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Piața Sfatului, Brasov
BrasovPiața Sfatului
Sugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay, Rio de Janeiro
Rio de JaneiroSugarloaf Mountain above the boats in Botafogo Bay

Photos: Brasov by Jorge Franganillo, CC BY 2.0, cropped; Rio de Janeiro by Arne Müseler, CC BY-SA 3.0 DE, cropped.

Brasov or Rio de Janeiro?

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
  • prices

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

Choose Rio de Janeiro for

  • beaches
  • nightlife
  • live music and the arts

What lies behind each score is written up on Rio de Janeiro’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, Rio de Janeiro 92: Rio de Janeiro leads by 86 points.
Food & drink. Brasov 40, Rio de Janeiro 62: Rio de Janeiro leads by 22 points.
Culture & sights. Brasov 55, Rio de Janeiro 68: Rio de Janeiro leads by 13 points.
Nightlife. Brasov 38, Rio de Janeiro 80: Rio de Janeiro leads by 42 points.
Nature & outdoors. Brasov 84, Rio de Janeiro 90: Rio de Janeiro leads by 6 points.
Day trips. Brasov 80, Rio de Janeiro 50: Brasov leads by 30 points.
Good for families. Brasov 58, Rio de Janeiro 50: Brasov leads by 8 points.
Getting around. Brasov 60, Rio de Janeiro 44: Brasov leads by 16 points.
Shopping & style. Brasov 32, Rio de Janeiro 50: Rio de Janeiro leads by 18 points.
Affordability. Brasov 74, Rio de Janeiro 60: Brasov leads by 14 points.
Live music & performing arts. Brasov 38, Rio de Janeiro 66: Rio de Janeiro leads by 28 points.
Wellness & relaxation. Brasov 32, Rio de Janeiro 30: Brasov leads by 2 points.
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What lies behind each score is written up on the two cities’ own pages: Brasov and Rio de Janeiro.

Your match

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

Brasov
50match

Wins on day trips and getting around with your weighting.

Rio de Janeiro
Best match
62match

Wins on beaches 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
No seasea
15 hdaylight a day

Rio de Janeiro in July

24 °Cdaytime high
18 °Cnight-time low
45 mmrain in the month
22 °Csea
11 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.

Rio de Janeiro has no weather station within reach, so its figures come from a gridded climate model rather than a measured record, and read a broad area rather than the city itself.

Temperature and rainfall are climate normals, averaged over the years shown. Brasov: 2016-2025 (rainfall 1991-2020) normals, Brasov (3 km from centre). Rio de Janeiro: 2001-2020 normals, NASA POWER reanalysis grid, no weather station within 90 km.

Before you go

MeasureBrasovRio de Janeiro
Official languageRomanianPortuguese
CurrencyRomanian Leu (RON)Brazilian Real (BRL)
SocketsCF230 V, 50 HzCN60 Hz
Driving sideRightRight
Time zoneUTC+2, UTC+3 in summerUTC-3
Emergency number112Police 190, ambulance 192, fire 193
Elevation600 m31 m
Main airportBrașov-Ghimbav International Airport (GHV)9 km from centre14 non-stop destinationsRio de Janeiro Galeão – Tom Jobim International Airport (GIG)12 km from centre54 non-stop destinations
Public holidays this year17 days14 days

By the numbers

MeasureBrasovRio de Janeiro
City population237,5896,211,223
People per km²8904,930
Museums within 10 km869
UNESCO World Heritage sites within 50 km13
Swim season, months above 21 °C-12 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. Temperature and rainfall for destinations with no weather station are from the NASA POWER 2001-2020 climatology, derived from MERRA-2. 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 2026-11-01. Daily budgets are estimates from country price levels.