.

Brasov or Portland?

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
  • culture and sights

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

Choose Portland for

  • food and drink
  • shopping
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Portland’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, Portland 20: Portland leads by 14 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Portland 68: Portland leads by 28 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Portland 38: Brasov leads by 17 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Portland 52: Portland leads by 14 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov and Portland are level on 84.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Portland 58: Brasov leads by 22 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Portland 55: Brasov leads by 3 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Portland 62: Portland leads by 2 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Portland 52: Portland leads by 20 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Portland 38: Brasov leads by 36 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Portland 55: Portland leads by 17 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Portland 42: Portland leads by 10 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Portland.

Your match

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

Too close to call, 2 points apart

Brasov
50match

Wins on prices and day trips with your weighting.

Portland
52match

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
15 hdaylight a day

Portland in July

27 °Cdaytime high
15 °Cnight-time low
13 mmrain in the month
15 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). Portland: 1991-2020 normals, Portland International Airport (9.8 km from centre).

Before you go

MeasureBrasovPortland
Official languageRomanian-
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)US Dollar (USD)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzAB120 V, 60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-8, UTC-7 in summer
Emergency number112911
Elevation600 m152 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsPortland International Airport (PDX)10 km from centre88 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days12 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovPortland
City population237,589652,503
People per km²8901,736
Museums within 10 km817
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km10

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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.